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- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
development agencies toward reforming the legal system or improving the court system. There is nothing wrong with that, but what if the real agents of change were the corporations themselves—their founders or their current shareholders?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
rights? When will the division of policy authority across different government agents (e.g., federal and subnational governments, or politicians and bureaucrats) enable better policy decisions? And what are the consequences of... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5
Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Our paper tests a key prediction of property rights theory, specifically, that agents will respond to marginal incentives embedded in property rights when making non-contractible, revenue-enhancing investments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009
(2) Which job offer should he accept? (3) What set of principles and practices should he adopt that will enable him to remain true to his values and sustain his capacity to be a true agent of change, yet not undermine his ability to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
the Health Connector, which acts not as an insurance company but as a purchasing agent for small employers or individuals.” A final piece of the puzzle, Pozen says, was redirecting the funds in an existing “free-care pool” to subsidize... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
with revenue expectations of $1 billion in 2015. At the time of the acquisition, AbbVie received more than 60% of its sales from the drug Humira, a biologic agent used to treat several autoimmune diseases and malignancies. However, Humira... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015
Customers of a financial intermediary, in contrast, provide financing in exchange for a specific set of services and do not want the fulfillment of these services to be contingent on the credit risk of the intermediary, even when they are not small, uninformed View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
simultaneously. It’s a familiar juggling act in an erratic business that can see an actor suddenly drop out or a director lose interest. “My days are endless phone calls, e-mails, reading, and meetings,” says Zee, “talking to writers, studio executives, View Details
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
Business Review and launched the Advanced Leadership Initiative, which equips late-career leaders to be “change agents for society.” Today, how would you advise young scholars who want to make a difference in the world—whether related to... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008
agents and to attract solely or primarily good-type agents. Through the savings from excluding rogue agents, the principal can increase its profits while offering increased payments to good agents. I apply the model to online advertising... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
more in this Q&A, as well as the motivation behind his working paper "Optimal Deterrence When Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid in Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud." Martha Lagace: How prevalent is fraud... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
means “May”—is told by undercover SB agents and student informers; some of it is misinformation planted by Maj through friends who pretended to cooperate with the SB to avoid arrest or the beatings for which its officers were infamous. In... View Details
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- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
negative outcomes in knowledge and technology transfer. Business enterprises emerge both as important drivers of international economic growth and as significant agents in the divergent patterns of wealth and poverty that have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912037-PDF-ENG Ponce de Leon: Confidential Instructions for Newman Knight, Elaine Bennett's Agent Ian LarkinHarvard Business School Case 912-038 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
live online webinars-that allowed real estate professionals like brokers and agents to manage and market rental listings, communicate with clients, and complete transaction paperwork (e.g., tenant applications, credit screening, lease... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
markets. These risks are inherent in emerging markets, but in light of them, what should firms do? Companies can exit these markets, limit their ambition so as not to encounter them squarely, limit their exposure by operating through an View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0910.html#wp07-107 Beyond Agency Theory: The Hidden and Heretofore Inaccessible Power of Integrity Authors:Michael C. Jensen and Werner Erhard Abstract There is far too much concern today about the conflicts of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
establishing the existence of equilibria and other useful properties in diverse settings such as matching, auctions, and exchange economies with indivisible goods. We extend earlier models’ definitions of substitutability to settings in which each View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
opportunities to become change agents for society by creating pattern-breaking approaches and sustainable solutions, explains HBS lecturer Stacey Childress. Unlike business entrepreneurs who are motivated by profits, social entrepreneurs... View Details