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- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
countries improve trade conditions and build sustainable practices. Back then, fair trade essentially referred to a system of price-fixing, using Resale Price Maintenance contracts to help smaller businesses and associations compete... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of multinational firms in comparison to the agglomeration of domestic firms? Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
sustainable to freeride on the green image. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52393 October 10, 2016 Harvard Business Review Why Lincoln Hid His Strongest Feelings from the Public By: Koehn, Nancy F.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
failure to do so would cause $100 million worth of damage or certain loss of life or serious physical injury. If the board elects to spend $5 million of the shareholders' money for such equipment, the board should disclose its decision and the reasons for it in its... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
significant increases in public funding for energy R&D. Some commentators are suggesting that these increases need to be sustained and are advocating for increases of as much as 300 or 400 percent, suggesting that the U.S. needs a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
business. It asks if the cultural and other factors behind its rapid growth can sustain the company as it seeks growth much further as a top-five beauty company. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
historian and Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullogh. I've heard that it's a nitty-gritty account of how they achieved sustained flight—against all odds and through industriousness, patience, and relentless experimentation. Robert Kaplan... View Details
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
insider stock purchases are significantly greater after SOX than before. Abnormal trading volumes around filings of insider sales are also greater post-SOX on average, but stock returns are not more negative. However, once controlling for pre-planned transactions,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
financial "template" that could sustain the festival into the future? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/jaipur-literature-festival-beyond-the-festival-template/an/712401-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-046 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
sustainability of nominal debt in developing (volatile) countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/05-053.pdf The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data Authors:Laura Alfaro and Faisal Z. Ahmed Abstract We use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
PublicationsOne Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy Authors:Robert G. Eccles and Michael Krzus Publication:John Wiley and Sons, Inc., forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
all-time low. And the Tax Practice, the source of the problems, was the fastest growing such practice in the Big Four accounting firms at 18%. Purchase this supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409075 Londolozi:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Social and Governance (ESG) issues into every aspect of GPIF’s portfolio. His efforts ranged from constructing new stock market indices based on ESG data, changing the compensation and incentives of active investment managers and passive funds, pushing for more... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
performance. Direct reports had to be let go through no fault of their own, and for some managers that felt worse. Overall, whether firing someone or laying someone off, the typical experience is captured in what one experienced manager... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707445 Marketing Chateau Margaux Harvard Business School Case 507-033 Chateau Margaux, luxury brand or connoisseur brand? Although France is awash with unsold wine, demand has never been stronger for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
businesses, the financial reporting problems, and governance breakdowns inside and outside the firm. The case offers students an opportunity to explore why Enron failed and to understand the systemic problems in governance that affected... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
for innovation. Martha Lagace: How can you as a manager guide your reports through a business world where speed-to-market is everything? Linda A. Hill: In Being the Boss we describe three interrelated imperatives: Manage yourself. Manage... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1638429 Accounting Scholarship That Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice Author:Robert S. Kaplan Abstract Recent accounting scholarship has used statistical analysis on asset prices, financial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
of companies' innovative portfolios. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-075.pdf Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
The group assembles international teams of clinicians and patients to develop outcome measure sets that can be used to drive improvement in health care performance, for public reporting, and in bundled pricing initiatives. ICHOM is also helping clinicians collect and... View Details