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- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
description in which the company, organization, or enterprise runs as a kind of military operation in which everyone lines up and falls in line. Although in the early 20th century many businesses were structured along such lines, “command... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14
proxy for incentive conflict) impact the use of a subset of available performance measures. Consistent with a signaling model of the allocation of contingent control rights, we find that contracts involve fewer contingent control rights... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008
industry structure in the accompanying case "System-on-a-Chip 2008: Global Unichip Corporation." Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609001 Leading from the Side Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
Beck and Sapone eschewed the independent contract workers driving the on-demand economy in favor of hiring employees-full-time employees, with benefits. “In the beginning, when we were pitching this to VCs, they thought we were crazy,”... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
business loans, has witnessed dramatic growth, reaching over 150 million borrowers worldwide. Much of its success has been attributed to overcoming the challenges of information asymmetries in uncollateralized lending. Yet, very little is known about the optimal View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13
increase their total equity allocation as the horizon increases, the mean value tilt of the optimal allocation is shown to be positive and stable across time. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lviceira/JV_GV_20100223.pdf Bond Risk, Bond Return Volatility,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
adding new settings to explore established core debates. The discipline of business history evolved around the corporate strategies and structures of developed economies. The growing literature on the business history of emerging markets... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
competitive characteristics on its investment in various type assets, on the profitability of these investments, and on the financial structure of its balance sheet. The case also allows a discussion of (1) the incomplete and lagging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
live concerts and merchandising (for music) and product placements (for movies and network shows), will become essential for the financial health of media companies. This will involve setting up "creative" contracts with artists... View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
restraints it will face. Better CSR performance is the result of improved stakeholder engagement, which in turn reduces the likelihood of opportunistic behavior and pushes managers to adopt a long-form strategy. This introduces a more efficient form of View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
year. Using Internet Data for Economic Research Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Publication:Journal of Economic Perspectives (forthcoming) Abstract The data used by economists can be broadly divided into two categories. First, structured... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
exercise. Purchase this exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608072 Structuring Real Estate Deals: An Investor's Perspective Harvard Business School Note 208-066 Addresses the following questions: What... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
Calhoun as he decides whether to invest $200 million in Bain Capital's eleventh global buyout fund: Bain Capital Fund XI. For the fund, Bain was offering its limited partners a choice among three different fee structures: first, a "conventional" fee View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
requirements provided a major stimulus for the emergence of local firms in Germany and Spain. U.S. firms were unable to develop internationally competitive products partly because of a rush to capture lucrative contracts dependent on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54490 May–June 2018 Harvard Business Review Structure That's Not Stifling: How to Give Your People Essential Direction—Without Shutting Them Down By: Gulati, Ranjay... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27
Alternative Asset Management's (BAAM) growth from 2007 to 2013, a time when the overall fund of hedge funds industry contracted substantially. Additionally, the case analyzes evolving business models and value propositions within the fund... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912030-PDF-ENG PAREXEL International Corp. (A) Regina E. Herzlinger and Natalie KindredHarvard Business School Case 311-068 Despite severe market turmoil, in 2001, the biopharmaceutical contract... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
organized systems for improvement. Traditional structures and cultures within AHCs, although well suited to the tripartite missions of teaching, research, and clinical care, are not easily adaptable to the tasks of measuring, reporting,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
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companies. And indeed, this SDR theory-turned-to-code has shown the ability to aid in natural language processing, with one of Numenta’s partners, Cortical.io, using it to help machines read lengthy, complex contracts to make sure they... View Details