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- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
We propose that firms' corporate governance and firms' strategic business activities within an industry are interlinked. By conducting a simultaneous economic analysis of business strategy and corporate governance, scholars can better... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
litigation strategically respond to increased litigation risks in this industry. We find that as patent wars intensify, smartphone vendors not involved in any litigation focus more of their business in markets with weaker intellectual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
health choices. The good news is that human nature can also be a source of solutions. Through her studies in Zambia exploring the reasons for unwanted pregnancies and the incentives that would motivate hairdressers to sell condoms to... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
a knowledge management system to optimally leverage employee-generated know-how. In particular, we consider the following practical strategic questions for the manager of a knowledge-intensive firm: should her firm develop a formal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
the more complex the legislation, the more difficulty the market has in assessing the impact of these bills. Consistent with the legislator incentive mechanism, the more concentrated the legislator's interest in the industry, the more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
selling valuable and scarce products are more likely to have separate primary and secondary markets and will therefore appropriate more value when secondary markets thicken. Firms selling products that are not valuable and scarce will be hurt. Further, we hypothesize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
responsible for sustainability, and top executive incentives are more likely to be a function of sustainability metrics. Moreover, they are more likely to have organized procedures for stakeholder engagement, to be more long-term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
paper on studying the circumstances under which alignment will or will not happen. Using game theory, we find that, although misaligned economic incentives can play a role in explaining misalignment of planning behaviors, there is another... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
effects more than doubled or had consumers' discount factor increased by fifty percent. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-031.pdf PublicationsIdentity Incentives as an Engaging Form of Control: Revisiting Leniencies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
Hospital before joining the HBS faculty in 1997. “We knew we needed a program that ran for longer than a week that not only addresses the higher-level strategic questions but also considers the difficult blocking and tackling that makes... View Details
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax distortion, government outlays... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
need? What is the optimal setting and context in which they should be delivering care? What processes should they use? There are all sorts of operating managerial and strategic decisions that we haven't even talked about at a policy level... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
the fiscal quarter end when they have greater incentive to boost earnings. Our results confirm managers' stated willingness to sacrifice long-term value in order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey, and Rajgopal, 2005) and their stated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
corporate directors' fiduciary duties in that state. This change limited incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt. We show that, as predicted, this increased the likelihood of equity issues, increased investment, and reduced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
precision medicines (LPMs) as those that use one or more relevant biomarkers. We then further segment trials based on the nature of the biomarker(s) used and other trial features with economic implications. Given potential changes in the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
capital investing has reached an all-time high. Although their background skills and experiences fall outside venture capital, they have identified a large investor and a number of smaller investors to back their small fund. They believe their fund's strategy uniquely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
poor conditions exposed. In other words, the more concerned they are, the more likely they have more incentives to maintain better conditions. “Press freedom empowers journalists and labor activists to investigate and publicize poor... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
the problems in participants' incentives and in legal rules. Publisher's link: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/pitfalls-and-fraud-in-online-advertising-research-jar-jun2014.pdf August 2014 Economic Journal Highway to Success: The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
promoting its investment opportunities, to organizing site visits and meetings for foreign investors, to negotiating investment deals and incentive packages. In little more than two years on the job, we’ve had some good results: The... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
resourcing, establishing targets and measurements and incentives that you would attach to any other strategic initiative that mattered. Third, I would say don't demand perfection of yourself. I make... View Details