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- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
you consider launching a SPAC, a special purpose acquisition company? When I left the U.S. Army after a 22-year career, I launched Xtreme Solutions, an information technology services provider. I knew I could start a successful business... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
experimentation ex-post and one that funds experimental projects ex-ante. In equilibrium it is possible that all competing financiers choose to offer failure-tolerant contracts to attract entrepreneurs, leaving no capital to fund the most... View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Working PapersRacial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives? Authors:Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas Abstract Diversity continues to be a key focus for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
market often lacks one or more core infrastructure elements, such as a supply of trained business professionals, liquid stock exchanges, predictable contract enforcement, or quality service providers for... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
a joint venture and make sure that you can't buy those services or that knowledge through an arms-length contract that doesn't require sharing ownership. Most of what managers want from joint ventures is... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
on his rapport with the musicians and—in a field where operating budgets depend heavily on philanthropic support—his ability to work a room, the serious matter of contract negotiation began in late spring 2005. With all the particulars... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
fundraise, honestly. So we raised a bit of money in 2015, just a friends-and-family round. We raised from an angel in 2016, and we closed a seed round in 2020, after a pretty long slog of raising money. Morrell: Without an influx of VC money, Energicity grew... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion and Sustainability By: Cole, Shawn A., and A. Nilesh Fernando Abstract—We examine the role of management in agricultural productivity by evaluating a mobile-phone based agricultural advice View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
http://people.hbs.edu/reccles/2011SU_Features_EcclesSaltzman.pdf Deprival Value' vs. 'Fair Value' Measurement for Contract Liabilities: How to Resolve the 'Revenue Recognition' Conundrum? Authors:Joanne Horton, Richard H. Macve, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
paper, we examine the impact of the AIDS epidemic on African nations through 2002 using the male circumcision rate to identify plausibly exogenous variation in HIV prevalence. Medical researchers have found significant evidence that male circumcision can reduce the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
contrast, a woman cleaning floors for Apple today works for a service contractor. She can’t afford to take vacation time because of the wages she’d lose, going to school is financially out of reach, and no bonus is coming her way—plus she... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
"by the numbers." We discuss relational incentive contracts that use informal weights on formal performance measures. More importantly, we suggest how formal measures can be used in new models of informal management. We also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
exclusive right of way, typically an elevated guideway, though track can also be installed at or below ground level. A vehicle leaves when passengers are ready, and service is nonstop from origin to destination, with no intermediate stops... View Details
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
itemizes what it spends on cotton, cutting, sewing, dyeing, finishing, and transporting each shirt, consumers become more attracted to the brand and more likely to purchase. “By unpacking the costs, you have the opportunity to explain everything you did for the... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
shores. The true danger of COVID-19 lies in its ability to spread aggressively while taking a heavy toll on a significant portion of those who contract it. Consequently, it places severe stress on hospitals, which only exacerbates the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
services and information. In 1978, Time Inc. produced only six magazines, but soon the number of print materials available to Americans began to explode. Driven by consumer habits and technology, the landscape continues to change even... View Details
- 04 Jan 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
low-wage workers.” Another point of view rejects the notion that such a competition exists. David Wittenberg commented, “Workers don’t ‘compete for your profits,’ they contract to provide services for a wage... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
include Lewis Tappan, C. A. Spofford, and Jay Cooke. Collection Guide James McCauley Landis Papers (1924-1945) . Special Collections, Harvard Law School. James Landis was a legal academic and federal regulator. The papers at Harvard Law School relate to Landis’ View Details
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
final product. Moreover, a firm's propensity to integrate a given stage of the value chain is shaped by the relative contractibility of the stages located upstream versus downstream from that stage, as well as by the firm's productivity.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
bottom line. Some companies have invested time and energy into their CSR programs only after getting burned by bad publicity. For example, Nike suffered from an onslaught of negative press and large-scale protests from those who claimed its View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman