Publications

01 Sep 2003
News

The Power of National Identity

Soviet states and Russia is the result of each state’s unique sense of national identity and historical relationship with Russia. The countries’ distinctive approaches to monetary policy and View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; National Security and International Affairs; Government

2012
Working Paper

The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures

By: Thomas F. Hellmann and Noam Wasserman

This paper examines the division of founder shares in entrepreneurial ventures, focusing on the decision of whether or not to divide the shares equally among all founders. To motivate the empirical analysis we develop a simple theory of costly bargaining, where... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Equity

30 Oct 2014
News

The Education of Warren Buffett’s Protégé

Keywords: Retail Trade

2011
Working Paper

The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures

By: Thomas F. Hellmann and Noam Wasserman

This paper examines the division of founder shares in entrepreneurial ventures, focusing on the decision of whether or not to divide the shares equally among all founders. To motivate the empirical analysis we develop a simple theory of costly bargaining, where... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Equity; Managerial Roles; Negotiation Deal; Ownership Stake; Value

15 Nov 2019
News

Diversity as a Driver of Performance

Source: Tapestry Source: Tapestry In September, Jide Zeitlin (MBA 1987) was named chairman and CEO of Tapestry, the $5.9 billion parent company of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. A former Goldman... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

particularly in venture-funded companies where investors seek to protect their intellectual property. It might seem that Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) would guard against the loss of trade secrets and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

2016
Working Paper

Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts

By: Susanna Gallani

Effective design of executive compensation contracts involves choosing and weighting performance measures, as well as defining the mix between fixed and incentive-based pay components, with a view to fostering talent retention and goal congruence. The variability in... View Details

Keywords: Compensation Design; Board Interlocks; Compensation Consultants; Network Centrality; Homophily; Quadratic Assignment Procedure; Blockholders; Executive Compensation

SSRN

2017
Working Paper

The Effectiveness of White-Collar Crime Enforcement: Evidence from the War on Terror

By: Trung Nguyen

This paper studies the deterrent effect of criminal enforcement on white-collar criminal activities. Using the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a shock to the FBI’s allocation of investigative resources and priorities, and variations in the Muslim population in the United... View Details

Keywords: Regulation; Fraud; White-collar Crime; Enforcement; Crime and Corruption; Law Enforcement; System Shocks

SSRN

June 2019 (Revised October 2019)
Technical Note

Note on the Future of Commerce

By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and Nathaniel Schwalb

In 2019, the retail and consumer product industries were undergoing a significant transformation. Over the past 50 years, what was once a highly fragmented industry began to consolidate, digitize, and increase convenience while lowering costs. The winning enterprises... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Demand and Consumers; Demographics; Transformation; Global Range; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Model; Leading Change; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry

Educators

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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: Advertising Products National Markets Advertising Products View Details

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

little effect on the restaurant or movie industry. Their contentment left society slightly better off. It is generally wonderful when parties are able to trade off interests to create value. In fact, one of... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

16 Nov 2017
News

The Business of Social Justice

have the greatest impact. She may be a COO, but Heidi Brooks is much more than a number-cruncher sitting at a desk all day. A woman of action, occasionally she trades in her pantsuit and briefcase for a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

February 2012 (Revised March 2012)
Module Note

Drivers of Productivity and Global Competitiveness

By: Diego Comin

Keywords: Trade; Performance Productivity; Global Range

27 Nov 2012
News

The Beauty of the Network

Pao: A beauty business veteran leverages the HBS network to launch her own skincare line. Photo courtesy Patti Pao Patti Pao (MBA 1987) describes her two years at HBS as “spectacularly unsuccessful,” thanks in part to a culture clash with the section-enforced structure... View Details

Keywords: cosmetics; salmon; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

Web

Encyclopedia of Associations | Baker Library

Encyclopedia of Associations Descriptions of nonprofit membership organizations worldwide. Read More Detailed information, including contact information, of nonprofit... View Details

04 Oct 2019
News

Changing of the Guard at Tesco

chain. Yet the same was true for Lewis, who came to Tesco from Unilever. “I remember people said that I wasn’t a retailer,” he told the Times of London. “I hadn’t been in grocery or a chief executive before, but being a chief executive is... View Details

Keywords: Tesco; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

March 1983
Case

European-United States Steel Dispute of 1982

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Business and Government Relations; Steel Industry; Europe; United States

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September 2009
Article

Structural Homophily or Social Asymmetry? The Formation of Alliances by Poorly Embedded Firms

By: Gautam Ahuja, Francisco Polidoro Jr. and Will Mitchell

Recent research shows that preexisting network structure constrains the formation of new interorganizational alliances. Firms that are poorly embedded in a network structure are less likely than richly embedded firms to form alliances, because they lack informational... View Details

Keywords: Interorganizational Networks; Interfirm Collaboration; Embeddedness; Networks; Joint Ventures; Alliances