Intangible Resources - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

Hythem El-Nazer, a young investment professional at TA Associates, believes he has found an attractive investment opportunity for the firm, MetroPCS, a wireless telecomm service provider. However, two months earlier, TA had invested considerable View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

policies, institutions, or resource endowments. I show that firms have agency. When governments attempted to reverse globalization during the interwar years, firms redesigned their international businesses rather than abandon them.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

The competitiveness of many multinational companies depends on their ability to transfer intellectual property and other intangible assets to their worldwide production processes. These sources of competitive advantage can be anything... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

04 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 4

that majority-owned PE-backed firms engage in more book-tax conforming and nonconforming tax planning than other private firms. We attribute these results to the managerial sophistication and resources available to majority-owned... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

rewards can be used to motivate contributions. Drawing on analogies with charitable donations, we theorize that intangible sources of motivation, i.e., (i) direct psychological rewards, (ii) reciprocity, and (iii) social interactions, can... View Details

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