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- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
scientific and technological activities. And the benefit of opening up your problems to outsiders is that in fact you can get novel solutions—quicker solutions than what the firm or R&D lab might develop. It also opens up View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- July 2016
- Article
Under New Management: Equity Issues and the Attribution of Past Returns
By: Malcolm Baker and Yuhai Xuan
There is a strong link between measures of stock market performance, such as changes in Tobin's Q or past stock returns, and equity issues. Typically, this performance is thought to be a characteristic of the firm, not the CEO who happens to run the firm. In contrast... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, and Yuhai Xuan. "Under New Management: Equity Issues and the Attribution of Past Returns." Journal of Financial Economics 121, no. 1 (July 2016): 66–78.
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
zones As companies expand operations across the globe, they must grapple with time gaps during which employees cannot collaborate (i.e., lost productivity). To study this phenomenon, a research team studied communication patterns among 250 offices of a multinational... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
through a new survey instrument that allows us to codify CEOs’ diaries in a detailed and comparable fashion and to build a bottom-up measure of CEO labor supply. The comparison of 1,114 family and professional CEOs reveals that family... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
clarify matters. There are many areas, like how firm performance connects to entrepreneurial personality, that are woefully understudied and ripe for major advances if the appropriate cross-disciplinary ingredients are assembled.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence
Although entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many countries, they often face unstable environments due to violence and civil unrest. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by high levels of political and civil violence... View Details
- 2013
- Chapter
Who Chooses Board Members?
By: Ali Akyol and Lauren Cohen
We exploit a recent regulation passed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to explore the nomination of board members to US publicly traded firms. In particular, we focus on firms’ use of executive search firms versus allowing internal members (often... View Details
Keywords: Boards; Boards Of Directors; Executive Search Firms; Governance; SEC Regulation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Executive Compensation
Akyol, Ali, and Lauren Cohen. "Who Chooses Board Members?" In Advances in Financial Economics, Vol. 16, edited by Kose John, Anil K. Makhija, and Stephen P. Ferris, 43–77. Emerald Group Publishing, 2013.
- 23 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit
Foundation, an educational fund founded by board chair Ashish Dhawan [MBA 1997] and Siddharth Yog [MBA 2004], founder of the emerging-markets investment firm Xander.) Rocket already works with public schools in the populous states of... View Details
Divestment or Engagement? New Research on Innovation in the Energy Sector
Why you should watch: A new and important NBER working paper, by Cohen, Gurun and Nguyen, takes a long hard look at innovation in the energy industry - and concludes that divestment campaigns targeted at fossil fuel companies may not just be ineffective.... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
bankrupt the company. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53093 2017 The Moral Responsibility of Firms Corporate Moral Agency, Positive Duties, and Purpose By: Hsieh, Nien-hê Abstract—A long-standing question... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2008
- Article
Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Stephen P. Kaufman and Willy C. Shih
Most companies aren't half as innovative as their senior executives want them to be (or as their marketing claims suggest they are). What's stifling innovation? There are plenty of usual suspects, but the authors finger three financial tools as key accomplices.... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Prejudice and Bias; Value Creation
Christensen, Clayton M., Stephen P. Kaufman, and Willy C. Shih. "Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008).
- November 2007
- Case
The 1995 Release of the Institutional Investor Research Report: The Impact of New Information
By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria and Derek Haas
In 1995, Institutional Investor magazine began selling a complete ranking of the best equity research analysts. This report allowed research firms to assess the relative quality of each analyst across the industry, and this enabled firms to know nearly as much about... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Investment Banking; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Evaluation; Banking Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Nitin Nohria, and Derek Haas. "The 1995 Release of the Institutional Investor Research Report: The Impact of New Information." Harvard Business School Case 408-061, November 2007.
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
Kominers, and Alexander Westkamp Abstract—We introduce a framework of matching with flexible allotments that can be used to model firms with cross-division hiring restrictions. Our framework also allows us to nest some prior models of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective By: Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael Tushman Abstract—Platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem strategies embrace and enable interactions with external entities. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2012
- Working Paper
Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence
By: Shon Hiatt and Wesley Sine
Although entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many emerging economies, they often face unstable environments due to the failure of governments to maintain civil and political order. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Crime and Corruption; Balance and Stability; Strategic Planning
Hiatt, Shon, and Wesley Sine. "Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-086, March 2012.
- 07 Oct 2019
- News
New Study Shows Adverse Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts
- May 2014
- Article
Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
Although entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many countries, they often face unstable environments due to violence and civil unrest. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by high levels of political and civil violence... View Details
Keywords: Conflict; Violence; Political Turmoil; Civil Unrest; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Balance and Stability; Crime and Corruption; Business Strategy; Planning; Colombia
Hiatt, Shon R., and Wesley Sine. "Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence." Strategic Management Journal 35, no. 5 (May 2014): 773–785.
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
New on the Web at Alumni Career Services
interested alumni post résumés and online profiles, their information will be made available to executive search firms and organizations looking for board candidates. “These new initiatives — literally the... View Details
- May 2010
- Case
Flare Fragrances Company, Inc: Analyzing Growth Opportunities
By: John A. Quelch and Lisa D. Donovan
Flare Fragrances, a manufacturer of perfumes for women, faces a growth challenge in a difficult economic environment. CEO Joely Patterson outlines two growth opportunities for her marketing staff to evaluate. One involves launching a new scent -- and possibly... View Details
Keywords: Quantitative Analysis; Market Segmentation; Product Introduction; New Product Marketing; Product Lines; Product Positioning; Distribution; Product Launch; Segmentation; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
Quelch, John A., and Lisa D. Donovan. "Flare Fragrances Company, Inc: Analyzing Growth Opportunities." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-550, May 2010.
- 12 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones
Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details