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- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
approach has supposed." Marie Taillard adds, "we are shifting away from thinking that we can predict or control the behavior of others ." Because economics is a study of value, Deepak Alse comments that "what we need... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
roles are uncertain, goals are shifting, expertise and organizational cultures are varied, and participants have clashing or even antagonistic perspectives. I have studied more than a dozen cross-industry innovation projects, among them... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
three years ago: "Rethinking the nature of executive pay within the context of our larger economic and social system and the challenges we face may enable us to create a new model of compensation rooted in a more realistic... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 2007
- Book
How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy
Vietor, Richard H. K. How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
PublicationsRecent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics Authors:Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Publication:,em>Annual Review of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
economic and organizational sociology relevant to entrepreneurship, and identify significant gaps in that literature. Strategic Networks and Entrepreneurial Ventures Authors:Toby E. Stuart and Olav Sorenson... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
Excerpt Second, I wanted to demonstrate the relative importance of business compared to governments and other institutional actors in building global capitalism. In both the historical and economics literatures, firms are typically... View Details
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
seeking to make their business socially acceptable and a range of non-governmental groups working to promote public welfare, labor, and minority rights. In France, where a similar coalition did not emerge, consumer credit continued to be perceived as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2009 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Carolina for Kibera
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Cailin B. Hammer
A growing NGO based in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, is facing a complete change in leadership as the founders step back. At the same time, a $1 million grant presents new opportunities and challenges. View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Negotiation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Non-Governmental Organizations; Power and Influence; Nairobi; North Carolina
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Cailin B. Hammer. "Carolina for Kibera." Harvard Business School Case 910-017, October 2009. (Revised August 2013.)
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
economic models predict that they do not systematically differ. With online grocery data, we show that people are decreasingly impatient the further in the future their choices will take effect. In general, as the delay between order... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
greater explicitness. But the economic shock of 2008 appears to have caused many directors to reconsider what their boards had been doing and to question whether they could or should be acting differently. "I really do think it's time for... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
other's beliefs about demand. Thus, in this paper's setting, improved communication can induce alignment even if no economic incentives are changed. While consistent with the predominant view in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
business sector is economic value creation, the altruistic dimension prevails in the third sector. In our cases, social leaders approached companies for a variety of reasons that most certainly included accruing some View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
three- and five-year stock performance of these offerings. RLBOs appear to consistently outperform other IPOs and the stock market as a whole, with economically and statistically meaningful positive returns. There is no evidence of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
the fantastic horizon, King Abdullah Economic City is just a glimmer. It's challenged by the fact that it's miles from another city; it's not a satellite of Sao Paolo or Shanghai or Cairo. But, funded by private sources, it is attracting... View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
opportunity that's right for you. Entering StartUpLand will guide you as you seek your ideal entry point into this popular, cutting-edge organizational paradigm. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53337 2017... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
prevent the deepest recession in postwar history. A Crisis of Beliefs makes us rethink the financial crisis and the nature of economic risk. In this authoritative and comprehensive book, two of today’s most insightful economists reveal... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199694945.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199694945-e-026 September 2014 Journal of Financial Economics The Disintermediation of Financial Markets: Direct Investing in Private Equity By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2019
- Working Paper
Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain
By: Carolyn Deller and Tatiana Sandino
We examine how changing the allocation of hiring decision rights in a multiunit organization affects employee-firm match quality, contingent on a unit’s circumstances. Our research site, a US retail chain, switched from a decentralized hiring model (hiring by business... View Details
Keywords: Control; Selection; Decentralization; Company Values; Retail Chains; Decision Making; Economics; Geography; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Design; Situation or Environment; Retail Industry
Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino. "Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain." Harvard Business School Series in Accounting and Control, No. 16-088, January 2016. (Revised August 2019. Forthcoming in The Accounting Review.)