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  • 15 May 2007
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First Look: May 15, 2007

Although I will describe research on networks at both the organizational and the individual levels, I shall focus on the organization level. In addition, in the interest of brevity, I will emphasize horizontal relationships among... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

drivers of an international consumer culture. Beauty companies formed an important component of a wider business ecosystem, which included movie studios, pageant organizers, and fashion magazines. Yet the process of homogenization,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical
  • 20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20

invisible hand of markets increasingly governs them. An assessment of this form of governance against the requirements of science-based businesses suggests a gap and a need for organizational innovation.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Mar 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

new achievement are further escalated by the glamorized treatment they receive in today's media-centric world. The elements of celebrity—spectacle, "bests," charisma, and any form of novelty from the latest in consumption to a... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

has on the acquirer's characteristics, form of payment, announcement returns, long-run stock price, and operating performance. We find that compared to the acquirers of other private companies, firms that acquire private venture... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

One explanation for these patterns is that U.S. firms are organized in a way that allows them to use new technologies more efficiently. A model of endogenously chosen organizational form and IT is developed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

of management became a central focus. This organizational narcissism not only produced the Enron effect, but it cost managers a front-row seat in a changing society marked by the dramatically different yearnings and needs of its own end... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-099WP.pdf Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification Authors:Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract SA 8000, along with other types of certification standards and corporate codes of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 10

trading volume, and more dispersion in analyst forecasts following the calls. Further, the capital market's response to linguistic complexity is limited to firms for which there is greater demand for English-language conference calls. Our results highlight that when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

though the effects vary with liberal/conservative ideological orientation. Polynomial regression analyses reveal that the fit relationship between individual and organizational political ideology deviates from the idealized congruence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30

happiness-if you follow five core principles of smarter spending. Purchase the book: http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Money-Science-Smarter-Spending/dp/1451665067/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0/181-7319636-0911428 The Role of Organizational Scope and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

trying to raise money." Organizational behaviorists have known for years that third-party endorsements are critical to a young firm's success. Higgins and Gulati wanted to understand the origins and nature of these important... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
  • 01 May 2012
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First Look: May 1

marketplace and so under-invest in the new technology. The second suggests that incumbent firms develop organizational capabilities and cognitive frames that make them slow to "see" new opportunities and that make it difficult... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

the body of empirical research on entrepreneurial resource mobilization has grown, the literature has become increasingly fragmented. We review the literature on entrepreneurs’ mobilization of resources, spanning human, social, financial, and other View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

Manage your network. Effective managers know they cannot avoid conflict and competition among organizational groups; they build and nurture ongoing relationships. Manage your team. Team members need to know what's required of them... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

variation in the use of in-house rather than independent advertising agencies by U.S. advertisers. While the vast majority of large advertisers employ outside agencies, it comes as a surprise to find that when advertisers of all sizes are considered, about half operate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

challenges facing the education sector. The result was the now three-year-old Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which works with nine urban public school districts representing over one million students. "Rather than creating an institutional... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education
  • 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

exogenous variation in foreign aid. We investigate how aid is spent by tracking its short-run effect on aggregate demand, prices, the national accounts, savings, and the balance of payments. We find that aid is mostly consumed, primarily in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2015
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December 1, 2015

vary the sales force compensation scheme at an Asian enterprise that sells consumer durable goods. With variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of various forms of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

be sustainable, new types of hybrid organizations need to create a common organizational identity that strikes a balance between the logics they combine. Our evidence further suggests that the crucial early levers for developing such an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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