Direct Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

Working PapersHow Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

stores are multi-sided platforms (MSPs). We propose a definition that provides a more precise notion of MSPs by requiring that they enable direct interactions between the multiple customer types that are affiliated with them. Several... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

In the not-too-distant past, many companies secured competitive advantage by investing heavily in internal R&D. Company engineers and scientists built value from the ground up, and protected their intellectual property like lions... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

February 2023 (Revised February 2025)
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Doing Business in Athens, Greece

By: Alan D. MacCormack, Carlota Moniz and Emilie Billaud

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Greece. It highlights Greece's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Shipping Industry; Greece; Athens

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15 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

with moving eyes and lips, performing clever songs, and making deft cultural references. The mainstreaming of TikTok TikTok is evolving in directions that seem to be reducing its distinctiveness. Search. Because TikTok can be searched,... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

08 Oct 2020
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Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

example by giving rewards for both individual and team performance. Without direct oversight, “Relationships can all too readily slide into cutthroat competition or totally collusive bonding. Either extreme will harm the firm's... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

19 Apr 2004
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Birth of the American Salesman

industries that traditionally invested heavily in salesmen—insurance, automobiles, office machines, branded foods, and pharmaceuticals—did so because they believed salesmen were effective and persuasive in creating demand. American... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

explain service performance. This paper provides a brief retrospective of some of this research and illustrates the directions that this work will take in the future through the vehicle of a field study conducted by the author. The study... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2005
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Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

make competitive bids as necessary to protect his company's strategic position. Without a doubt, this announcement is a veiled threat directed squarely at you. Unfortunately, the CEO's announcement has changed the game. While it still may... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

04 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 4

businesses have led the venture capital model to adapt in fundamental ways over the prior decade. We both document and provide a framework to understand the changes in the investment strategy of VCs in recent years—an increased prevalence... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 14

this case:http://hbr.org/search/112078-PDF-ENG The Promise of Impact Investing V. Kasturi Rangan, Sarah Appleby, and Laura MoonHarvard Business School Note 512-045 This note provides an overview of the impact View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2017
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The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

that more intensive people management is a worthwhile investment of a founder’s time.” Effective human resource management is more than just keeping the paperwork flowing. “You also need to focus on the strategic part of managing people... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence that incentive contracts distort judgment and beliefs, even... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008

Course MaterialsPerforming Industry Research to Inform Investment Decisions Harvard Business School Note 207-069 Conducting thorough research about an industry is often an important component of investment... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Nov 2019
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When Your Passion Works Against You

the right context, this intense positive energy can act like a gravitational pull that sucks in other workers to invest their time and support, ultimately contributing toward the success of the idea. “Passion, like a smile, is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13

portfolio would offer investors exposure to a basket of nine major hedge fund strategies. The DELTA strategy would be innovative in two ways. First, in terms of its structure, AQR would implement these underlying strategies using a well-defined View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2019
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Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

where a company’s promotion mistake can be particularly glaring. Sales is the pounding heart of a company’s cash flow, where the numbers coming in that day, week, or quarter often dictate the direction of the entire operation. The answer... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18

based upon directed network graphs, which allows us to identify all of the direct and indirect linkages between the components in a system. We use this approach to define three fundamental architectural... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

important directions for future research, such as investigating the causes and consequences of how organizations and industries are evaluated on warmth and competence. Read the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne