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- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
issues surrounding short-term versus long-term investment payoffs, the proportion of the portfolio that should be allocated to venture capital, and the most appropriate investment form-direct investing in entrepreneurial startups, later... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Comment
Discussion of 'The Use of Management Control Mechanisms to Mitigate Moral Hazard in the Decision to Outsource'
By: Dennis Campbell
Campbell, Dennis. "Discussion of 'The Use of Management Control Mechanisms to Mitigate Moral Hazard in the Decision to Outsource'." Journal of Accounting Research 50, no. 2 (May 2012): 593–604.
- November 2006
- Case
Kroger Union Negotiations
By: Dennis A. Yao
A stylized version of the negotiations between Kroger Company and its local unions during the mid-1980s. Management faces a sequence of individual negotiations with local unions during a time of weak economic performance when management is seriously considering... View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
Working PapersContracting in the Self-reporting Economy (revised) Authors:Romana L. Autrey and Richard Sansing Abstract This paper examines the effect of accounting on the use of intellectual property. We analyze the licensing of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
Corporate donations to political campaigns reveal a lot about mutual back-scratching in the political and business arenas. Now new research from Harvard Business School reveals that corporate giving may consist of more than monetary... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
gives a brief overview of sexual harassment laws and policies in several regions of the world, including Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
outsourcing certain store operations to third parties, changing the way store managers were compensated, and creating formal operating procedures for store operations. But he knew he had to be careful. Could... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
a) incorporation decisions by entrepreneurs that anticipate the burdens of being a US corporation, b) merger patterns that reflect the penalties of being domiciled in the US and the importance of offshore... View Details
- April 11, 2010
- Article
Solving Jobs Crisis Won't Be a Quick Fix
By: William W. George
George, William W. "Solving Jobs Crisis Won't Be a Quick Fix." Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (April 11, 2010).
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
with limited financial resources can then focus on supplying superior bottleneck modules, while outsourcing and allowing complementors to supply non-bottleneck components. I show that a firm pursuing this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
Its Debt Debt Management Conflicts Between the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, Joshua S. Rudolph, and Lawrence Summers Abstract—No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- January 2008
- Article
Nonemployment Stigma as Rational Herding: A Field Experiment
Long spells of unemployment are known to reduce the likelihood of re-employment, but it is difficult to discern the reasons for this observation. Using an experimental method that controls for search intensity and possible discouragement of job applicants, I document... View Details
Keywords: Job Search; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Employment; Cognition and Thinking; Perception; Creativity; Human Needs; Job Interviews; Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Managerial Roles; Judgments; Employment Industry
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Nonemployment Stigma as Rational Herding: A Field Experiment." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 65, no. 1 (January 2008): 30–40.
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
making use of a local app-development company; using an outsourcing platform like oDesk; contracting with Dashfire, a friend's company that charges low fees for product development in exchange for equity; or finding View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
acquisition and retention, costs and productivity, firm scope, pricing, growth platforms, etc. Some of the finest examples of business model innovations, whether it is IBM's View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
competency and its ability to move up the value chain that will allow it to share the positive gains. If labor tries the old tactic of strikes, management will just outsource the staff from somewhere else... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
time, the company has announced a commitment to improve customer responsiveness and reduce the "fill rate," the time it takes to fulfill new orders. These changes may require adding warehouses or View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
of creating a business. A few years ago, the amount of money needed to fund a new company would make this kind of investing just a drop in the bucket for most startups. Today, the bar to start a company has been lowered thanks to cloud computing View Details
- February 2017
- Supplement
Truly Human Leadership at Barry-Wehmiller: Video Supplement
By: Jan Rivkin and Dylan Minor
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Values and Beliefs; Organizational Culture; Employees; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
Rivkin, Jan, and Dylan Minor. "Truly Human Leadership at Barry-Wehmiller: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 717-803, February 2017.
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
and other organizations often outsource activities to achieve cost savings from market competition. Yet such benefits are often accompanied by poor quality resulting from moral hazard, which can be... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
McBoatface. Overruling the public’s wishes, NERC named the craft after British naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The public was outraged; newspaper editorials decried the lack of democracy, and citizens protested the unfairness of it all... View Details