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Political Skill: Explaining the Effects of Nonnative Accent on Managerial Hiring and Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions

By: Laura Huang, Marcia Frideger and Jone L. Pearce
We propose and test a new theory explaining glass-ceiling bias against nonnative speakers as driven by perceptions that nonnative speakers have weak political skill. Although nonnative accent is a complex signal, its effects on assessments of the speakers' political... View Details
Keywords: Spoken Communication; Prejudice and Bias; Competency and Skills; Selection and Staffing; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Decisions
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  • 25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

Course MaterialsMatrix Capital Management (A) Malcolm P. Baker and David LaneHarvard Business School Case 211-017 Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Krishna G. Palepu

    KRISHNA G. PALEPU is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean at the... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; banking; financial services; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; retailing
    • 27 Feb 2018
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    First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

    entrepreneurial finance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54066 forthcoming Academy of Management Journal We Ask Men to Win & Women Not to Lose: Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Funding By: Kanze,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Investment Management Workshop

    with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Download Brochure Who Should Attend Executives in investment management organizations—including hedge View Details
    • 18 May 2010
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    First Look: May 18

    Roasters, which has dropped in value by more than 40% in recent months. Tremblant is a hedge fund that specializes in forecasting consumer behavioral change and capitalizes on the disconnect between stock... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 23 Oct 2012
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    First Look: October 23

    several concrete managerial prescriptions for the selection problem based on this trade-off. Finally, we demonstrate the value of our framework in a case study that considers air traffic management. Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Faculty & Research

    Jung Koo Kang , Krishna G. Palepu , Charles C.Y. Wang and David Lane This case examines factors contributing to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March 2023, an event as unpredicted as it was quick. SVB funded nearly half of... View Details
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    Senior Executive Program—Africa

    limited amount of partial scholarship funding may be available for qualified applicants from not-for-profit organizations. Please include a request for funding in your application. Blended Learning and... View Details
    • 14 Apr 2009
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    First Look: April 14, 2009

    York-based hedge fund must decide whether to invest in TravelCenters of America (TA), a recent spin-off from a U.S.-based real estate investment trust. The case confronts students with the question: To what... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 04 Apr 2017
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    First Look at New Research, April 4

    investors provide a little funding and limited governance to an increased number of startups that they are more likely to abandon, but where initial experiments significantly inform beliefs about the future potential of the venture. This... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • March 2008 (Revised February 2009)
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    Transparent Value LLC

    By: Sharon P. Katz, Krishna G. Palepu and Aldo Sesia, Jr.
    Leading index company Dow Jones recently signed a license and joint marketing agreement with Transparent Value LLC, the creator of a new fundamentals-based valuation methodology. The agreement allowed Dow Jones to offer a family of indexes based on the Transparent... View Details
    Keywords: Asset Management; Stocks; Price; Performance Expectations; Mathematical Methods; Valuation
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    • 15 Dec 2009
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    First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

    diminished focus on losses and heightened focus on gains when policies are evaluated in bundled form. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-147.pdf   PublicationsAssessing the Cost and Benefits of Brokers: A Preliminary Analysis of the Mutual View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • September 2007 (Revised April 2009)
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    Norway Sells Wal-Mart

    By: Robert C. Pozen and Aldo Sesia
    In June 2006, Norway's Pension Fund decided to divest its position in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. after an investigation by the Fund's Ethics Council. According to a spokesperson of Norway's Finance Ministry, "The recommendation to exclude Wal-Mart cites serious and... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Ethics; Insurance; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Government and Politics; Rights; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; Norway
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    Faculty & Advisors | MBA

    advisor to over thirty transformational Health & Bio companies including Parsley Health, Tia, Sollis, CertifyOS, Cofertility and Nanite Bio. Enke serves on the Board of Directors of the Tisch MS Research Center of New York, and is a backer of First Close Partners, a... View Details
    • 05 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    Developing Black Talent for Leadership

    Taylor, and many others at the hands of police and the Covid-19 pandemic, professors and classmates have also helped strengthen my resolve to use my voice now to advocate for change and to support these organizations. For companies making strategic investments and... View Details
    • 05 Jan 2010
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    First Look: January 5

    impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where PE funds have invested in the past five years have grown more quickly... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 23 Apr 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate Financial Policies in Misvalued Credit Markets

    Keywords: by Jarrad Harford, Marc Martos-Vila & Matthew Rhodes-Kropf; Financial Services; Banking
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    Entrepreneurship

    The Rock Center The Rock Center is the hub for entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School (HBS). It’s where HBS students who are founders, joiners or investors activate their ideas and build their ventures to drive global impact. At the... View Details
    • 03 Mar 2009
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    First Look: March 3, 2009

    809-073 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually active program of investment management. In the market turmoil of late 2008, Mark... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace