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- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
business. It is argued that the country of origin of a technological innovation is less economically important than the ability of a society to capitalize on that innovation and convert it into profitable business opportunities.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009
is being abandoned by the two remaining large capital exporters—the U.K. and Japan—that had maintained similar regimes. The conundrum facing policymakers is how to reconcile mounting pressures for increased tax burdens on foreign activity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
undermine ad-supported broadcasting stations, promulgated a series of regulations that retarded the growth of pay TV. As a result, early efforts to develop pay TV were unsuccessful. 5 The FCC's opposition to pay TV was consistent with a... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Devices: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regulators and Innovators By: Gordon, William J., and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract— Software has become an increasingly important component of medical device technology. Through legislation like... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
multinationals and local contenders. Palepu and Khanna provide a playbook for assessing emerging markets' potential and for crafting strategies for succeeding in those markets. They explain how to spot institutional voids in developing economies, including in product,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
perspective of originators. All originators benefit from the presence of additional informed investors in bad times, but each originator minimizes his reliance on costly informed capital in good times by issuing safe securities. Our model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
growing evidence of pollution and resulting political pressures. The variety of capitalism literature has suggested that the German coordinated market economy model was more conducive to green corporate strategies than liberal market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well spent, or pressure from regulators to demonstrate that... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
each originator minimizes his reliance on costly informed capital in good times by issuing safe securities. Our model suggests regulations that limit the issuance of safe securities in good times. Read:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808112 SKS Microfinance Harvard Business School Case 208-137 Vikram Akula, CEO of SKS Microfinance, seeks a venture capital investment to fund his firm. SKS, one of the largest and fastest growing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
those whose cost of external finance was unchanged. However, while some of the fall in entry was due to less wealthy individuals with high human capital (confirming the presence of financing constraints), the greatest relative decline in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
"cat note" that offered a high yield, but with a chance of losing the full investment if severe hurricanes struck the coastline of the United States. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207075 View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
cognitive, normative, or regulative mainstays of an organizational field. Institutional innovation, like all innovation, is both novel and useful but differs in that it is also legitimate, credible, and appropriate. Legitimacy is hinged... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
suggest that in many commonly regulated markets in which firms share similar cost structures, firms are likely to experience incentives to ratchet down and delay the introduction of innovative products. The study highlights the importance... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
opacity and agility. Clients find it very difficult to judge a firm's performance in advance, because they are usually hiring it for specialized knowledge and capability that they themselves lack. Price becomes a proxy for quality. And the top consulting (or law) firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
statements about their commitment to long-term success. To understand the disconnect, we examine how S&P500 companies are actually allocating capital and show that firms are in fact plowing substantial amounts of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 10
in terms of both the bankruptcy code and the cultural attitudes toward corporate restructuring. This case can fit into an introductory course in a module on capital structure and the tradeoff between the costs and benefits of debt or in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
PublicationsNew Perspectives on Regulation Authors:David Moss and John Cisternino, eds. Publication:Cambridge, Mass.: The Tobin Project, 2009 No abstract is available at this time. Book link:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
PublicationsCapitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business Authors:Joseph Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2011 Abstract The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
consequences. In corporations, these leaders excel in regulated industries and in firms that take a process approach to innovation. The larger lesson that the military can offer the business world is that fit matters. Different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne