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  • 04 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 4

This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign-to-sovereign transactions. Specifically, we show (i) international capital flows net View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • Jan 2012
  • Survey

Prosperity at Risk

As part of the U.S. Competitiveness Project, Harvard Business School asked its alumni to complete an in-depth survey on U.S. competitiveness. Nearly 10,000 business leaders responded worldwide, resulting in a first-of-its-kind analysis... View Details
  • 27 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

is found when the regression is run on data generated by a calibrated version of our theoretical model. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-080.pdf Dirty Work, Clean Hands: The Moral... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

she gathered additional data by examining the prospectuses of all public biotech firms over a twenty-year period. The 295 companies and more than 3,000 executives whose career histories she and Gulati... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
  • 17 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

and Bart Hobijn Abstract This note accompanies the Cross‐country Historical Adoption of Technology (CHAT) dataset. CHAT is an unbalanced panel dataset with information on the adoption of over 100... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 1

Exploiting novel data on the educational backgrounds of sell side equity analysts and senior officers of firms, we test the hypothesis that analysts' school ties to senior... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

CEO Compensation Troubles

long-term trend has been for CEO pay to rise along with the pay for other senior executives, and it is now twice as much as that of CEOs in major European countries, according to Towers Perrin, a global consultancy. A recent study... View Details
Keywords: Jay W. Lorsch; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises
  • April 1996 (Revised June 1996)
  • Background Note

Cleveland Turnaround (C), The: Facts and Figures

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias
Traces the Cleveland community's efforts to move the city from economic, social, and political crisis in the late 1970s into revitalization and progress in the 1980s and 1990s. Special attention is given to the role of business leaders and the public-private... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Analytics and Data Science; Economic Growth; Business and Community Relations; Cleveland
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  • 15 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

A New Model for Business: The Museum

World Wide Web. "Of course it's true that Facebook became popular because it's really good at helping friends connect," Weaver says. "But I think a big chunk of the value of Facebook has little to do with... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 30 May 2000
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride

important, improvements in logistics; cross-border flows of labor, capital, and ideas; weakened intellectual property protection; and improved global communication have helped people, money, products, and... View Details
Keywords: by William Mahoney
  • 25 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

reasons, Gilson says. First, most of Realogy's operating cash flows were from franchise agreements with local real-estate agencies, and a Chapter 11 filing could have critically damaged relations with the... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

school by the early 20th century. We present new, comparable data on school inputs and outputs for BRIC drawn from contemporary surveys and government documents. Recent studies emphasize the importance of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

The Case for Studying Financial History

households, or masters of the universe on Wall Street, rely on their own personal experience when forming judgments about the financial future. That means the average chief executive of an investment bank... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
  • 16 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 16, 2007

firms aim to replicate success, and how they find, foster, and sell potential blockbuster products. Also illustrates how similar efforts by competitors increase each firm's dependence on a handful of hits. Contains detailed unique... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 16, 2016

Abstract—Using test data for all children attending Danish public schools between school years 2009–-2010 and 2012–2013, we examine how the time of the test affects performance. Test time is determined by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2000 (Revised December 2000)
  • Background Note

Online Content Providers

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alastair Brown
Describes the business model for online content providers, companies that distribute copyright content via the Internet. Focuses on their revenue and cost drivers and on the ways that online content providers create value for consumers. Also investigates the benefits... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Customers; Value Creation; Business Model; Internet and the Web; Cash Flow; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Decision Making; Profit; Information Industry
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  • 26 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 26

engage in risk-taking behaviors (Study 5). In addition, we demonstrate that guilt enhances the sense of control over uncontrollable events, an illusory control (Studies 3, 4, and 5), and found that a model with illusory control as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

rise to 2.75 percent. It may not sound like much, but a 37.5 percent increase in benefits to the average recipient of social security could look very attractive. Further, it would address a potential shortfall View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
  • 15 Jan 2009
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Career & Life Balance

difficult than another. Can I Resist The Temptations Of Success? Resisting the Seductions of Success "The basic problem with the flow of success... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

mid-1980s. While the size of the executive team-the group of managers reporting directly to the CEO-doubled during this period, this growth was driven primarily by an increase in functional managers rather... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne