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- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
economy, a large share of exports and foreign direct investment [FDI]. But when you look at the trajectory over time—job growth rates, wage growth rates, changes in export or FDI share, particularly compared to emerging economies—the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
have to be, say, United Airlines to take advantage of these tools. Managers can now purchase off-the-shelf products that can mine Twitter or Yelp and develop a detailed analysis of how sentiment is changing in real time. “It has basically... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
displays) at the fiscal year-end. Firms also engage in similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. Furthermore, our results confirm managers' stated willingness to sacrifice long-term value in order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
ownership. Tema Frank suggested that “If you want employees to behave like owners, they need to be allowed to express opinions and have them taken seriously.” LuAnne suggested that, “If you want an ownership culture, invest in career... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
Business School Case 207-091 Jerzy Peters, Managing Director of Patron Capital Partners, must decide the best investment option on the development of the Odra Polish theater chain and the associated real... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
(EH) in inflation-indexed (or real) bonds and in nominal bonds in the U.S. and in the U.K. We strongly reject the EH in inflation-indexed bonds and also confirm and update the existing evidence rejecting the EH in nominal bonds. This rejection implies that the risk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
investment committee's agenda, Project Paris. Project Paris, a very different type of real estate transaction, is a hybrid mezzanine investment in the acquisition of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
more complete idea signals to the buyer that the writer/inventor is confident enough to make a real investment in the idea before trying to sell it. This is especially important for relatively inexperienced... View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
dishonesty. Using hypothetical scenarios (Study 1) and real tasks involving the opportunity to cheat (Studies 2 and 3), we find that dishonest behavior increased moral disengagement and motivated forgetting of moral rules. Such changes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
developments. His work examines how "sell-side financial analysts incorporate accounting information in their earnings forecasts, common stock valuations, and investment recommendations." He also analyzes management reporting of... View Details
- 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
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
allowing him and his team to scan Xerox's technology base and identify investment opportunities that might otherwise have been missed. 38 This structure was called Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV). Fumbling the Future was published in... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
development. Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
that in real terms, a dollar invested in large company stocks in December 1925 was worth $24.79 by year-end 1979. Exactly twenty years later, that dollar was worth $303.09. Nevertheless, the fact that the... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 05 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities
Venture investing has picked up from the post-dot-bomb era of a few years ago—but does the comeback signal good times ahead or a mini bubble of misguided exuberance? To provoke discussion, HBS professor Bill Sahlman threw down the... View Details
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
altruists. The first outside investor put in $435,000 and took a seat on the board. That is a very small stake, and perhaps their idea of a return is just the publicity. But the small stake will burn out by December if growth is anything like the claimed rate, and at... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
EU regulations were in step with sound international practice. Remainers, on the other hand, have spent little time explaining what the UK can do better within the European Union to address the very real competitiveness challenges Great... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
work—maybe that know-how could save some time. The real story not contained in the files on those customers? Definitely neither flotsam nor jetsam. These are her deep smarts—the knowledge that is vital to preserve. Who Can Be A Knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
businesses. The strategy literature uses real option theory to explain the transition to scale, but does not consider the complex relationships between corporate ventures and their parent organizations. By comparing six longitudinal cases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
their time considering the implications of a set of global standards. My work, and that of others in the area, shows that global differences in accounting have important economic impacts. For example, in my peer-reviewed research I have examined how global differences... View Details