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  • Research Summary

Career Histories and the Biotechnology Industry

Professor Higgins' other major project focuses on the consequences of individuals' career experiences for firms and industries. This second research stream centers on the careers of executives in the biotechnology industry.

Professor Higgins has written... View Details

  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

evidence that “short-termism" and “quarterly capitalism” are impairing firms' ability to invest, innovate, and provide good wages. We explain why S&P 500 shareholder-payout figures provide a misleadingly incomplete picture of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Creating Shared Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the launch of countless corporate social responsibility initiatives in recent decades. Now more than ever—in the midst of a global economic crisis that has strained the capacity of governments and NGOs to address complex societal challenges—it is time to restore View Details
  • 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

Public School Districts Author:Stacey Childress Abstract This working paper offers concrete examples of improved productivity and efficiencies at the district level, drawing from the author's experience working with districts and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009

premia determined mainly by the product of risk aversion and the nominal-real covariance. The concavity of the yield curve—the level of intermediate-term bond yields, relative to the average of short- and long-term bond yields—is a good... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007

Periodical:Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the effects of mandated disclosure on the design of contracts and induced behavior in the presence of career concerns. We analyze the impact of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

The Imposter Among Us

this, let me know. It’s important to me that we do a good job.” I had little experience as a writer, absolutely no understanding of the Nobel Committee, and limited knowledge of the economics landscape with which to provide context for... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 14 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

alternative mechanisms by which private information about firms' R&D activities can be revealed to investors. I investigate the degree to which both mechanisms lead to the public revelation of the private information implicit in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

Tim Alpers talpers@mba2026.hbs.edu Julius Gruener jgruener@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email gss@studentclubs.hbs.edu Global Business Club Co-Presidents Yilun (Bill) Ding bding@mba2024.hbs.edu Sophy Wang sowang@mba2024.hbs.edu Club Email... View Details
  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

the social institution? How can good leadership strengthen morale as well as the economic side of the organization in times of uncertainty? A: We interviewed the CEOs before the financial meltdown, so I cannot say how these CEOs have... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

really matters in the workplace is helping employees feel appreciated.” Rewards that signal to employees that they did a good job and that their manager cares about them will encourage employees to want to work even harder, the research... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 May 2024
  • In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

short run and perseverance is rewarded.” Returns and attractive exits are higher for startups formed during these periods in history. Overall, I emphasize that students need to be patient. Good jobs are out there to be had. All it takes... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 27 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

capabilities. We conclude that incumbent firms have an advantage in innovating in this setting. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54282 The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Person Page

Press / Media

By: Debora L. Spar

I'll have a girl, please

American Public Media [Marketplace], 12 September 2006

DR. DEBORAH SPAR: "The ability to choose gender is really only the first... View Details

  • 08 Sep 2015
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September 8, 2015

Galinsky Abstract—At some point, every company makes a mistake that requires an apology—to an individual; a group of customers, employees, or business partners; or the public at large. And more often than not, companies and their leaders... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

forthcoming Review of Accounting Studies The Effect of Enforcement Transparency: Evidence from SEC Comment-Letter Reviews By: Duro, Miguel, Jonas Heese, and Gaizka Ormazabal Abstract—This paper studies the effect of the public disclosure... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

small open economy, final goods production is carried out by foreign and domestic firms, which compete for skilled labor, unskilled labor, and intermediate products. To operate a firm in the intermediate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

take shape in the past 20 years. In particular, the publication of Teece and Pisano (1994, Industrial and Corporate Change, 3(3), 537–556), Teece et al. (1997, Strategic Management Journal, 3, 509–533), and Eisenhardt and Martin (2000,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

appraisals. There is an overriding contradiction at the center of the Bank's approach to public participation. On the one hand, Bank literature and policy statements are replete with testimonials to the importance of participation and... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim