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  • 09 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

possibilities and for spreading the risk on those selected. Does this not furnish a sound business basis for trying new methods of applying development capital? We cannot depend safely for an indefinite time on the expansion of our old big View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

illustrates how deep dives guide the formation of a set of new core activities in the variation-selection-retention process. No PDF is available at this time.   PublicationsWhat Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807018 Goodyear and the Threat of Government Tire Grading Harvard Business School Case 707-494 In the spring of 1977, Goodyear CEO Charles J. Pilliod Jr. was looking at an internal report on government and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • July 2002 (Revised August 2003)
  • Case

Unilever Superannuation Fund vs. Merrill Lynch, The

By: Andre F. Perold and Joshua Musher
In 2001, the Unilever Superannuation Fund sued Merrill Lynch for damages of 130 million British pounds. Over the period 1977 to 1998, the Unilever Fund had significantly underperformed the benchmark, and its trustees contended that the poor returns resulted from... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Lawsuits and Litigation; Performance Evaluation; Agreements and Arrangements; Customer Relationship Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Asset Management; Risk Management; Legal Liability; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 12 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

accessible corporate archives in most countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It also permits a level of nuance that is hard to obtain even if written archives are accessible. Oral histories provide insights into why events did not occur as well as why companies... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

The risk taken in a politician’s private investment portfolio is a strong indicator of whether that person will cross legal or ethical lines in office. The riskier the portfolio, the more likely the lawmaker will be involved in at least... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

Kennecott also arranged for an Export-Import Bank loan plus U.S. political risk insurance. The mine's output would then be sold to North American and European industrial customers under long-term supply contracts, with collection rights... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
  • 10 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

spending associated with the redemption of such a coupon is focused on "marginal" grocery items, or grocery items that a customer does not typically buy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-024.pdf The Causes and Consequences of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

you decide to put together this collection of articles? Porter: In retrospect, my work divides into three major areas. The first has to do with how firms compete in industries and gain competitive advantage. The next focuses on locations... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
  • 15 Nov 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

The U.S. health care industry is unique in that despite the presence of significant competition, which usually drives increased value through decreased costs and improved quality, the nature of the competition in health care has been... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health
  • 07 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

engineering development and construction projects. In what ways are the challenges of managing large, complex projects different from the challenges of managing other large industrial activities? How is it possible to evaluate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

other sources of entrepreneurial influence: we find that peer influences are strongest for those who have less exposure to entrepreneurship in other aspects of their lives. Family Control of Firms and Industries Authors: Belén Villalonga... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value

surprise to industry observers, but the SEC's reaction did. On October 4, the SEC unexpectedly announced that it was indefinitely postponing the implementation of shareholder proxy access, pending the outcome of the lawsuit. A Natural... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

loans to small firms and those with more "soft information"—particularly in states with weak legal enforcement of financial contracts. However, decentralized banks are also more responsive to the competitive environment when... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

that priming relevant networks (e.g., family or friends) makes products associated with those networks more attractive. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/anik norton.pdf The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2016
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First Look, May 3, 2016

for "big teaming": intense collaboration between professions and industries with completely different mindsets. To explore the kind of leadership required to build the future, Edmondson and Reynolds tell the story of an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which conducts an annual analysis of available labor data. Presumably, the Dodd-Frank rule, once it's mandated, will make more data available for such analyses. The Security and Exchange... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail
  • 04 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

percent of US patents were software related. Since 2015, that share exploded to 50 percent as software became widespread and legal changes allowed for broader intellectual property protection, the researchers found. “During that period of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 09 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 9

  Working PapersOperational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting Authors:Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Operational failures occur in all industries with consequences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

for firms from industrialized economies and negative effects for firms in other emerging economies, which are less export-intensive and more import-intensive. Motivated by these facts, we build a dynamic model in which real depreciations... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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