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- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
accountability of financial reporting practice in the broader capital market system, he explains. "We can use some of the insights of these 30 years of research to study this much broader, much more difficult subject, which is... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
surprisingly, local governments exercise the greatest control over urban land in cities that adopted market reforms earliest. Slavery's Scientific Management: Accounting for Mastery Author:Caitlin C.Rosenthal Publication:In Slavery's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
HBS Working Knowledge readers want it all, judging by our all-time most popular articles. Here you'll find stories on everything from maintaining a professional image to writing a business plan, from how to market on social media to why... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
organization strategy to enable the different functions to work together to bring products to market more quickly. As Ludwig grappled with a way to jumpstart change at DIS, he began to suspect that people throughout the unit were talking... View Details
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
While C.J. Cullinane recommends that government "at least monitor the situation," he offers little hope that government intervention can be any more effective than private sector responses. Richard Oxford agrees, noting that "Free View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
proposals on material versus immaterial issues affect firms’ subsequent ESG performance and market valuation. We find that 58% of the shareholder proposals in our sample are filed on immaterial issues. We document that filing shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
average, consistent with the Bayesian intuition that the market inferred their work was mediocre all along. We then investigate whether the eminence of the retracted author and the cause of the retraction... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
causing global warming and turn that energy and resources into actually improving our way of life with limited impact on our world." Tom Dolembo questioned whether agreements are necessary. He believes that change driven by... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
Lately, competition in the biotech industry has become more heated than ever, as a steadily increasing number of companies enter a market that, despite its risky nature, has the potential for enormous rewards in the future. "It may... View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
Working PapersMarket Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe Authors:Christopher S. Armstrong, Mary E. Barth, Alan D. Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Abstract This study examines the European stock market reaction to sixteen events... View Details
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
The alleged benefits of flattening flow primarily from pushing decisions downward to enhance customer and market responsiveness and to improve accountability and morale. Has flattening delivered on its promise to push decisions downward?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Biotech Work as a Business
dubbed "a market for know-how." The new entrants became sellers; established pharmaceutical companies became buyers of the technology. This market for know-how reduced the barriers to entry.... View Details
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 05 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?
effects of competition have an advantage within their markets, says Alexander J. MacKay, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, who coauthored the study Consumer Inertia and Market Power with Marc... View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
the trading of patents: brokers, non-practicing entities (NPEs), defensive aggregators, online platforms, auctions, and unique entities such as Intellectual Ventures. We discuss the fundamental causes for the lack of liquidity in the IP... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
revolutionized by bringing in market forces in a way that they never were before. Competition that we take for granted in most sectors of the economy is now driving efficiencies and innovations in the space sector, making it much more of... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
"eyeballs") has become so competitive that attention can be regarded as a currency. The rising cost of this ingredient in the marketplace is causing marketers to waste money on costly attention... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
standards are. The authors include a useful assessment tool to help readers get started. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/01/are-you-a-good-boss-or-a-great-one/ar/1# The Emerging Capital Market for Nonprofits Authors:Robert S. Kaplan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55402 The Creation and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Public Markets By: Bernstein, Shai, Abhishek Dev, and Josh Lerner Abstract—This paper explores the creation and evolution of new stock... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jun 2013
- What Do You Think?
Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’
symptom of competent managers than (a) cause of good performance " Another may have been provoked by Kapil Kumar Sopory when he offered the opinion that "NSM is an ideal concept. However, it will work upwards only if it is first... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett