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- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
require construction of broader coalitions of policymakers, place more constraints on executive decision making, and have more competitive selection processes. As a result, there are stronger political motivations for Vietnamese leaders to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
$22 billion on R&D, while Apple spent a relatively paltry $2.5 billion. And yet, since that launch, Apple has far outperformed Nokia in terms of both its profit margins and its reputation for innovation. So what gives? “This was a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
committed to pioneering all avenues of technology and distributing them to wide audiences. The journey wasn't without its trials for both CEOs. Gates' antitrust lawsuit of the mid-90s and Jobs' separation from Apple in the late 80s View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
technological innovation. “The question is with 50 million public school students in America, how can you provide a more individualized learning experience?” "If you go to the smallest mom-and-pop restaurant, you'll find a... View Details
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
this month's column. Several thought that the provision could have the desired effect. Yedendra Chouksey said, "What is open to public glare does restrain proclivity for 'insanely generous' self-rewards So, why not try it and hope for some better discipline in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
implications of these relationships for start-up innovation and performance. Value creation in such relationships occurs when assets are exchanged by the parties involved: collaboration allows for passive knowledge flows and active knowledge creation; in addition,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
innovation performance such as firm productivity and profitability, (d) mergers, and (e) divestments as providing context or "shocks" to an activity system and their value as an empirical source of exogenous variation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
rise of executive pay over time as a product of efficient markets and argued that the increase merely reflects the growing marginal productivity of chief executives. Unfortunately, this standard defense reflects a broad misconception of... View Details
Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
consummatory phases of reward processing. Recent improvements in the spatial and temporal resolution of neuroimaging techniques have allowed researchers to separately visualize different stages of reward... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
S&P 500 index and are only marginally higher than the risk-free rate as of the end of 2008. The combined impression from these results is that the return experience of hedge fund investors is much worse than previously thought.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
electoral participation. Negative shocks to income and rates of employment are also associated with increases in closure activity within counties over time. We interpret these results as consistent with involuntary consumer account closures being jointly driven by thin... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
Andreea Gorbatai Abstract Since Durkheim, sociologists have believed that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one explanatory mechanism, arguing that dense networks provide an opportunity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
while training primarily for skills at all levels in an organization. Further, to reengineer an organization to do more with less, high-performing organizations not only hire for attitude and train for skills, they provide outstanding... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
provide infrastructure for electric vehicles. While not all projects have a climate-change benefit, many help reduce future carbon emissions or even remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere. In addition to looking at bonds self-labeled... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for dividends. Firms headquartered in areas where seniors constitute a large fraction of the population are more likely to pay dividends, initiate dividends, and have higher dividend yields. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
“suggesting that many businesses expect this to extend well beyond their current cash.” Survey respondents indicated that demand shocks and employee health concerns have been more disruptive than the supply chain problems that are more damaging to large companies. By... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
pricing for first-exposure products on the site. Many in the industry have relied on years of experience and intuition to determine pricing—can Wilson provide new insights? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
yours to provide unique customer solutions. Purchase this book: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?R=1721-HBK-ENG&conversationId=355532&E=3159 Merchants to Multinationals Author:Geoffrey Jones Publication:Tokyo:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
Abstract We study the relationship between different margins of information technology (IT) use and vertical integration using plant-level data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures. Focusing on the short-run decision of whether to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
future at the same time. It is like changing the engine of a plane while it is flying. Based on almost ten years of research, this book provides a framework for companies to reimagine their business. Using rich case studies and rigorous... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman