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  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

University endowment’s investment choices and of venture-capital-backed IPO run-ups on venture-capital foundings between 1984 and 2011. The results pinpoint the aspects of the social environment that most heavily influence entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

during the interview process. Research shows that companies with more women on their boards have higher return on sales, higher return on invested capital, and higher return on equity. This article explains what boards need to ask to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

field and the central research questions that it sought to answer. However, the commitment to engage with the complexities of business and the disinclination to rely on models with simplistic assumptions about business behavior also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Don't Stop Believing: Rituals Improve Performance by Decreasing Anxiety By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Julianna Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky, Michael I.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24

  Publications March 2015 Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic Foreign Direct Investment: Effects, Complementarities, and Promotion By: Alfaro, Laura... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

seven Cs. Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises As demonstrated after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese businesses have a unique capability for long-term survival. Hirotaka Takeuchi explains their strategy of View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

large research and practice infrastructures to produce in-depth insights for a staggering array of public companies, private entities, investment firms, public sector organizations, academic institutions, not-for-profits, and governmental... View Details
Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting
  • 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

strong beliefs in the meaning of their work experience better performance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54523 Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Inter-Generational View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Oct 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

better. Be it mutual funds or hedge funds, these so-called owners have virtually no emotional investment in the companies (they own)." B. D. Majuqwana comments that "the biggest drawback for PE is that it does not aim to create... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 03 Nov 2003
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Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?

Summing Up Basic conclusions that can be drawn from responses to this month's column are that it may or may not be useful to try to legislate accounting transparency. But such efforts address symptoms, not causes, of behaviors leading to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Climate Risk and the U.S. Insurance Gap: Measurement, Drivers and Implications

By: Parinitha Sastry, Tess Scharlemann, Ishita Sen and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva
In a world with rising risk, how much are U.S. households willing to pay for homeowners insurance, and what does their demand imply for the future of insurance markets? We provide the first estimates of household willingness to pay for homeowners insurance and the... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Risk and Uncertainty; Insurance; Personal Finance; Consumer Behavior; Mortgages
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  • 10 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

Depot has studied deeply how to best deploy their assets in order to satisfy the customer in a way that allows for an excellent return on invested capital. They have also paid very close attention to what is likely their most profitable... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3

http://hbr.org/product/experience-the-finger-lakes-the-groupon-partnership-decision/an/814010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-086 Learning From Extreme Consumers Traditional market research methods focus on understanding the average experiences of average... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

supported the emergence of a diverse array of media for the American consumer to enjoy. Moreover, these investments in marketing attracted talented businesspeople into the marketing field. Best practices in marketing were documented so... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising
  • 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007

this disconnect: The different approaches the disciplines take to translating real-world behavior into the laboratory create a ''gap in abstraction,'' which contributes to crucial differences in philosophy about the roles of deception and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

"money management" and the "investment systems platform" businesses. Students analyze why BlackRock decided to unbundle its Aladdin investment platform and if the firm should consider expanding the platform in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53441 forthcoming Operations Research Letters Orienteering for Electioneering By: Kallenbach, Jonah, Robert Kleinberg, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—In this paper, we introduce a combinatorial optimization problem that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Nov 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs

were tax-minded based on their personal actions before the 8.8 percent increase took effect. Pérez Cavazos and Silva used the Execucomp database and SEC Form 4 filings to examine the positions and behavior of the top five executives of... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • 06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

forthcoming Management Science Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We provide the first large-sample evidence on the behavior and impact of nonpracticing entities... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

http://hbr.org/product/indispensable-when-leaders-really-matter/an/11129-HBK-ENG Unconscious Thought Reduces Intrusion Development: A Replication and Extension Authors:Julie Krans, Dorte Janecko, and Maarten W. Bos Publication:Journal of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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