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  • 18 Oct 2016
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October 18, 2016

and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

and guesswork. This theory enabled options transactors to take much bigger positions because they were hedged; they could be much more efficient, and they could control their risk much better. If you look at the last 25 years of... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

firm-level, and that recording back-up solutions is most valuable at medium levels of environmental change. Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice Authors:N. Gregory Mankiw, Matthew C. Weinzierl, and Danny... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 16, 2007

  Working PapersShamed and Able: How Firms Respond to Information Disclosure Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel. Abstract We apply institutional theory to explain how firms respond to information disclosure. Considering the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

takeovers and/or liberation. Capitalist evolution requires the continuing transformation of its three levels of governance. Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face—and What to Do About It Author:Richard S. Tedlow... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

  Working PapersFixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India Authors:Shawn A. Cole Abstract This paper integrates theories of political budget cycles with theories of tactical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

theory the classical logic of benefit‐based taxation in which an individual's benefit from the activities of the state is tied to his or her income‐earning ability. First‐best optimal policy is characterized analytically as depending on a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15

the market by setting the welfare-maximizing level of trade when the difference in the degree of asymmetric information between buyers and sellers is significant. However, if this difference is below a certain threshold, then even the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

In contrast, we find no increase in crimes against men or gender-neutral crimes. We also examine the effectiveness of alternative forms of political representation: large-scale membership of women in local councils affects crime against them more than their presence in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 May 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

research has evaluated this alternative view and developed a theory based on the effect of past savings on growth through the adoption of new technologies (mostly through foreign direct investment: FDI). Q: What is the technological... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 22 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought

might be more revealing than people's reactions to questionnaires. "Nearly all of our cognition is below the level of awareness," Zaltman says. "How can we surface it, and relate it to how we think of our jobs, an institution, a cause?"... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 23 Aug 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

has been discussed for decades. Here is research and writing from Harvard Business School that discusses both the concept in theory and examples of CSR in practice. A Good Place to Start Statement on the Purpose of a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology
  • 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9

compensation to strategy relies on agency theory economics and focuses on executive pay. Departing from this work, in this paper we focus on the strategic compensation of non-executive employees and argue that while agency View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

product design important, or is manufacturing the key locus of learning? How does a supplier's initial resource endowment play into the dynamic? Our empirical analysis yields interesting findings that have implications for theory and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008

two recently identified bounds: bounded ethicality and bounded awareness. By organizing diverse theories into a clear framework, the taxonomy should aid researchers and educators in identifying new strategies for improving decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 25, 2006

extraordinary effort by a very large and experienced global corporation to survive the "era of confrontation" which deterred most other foreign firms, and which has left behind a legacy of distrust which helps to explain the continuing low View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2020
  • News

Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

interesting,” Kenny says. The School’s podcasts are available online and on major podcast platforms. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the School’s podcasts were produced in the HBS Studios, a multimedia facility on the lower level... View Details
  • 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

knowledge-intensive multinational corporation suggest that reluctance to speak up, even with pro-organizational suggestions, is driven by specific implicit theories about speaking up in hierarchies. Study 2 uses open-ended survey... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

  PublicationsWhen Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Hałaburda Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract We present a theory for why it... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence, especially across countries. This has limited the ability to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace