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  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

ratings play an important role in the financial system, but investors and regulators who use ratings cannot easily verify their quality, and ratings are paid for by the firms whose bonds are rated. The provision of quality ratings is at... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

and Alison Wood Brooks. Excellence Comes From Saying No (31,511) In a new course designed by Frances Frei and Amy Schulman, business and law students help each other define and achieve their own interpretations of success. Lesson one: You... View Details
  • 17 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

ahead of him—in a recent election, he almost beat a heavily entrenched incumbent. Tony is a veteran, with a Silver Star for bravery in Korea, and an entrepreneur. With his good friend Max, another attorney, he has started a law View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing
  • 16 Apr 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

Sloan School of Management, Harvard Law School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the University of South Africa, and the Iran Center for Management Studies. His books on teaching, Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

primarily occurred for firms covered by financial analysts. Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Periodical:Industrial and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

compensation incentives for CSR. We test our predictions using novel executive compensation contract data and find that firms with more shareholder friendly corporate governance are more likely to provide compensation to executives linked... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

Paine, who cofounded and served for five years as course head of Leadership and Corporate Accountability. "For example, I have in mind a course that would bring together students from HBS, Harvard Law School, and the Kennedy School to... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

enabled ships to sail the open sea rather than hug the coast. To solve that problem, governments responded by enacting laws of the sea. It then became clear to me that it was almost impossible to understand the Internet by thinking of it... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • February 2017
  • Supplement

JCDecaux, 2016: Global Leader ... Again

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, JCDecaux was number one in the world in outdoor advertising. This was a far cry from the situation in 2003; at that time, JCDecaux had been unseated by Clear Channel from the number-one spot that it had held for decades, and it was fighting for second place... View Details
Keywords: JCDecaux; Clear Channel Outdoor; OUTFRONT Media; Lamar Advertising Company; Jean-François Decaux; Jean-Charles Decaux; Outdoor Advertising; Street Furniture; Airports; Billboards; Bicycles; Digital Devices; Digital Marketing; Bidding; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Design; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Globalization; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; Business History; Human Resources; Laws and Statutes; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Operations; Distribution; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product; Product Design; Production; Organizational Structure; Property; Public Ownership; Renting or Rental; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Family and Family Relationships; Sales; Situation or Environment; Luxury; Strategy; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Expansion; Segmentation; Mobile Technology; Wireless Technology; Air Transportation; Bicycle Transportation; Rail Transportation; Transportation Networks; Advertising Industry; France; Paris
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  • 21 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

their areas of expertise, have attempted to influence the debate through opinion pieces in major newspapers. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, HBS professor Jay Lorsch and coauthors Martin Lipton and Theodore Mirvis—partners of the New York View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 15 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 15, 2016

evidence that such “CEO activism” can influence public opinion and consumer attitudes. Our field experiment examines the impact of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s public statements opposing a pending religious freedom law that critics warned would... View Details
  • 28 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

company's commitment to sustainability mean that firms that ignore this do so at their own risk. BMW Group has been a leader in recognizing this. Several years ago, it issued a Sustainable Value Report detailing energy consumed, water... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 31 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 31, 2007

foreign direct investment in an environment of politics, geography, globalization, and history. Since the end of apartheid, South Africa had undertaken substantial economic reforms in order to attract more foreign direct investment, but it was slow in coming. At the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2004 (Revised September 2019)
  • Background Note

The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004

By: John R. Wells, Gabriel Ellsworth and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2004, the $16.8 billion U.S. health club industry continued its strong record of growth. There were almost 27,000 health clubs in the United States, up from 6,700 two decades earlier, and these clubs claimed 41 million members, over 14% of the U.S. population.... View Details
Keywords: Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Weight Loss; Obesity; Exercise; Personal Training; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; YMCA; Gold's Gym; Curves; Franchise; Franchising; Subscription; Promotional Sales; Promotions; Fixed Costs; Body; Accrual Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Customers; Demographics; Age; Income; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Employees; Retention; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Operations; Service Operations; Franchise Ownership; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Expansion; Segmentation; Hardware; Health Industry; United States
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  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge Authors:Bo Becker, Guhan Subramanian, and Daniel B. Bergstresser Publication:Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

processes to consumers and beneficiaries to producers, generates a positive feedback loop through which value is created for both parties. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50173 forthcoming Stanford Technology View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

the prior year's stock selections, suggesting that investors believe that a successful process in one year is likely to be repeated the following year. We believe that these findings are particularly interesting given recent efforts to require View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites

advance, and they even create the original information in a large percentage of the situations. Often, the press is way out there before the SEC," explains Miller. His wide-ranging survey of press outlets found no evidence to support the common criticism that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News; Publishing
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

http://www.amazon.com/Business-History-Elgar-Walter-Friedman/dp/1781955263/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389789862&sr=1-2&keywords=Business+History+Jones+and+Friedman August 2013 Management Science The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2 billion in 2016, the firm not only produced flour, vegetable oil, and packaged food products, it also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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