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  • 12 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

institutional structures than firms. Political scientists, although more interested in firms, have focused primarily on the politics and policy decisions which impacted and drove globalization. Sociologists, who have approached the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical
  • 02 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

about the outcome of wrongdoing influence both ethical judgments and decisions to punish wrongdoers. Our studies show that people judge behavior as more unethical when (1) identifiable versus statistical victims are involved and (2) the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

Reviews John Moran's 25-year career in the orthopedic industry and his current decision whether to start a hand and foot surgery company. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=805026 Molecular... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

during and after World War I, as well as demonstrating the rapidly changing market for dental hygiene in the interwar period. New marketing strategies based on psychological science and consumer protection agencies changed the rules of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

1981, its managers faced a major turning point when they made a decision to operate without giving in to the petty corruption rife in the Indian economy. Within just a few years, that decision had truly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 23

suppliers and selling them to buyers). We model this as a choice between whether control rights over a non-contractible decision variable (the level of marketing activities) are better held by suppliers (the marketplace-mode) or by the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 03 Jun 2008
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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... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

All For One

in on the “dailies,” group meetings to critique and discuss a film in progress. Many film studios have dailies, but few pack a room as full of people as Pixar does. The ground rules for the meetings: the understanding that everything in... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services
  • 21 Dec 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

the failure of many other large institutions. Most of the 600 institutions recapitalized by the federal government over the last year do not satisfy either criterion. A lot of bailout decisions were made ad hoc without a clear rationale.... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

M.I.A. Boards

leadership, told us, “The few people on the Lehman board who actually had relevant experience were kind of like an all-star team from the 1980s back for an old-timers game in which they weren’t even up on the new rules and equipment. Fuld... View Details
Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance
  • 11 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 11

exploit a natural experiment where the assignment of managers for newly hired college graduates is mandated by rigid HR rules and is uncorrelated to observable characteristics of the graduates. Given this assignment protocol, I find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge Authors:Bo Becker, Guhan Subramanian, and Daniel B. Bergstresser Publication:Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We use the Business Roundtable's challenge to the SEC's 2010... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 29

risks. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2332106 Pricing and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Michael Schwarz Abstract—We consider market rules for transferring IP addresses, numeric... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

engineering (SE) employment and patenting by inventors with Indian and Chinese names in cities and firms dependent upon the program relative to their peers. Most specifications find limited effects for native SE employment or patenting. We are able to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

board's job is to approve strategy, and management's job is to propose strategy for the long-term direction of the company in terms of its products, pricing, customers, service, etc.,—all major decisions for scoping out a firm's... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 16 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

City from its founding in the 17th century through 2008. Focuses on the decisions made by New York City officials, past and present, highlighting the challenges of economic development at the city level. Enables deep examination of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

as big an impact on strategy as corporate-level managers. One of the examples we use in the book is Intel. While the corporate office continued to conceive of Intel as a memory chip company, an operating rule in their manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

Publisher's Link: http://hbr.org/product/seven-strategy-questions-a-simple-approach-for-bet/an/14832-HBK-ENG Competing against Online Sharing Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane Publication:Management Decision 48, no.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

document how performers both engage and disengage when doing these tasks, unearth multiple forms of interpersonal justice, and identify four styles of response for handling necessary evils. Market Culture: How Rules Governing Exploding... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

those that most closely fit their strategy and adapt or develop others. There is no rule for the right number of metrics to include in a measurement system; however, including too many tends to distract managers from pursuing a focused... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein