Firms - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Oct 2010
News

More for-profit firms now involved in open-source

23 Jan 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Cost of Capital Dynamics Implied by Firm Fundamentals

Keywords: by Matthew Lyle & Charles C.Y. Wang

03 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

How Firm Strategies Influence the Architecture of Transaction Networks

Keywords: by Jianxi Luo, Daniel E. Whitney, Carliss Y. Baldwin & Christopher L. Magee

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The Impact of Intangibles on Firm Growth

By: Stefano Denicolai, E. Cotta Ramusino and F. Sotti

Persuading users to try new technologies continues to be a problem confronting organisations and technology vendors alike. To better understand the process of new technology trial and adoption, several theoretical models have been proposed, of which the Technology... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Technology Adoption

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2006
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The Competitiveness of Japanese Industries and Firms

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

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fall 1993
Article

Theory of Risk Capital in Financial Firms

By: Robert C. Merton and André Perold

Keywords: Theory; Risk and Uncertainty; Capital; Business Ventures; Financial Services Industry

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January 1999
Article

Managing "Green" Product Innovation in Small Firms

By: Roberto Verganti

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February 2002
Background Note

Working With Relatives in the Family Firm

Describes some of the difficulties of working with one's relatives in the family firm, especially with one's brother(s). Examines some of the reasons for the difficulties and proposes ways of dealing with them. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Problems and Challenges

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10 Feb 2015
News

Firms need a formal code of conduct

11 Mar 2008
News

Ahead of the Bell: Private Equity Firms

24 Oct 2016
Video

A Bright Future for Chinese Family Firms

You've Got Mail! The Late 19th Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Entrepreneurship, and Firm Performance

Research Summary

Firm Performance, Senior Management, and Managerial Representation

While my work on strategic human capital studies how the characteristics of management shape performance, this work in effect focuses on the reverse: how performance shapes a key characteristic of the firm's management

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April 2022
Teaching Note

Big Blue: Starting a Real Estate Firm

By: Boris Vallée and Sean Bracken

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 222-036. View Details

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July 2021
Article

The Effect of Price on Firm Reputation

By: Michael Luca and Oren Reshef

While a business's reputation can affect its pricing, prices can also affect its reputation. To explore the effect of prices on reputation, we investigate daily data on menu prices and online ratings from a large rating and ordering platform. We find that a price... View Details

Keywords: Pricing; Reputation Systems; IT Policy And Management; Economics Of Digital Platforms; Business Ventures; Reputation; Price; Consumer Behavior; Analysis