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  • 12 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 12

article provides conceptual foundations for analyzing organizations comprising multiple legally autonomous entities, which we call meta-organizations. We assess the antecedents of the emergence of such collectives and the design choices... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

watching the response." Let them lead while you learn. When you identify new offerings or markets where your assessment of initial risk versus potential returns suggests caution, a competitor may do you... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

Bussgang, Jeffrey Abstract—Relative to established organizations, start-ups can be hard to figure out. What are the jobs to be done? The best entry points? How can you tell whether a company has potential for success and is the right fit for you? The author advises... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

in the black. "They underestimated the risk associated with paying bribes, but they also overestimated what they were going to make on profits," says Healy. "Most companies don't have the luxury of going back and saying what was the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14

cancer patients with a high risk of clinical progression and death. DiagnoFirst had applied for patents, in both the U.S. and EU, for the sequence of 40 genes, the new methodology for gene amplification, and the specific mechanics of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25

four factors allows special committees and their advisors to assess the degree to which the playing field is level in an MBO, and (by extension) the extent to which a market canvass can provide a meaningful check on the buyout price. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12

generally. Paper: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/convergence_in_position_auctions.pdf Assessing Potential Carbon Revenues from Reduced Forest Cover Loss in Liberia Authors:Donovan, Jessica, Keith Lawrence, Christopher Neyor,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

making money is the sole objective of the corporation. A: Their arguments should be taken quite seriously. In fact, we suggest that recognizing the significance of concerns on both sides of the debate is central for understanding how to weigh and integrate those... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 16 Oct 2013
  • Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

fracking and nuclear, as well as some thoughts on a path forward. Fracking The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report's focus on managing cumulative CO2 emissions makes sense to me given the incredible long-life... View Details
Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities
  • 09 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

better assess risk and make more accurate lending decisions. "One of the reasons that lending to small businesses is so costly is that it's very difficult to assess credit... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services
  • 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

of Boca Junior's business model and how it differs from that of the richer soccer clubs in Western Europe. Also enables an assessment of successful talent and brand management strategies in the context of a sports franchise with a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

in designing and assessing policy. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54968 Large-Scale Demand Estimation with Search Data By: Amano, Tomomichi, Andrew Rhodes, and Stephan Seiler Abstract—Many online... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

broad-based therapies. Instead, the focus should be on enrolling subpopulations, based on diagnostic testing, in trials of targeted drug treatments and on monitoring and assessing effectiveness after drugs are approved. A dysfunctional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

perceive the quality of others' decisions to be greater when other individuals engage in the right amount of thinking for the situation. These assessments then affect observers' own decisions and openness to influence. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

I. Norton Abstract—While many experiments have explored risk preferences for money, few have systematically assessed risk preferences for everyday experiences. We propose a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

pricing theories. First, in an era when efficient portfolio diversification was not possible, the intrinsic risk of an equity security was an important input into investor decision making. Second, our evidence suggests that businesspeople... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

results of additional tests are consistent with the risk of expropriation being a barrier to information disclosure about firm performance. In contrast, we find no evidence that disclosure of government payments is related to proprietary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806207 Winning Legally: Using the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk Harvard Business School Note 806-138 Describes the four components of legal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jan 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?

risk and return are assessed in different parts of the brain, thereby questioning theories regarding expected utility on which a great deal of decision theory has been based up to now. Thus, according to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

negotiators' focus to aspects of the situation that reliably generate helpful prescriptions. Left to others were careful assessments of the conditions under which his advice applied-and did not. While Fisher's writings are open to various... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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