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- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
country-level factors that limit firms' use of selective disclosure by intensifying scrutiny on them and by diffusing global norms to their headquarters countries. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel dataset of 4,750 public... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate." During his tenure, Andersen had divided what had previously been operated as almost a single entity into separate lines of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
prototype branch in the bank's Charlotte headquarters where team members could rehearse the steps involved in an experiment and work out any process problems before going live with customers. The team would, for example, time each... View Details
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 717-473.
In January 2017, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in November 2016 had triggered a national storm of protests, and... View Details
Keywords: Facebook; Fake News; Mark Zuckerberg; Donald Trump; Algorithms; Social Networking; Social Networks; Partisanship; Social Media; App Development; Instagram; WhatsApp; Smartphone; Silicon Valley; Office Space; Digital Strategy; Democracy; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Controversy; Tencent; Agility; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Messaging; Monetization Strategy; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; California; Sunnyvale; Russia
- 06 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?
"Good point, Tom, and that isn't all we'll need. We also have to have somebody in Asia. Either Singapore or Tokyo would be an ideal base. Probably Tokyo works better because more potential clients are headquartered there than in the... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
Japanese managers in foreign locations engaged in nemawashi and ringi by intensive telephone contact and frequent exchanges of visits between headquarters in Japan and the overseas units. View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
equivalent arrival and service rates, total service capacity can be increased. Who Should Select New Employees in Geographically Dispersed Organizations: Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
the merit system was based on peer comparisons at the salaried level. There were no executive bonuses. Stock options were awarded as recognition. But there was also a lot of pressure in the company, said Beer. Managers of thirteen units took the initiative of appealing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
investment committee's agenda, Project Paris. Project Paris, a very different type of real estate transaction, is a hybrid mezzanine investment in the acquisition of a residential real estate services firm headquartered in France. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
had done in tolerance stacking. Or should they "go broad" and continue to lobby headquarters for more complex assignments that might ultimately lead to program ownership for an entire vehicle? Each scenario had different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
global accelerator in which judges across international regions are randomly assigned to evaluate startups headquartered across the globe.” Case Studies and Materials Rolex SA Doug J. Chung “Rolex SA was one of the most successful... View Details
- 05 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade
firm to trade with any given country increased by more than 60 percent if the neighborhood surrounding headquarters had a high percentage of immigrants from that country. What's more, "the same effects happen with boards," Cohen says. "If... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
expand its role as a parts supplier into a discerning acquirer of distressed companies in the U.S. While it saw acquisition as an exciting means for growth, company strategy at its Hangzhou, China headquarters also included vertical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
employee departure rates in stores where the manager is likely to be more informed than headquarters (e.g., in stores that are far from headquarters or that serve repeat customers). Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
true performance. We identify key company- and country-level factors that, by intensifying scrutiny on firms and diffusing global norms to their headquarters countries, limit firms' use of selective disclosure. We test our hypotheses... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. Corporate View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
software, consumer electronics, and pharmaceuticals. Such companies hold many important patents and boast R&D labs that rival facilities at the best universities in the world. They are headquartered in countries with myriad... View Details
- 14 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Global Business Code
the end, phase 3 included only four companies—but all four were major multinationals, headquartered in the United States, Europe, and Japan. In the course of research, the team inadvertently discovered some cultural truths. "I... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2013
- Working Paper
Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Evidence from I.T. Purchasing
By: Kristina McElheran
Recent contributions to a growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Business Headquarters; Decision Choices and Conditions; Operations; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Power and Influence; Adaptation; Cooperation
McElheran, Kristina. "Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Evidence from I.T. Purchasing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-101, April 2011. (Revised April 2012, July 2012, January 2013.)
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
317-074 Medtronic: Making the Big Leap Forward (B) On December 1, 2014, Medtronic announced that it had completed a $17 billion bond sale to finance the Covidien acquisition, officially completed on January 26, 2015. Medtronic’s legal View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne