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    Paul A. Gompers

    Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the View Details
    Keywords: electronics; health care; high technology; information technology industry; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; semiconductor; venture capital industry
    • 17 Aug 2006
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate Governance and Networks: Bankers in the Corporate Networks of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States circa 1910

    Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio
    • 02 Feb 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

    Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter; Financial Services
    • 02 Oct 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

    Cheng, J. Yo-Jud, and Boris Groysberg Abstract—: Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

      Reinventing State Capitalism

      In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details

      • 12 Aug 2008
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      First Look: August 12, 2008

      http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309003 How Serial Entrepreneurs Build and Manage a Board of Directors in a Venture-Backed Start Up Harvard Business School Case 808-163 This case includes structured interviews... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 13 Sep 2011
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      First Look: September 13

      http://www.ftpress.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0132779781 Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Publication:Management Science (forthcoming)... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 25 Feb 2014
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      First Look: February 25

      http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2378899 Monitoring the Monitors: How Social Factors Influence Supply Chain Auditors By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Supply chain auditors provide... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 18 Feb 2015
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      First Look: February 18

      500 boards as an empirical context, this study shows that the presence of directors who lack top-level experience but own large shareholdings is negatively associated with firm value, an effect that increases in the number of such... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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      Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

      Women & Tech 10:30–11:15 a.m. EST Faculty Moderator: Tsedal Neeley , Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration Alumni Speakers: Carolyn Everson (MBA 1999) , Board Director, Private Equity Senior Advisor, The Coca Cola Company,... View Details
      • 28 Sep 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Improving Accountability at the World Bank

      deliberation. The Bank should also encourage debate on the project or policy reform in national legislatures prior to board discussion; The Implementation, Supervision, and Completion stage should use participatory View Details
      Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
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      Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

      management consultant at The Monitor Group. He received his undergraduate degrees in chemical engineering and economics, with a concentration in finance, from the University of Pennsylvania. Lawrence is the founding View Details
      • 08 Sep 2010
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      First Look: September 8, 2010

      Chakravorti and N. VenkatramanHarvard Business School Case 810-143 Dr. Cameron Powell and his partner, Trey Moore, co-founders of the innovative company, AirStrip Technologies, have developed a series of apps for the iPhone and other smartphones that can help doctors... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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      Podcast - Business & Environment

      us to talk about MethaneSAT, EDF’s new satellite that was recently launched to monitor emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas operations. Fred describes why EDF entered the satellite business, how its satellite... View Details
      • 20 Oct 2009
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      First Look: October 20

      http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610028-PDF-ENG Pandora: Royalties Kill the Web Radio Star? (A) Harvard Business School Case 310-026 Joe Kennedy, president and CEO of Pandora, one of the largest and most popular web (Internet) radio broadcasters, had just received... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 29 Sep 2009
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      First Look: September 29

      its own right. But it was also crucial for the resumption of European integration in the 1970s. Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards Author:Jay W. Lorsch Publication:Chap. 1 in Boardroom Realities: Building Leaders Across Your Board,... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 14 Feb 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

      natives (by definition, those younger than most senior leaders) to help them reach positions of significant authority (and even become board members). Elevating promising talent will help the company embrace the new and diverse... View Details
      Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
      • 16 Jun 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases

      the board but only on items selected as your inflation-busters. For cash poor consumers, these promotions should hit the key price points on small pack sizes. For cash rich consumers, encourage multi-unit purchases ahead of the inevitable... View Details
      Keywords: by John Quelch
      • 09 Nov 2023
      • News

      From the Brink

      Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a... View Details
      Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
      • 05 Feb 2008
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      First Look: February 5, 2008

      which can be large in some cases. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-054.pdf The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher Malloy... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace