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  • 24 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

for the company. It was about keeping the business unit alive and not jeopardizing thousands of jobs overnight." A financial analysis of the return on such contracts called those beliefs into question. "After completing a thorough audit... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14

phenomenological assumptions in negotiation research. Analysis of the citation rates of the articles in our data set by non-negotiation organizational research indicates that more open systems assumptions increase the likelihood that a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an analysis of some international political dynamics of countries' IFRS harmonization decisions. The analysis is based on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

Vayanos Abstract We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in which clienteles with strong preferences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?

Source: Raw Pixel Stockbrokers are taking advantage of their privileged position to increase profits for favored investors and hedge funds, all at the expense of their other customers, new research suggests. A team of economists has found... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

reforming countries are directed towards other reforming countries. Analysis of firm-level responses to the creation of the ASEAN free trade agreement yields results that are consistent with these predictions. Download the paper from SSRN... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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data analysis and metrics tracking. ArcelorMittal and the private sector during the Ebola crisis Spring 2016 | Focus: Healthcare; International Development Team: Sarah Nam and Sisi Pan Description: The Ebola outbreak in 2013-16 devastated... View Details
  • 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

lines but not across them. Study 3 further showed that even outside observers, who were not members of the focal social categories, also had greater difficulty maximizing profit across social category lines. Finally, Study 4 showed that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

or shortcomings in growing their companies and new ventures. This book blends exclusive research findings, personal interviews, and experienced analysis to illustrate how each type handles the five dynamic challenges of building... View Details
  • 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018

comparability and credibility. Instrumental variables analysis suggests that increases in sustainability disclosure driven by the regulation are associated with increases in firm valuations, as reflected in Tobin’s Q. Collectively, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

middlemen and defaulted on their loans. The risk of such events may explain, at least partly, why many seemingly more profitable export crops are not adopted. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-065.pdf Catering through... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2005
  • Article

Increasing Exploration: Evidence from International Expansion

By: Juan Alcacer, Heather Berry and Wilbur Chung
While firms balance exploitation and exploration to maximize profits, specifics of how firms pursue this balance are scarce. We focus on how firms increase their exploration after obtaining greater capabilities and experience via sequential international expansion.... View Details
Keywords: Price Bubble; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Industry Growth; Research and Development; Profit; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Disruptive Innovation; Five Forces Framework; SWOT Analysis; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; United States
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  • 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5

at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a multinational as the typical decision maker. Illustrated with examples from companies of all sizes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

effects. Overall, the analysis suggests that the global standardization hypothesis has considerably less momentum than the juggernaut that it is sometimes portrayed as. Q: You have written that customer preferences for globally... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

public health effectively. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807016 Basic Techniques for the Analysis of Customer Information Using Excel: A Step-by-Step Approach Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

Press) The authors outline a method to discover and revitalize the exceptional business that exists inside an organization. The method relies on the well-established 80/20 rule to direct focus and attention; anchors analysis in the... View Details
  • 04 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 4

Inkpen Abstract—The globalization of state-owned multinational companies (SOMNCs) has become an important phenomenon in international business (IB), yet it has received scant attention in the literature. We explain how the analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

corporate profits attributable to foreign operations has escalated from 5 percent in the 1960s to 30 percent today. Second, multinational firms, once characterized as a web of autonomous subsidiaries serving local markets, are more likely... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

US outbound FPI and FDI, this paper analyzes whether the composition of US outbound capital flows reflect efforts to bypass home country tax regimes and weak host country investor protections. The cross-country analysis indicates that a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 24

differs by firm ownership. We study CEOs in the Indian manufacturing sector, where family ownership is widespread and the productivity dispersion across firms is substantial. Time use analysis of 356 CEOs of listed firms yields three sets... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel