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  • 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur Harvard Business School Case 807-165 Bert Twaalfhoven (70; HBS '54) is faced with two offers to acquire the manufacturing holding company he had built up over... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 7

that the regional location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven by non-economic factors and heuristics rather than existing industrial conditions. Relocating firms increased the likelihood of incumbent View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

Publications The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Harvard Business Press Books, 2012 Abstract Innovation is a much-used buzzword these days, but when it comes to creating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

its effect was quantitatively dominated by inequality-raising effects of population growth. The land distribution program lowered landlessness, but this was partly offset by targeting failures and induced increases in immigration.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14

  PublicationsThe Paradox of Excellence Authors:Thomas J. DeLong and Sara DeLong Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 6 (June 2011) Abstract Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015

Aligning Strategy and Sales By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract— Much current opinion asserts that strategy is less important (and may, in fact, be an impediment) in an era of constant change. This publication discusses why claims about View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

opportunity for multinationals. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-011.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsProPublica Michel Anteby, Philippe Bertreau, Charlotte NewmanHarvard Business School Case 410-140 Stephen... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

  PublicationsWhat to Ask the Person in the Mirror: The Seven Tests of Highly Effective Leaders Authors:Robert Steven Kaplan Publication:Harvard Business Publishing, forthcoming Abstract Successful leaders know that leadership is less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

the common failure to think about the decisions of others contributes to suboptimal outcomes. Yet sometimes, an excess of cynicism appears to lead us to over-think the actions of others and make negative attributions about their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

a set of practices to guide firms as they adopt ambidexterity. Senior leadership is crucial here. We discuss the importance of leading in a consistently inconsistent fashion. Readers will come away with a new understanding of how to improve their existing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

2015 Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk," namely the risk that a government will discriminatorily change the laws, regulations, or contracts governing an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 May 2011
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First Look: May 31

election years. These results describe how failures in electoral accountability can lead to suboptimal policy outcomes. Read the paper: http://www.cgdev.org/doc/events/MADS/Shawn_Cole.pdf Earnings and Ratings at Google Answers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

that pursue a social mission through the use of market mechanisms. These hybrid organizations, often referred to as social enterprises, combine aspects of both charity and business at their core. In this paper we distinguish between two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

business and, if economies of scope are unavailable, to simply reproduce entrant behavior by creating a "firm within a firm." There are two broad streams of explanation for incumbent failure in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

businesses outperform both single-unit firms and multi-unit firms composed of unrelated businesses. Explanations for this relationship between focus and firm performance have largely centered on economies of scope achieved by sharing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

contribute to the development of broader firm capabilities. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-019.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsAkshaya Patra: Feeding India's Schoolchildren Harvard Business School Case 608-038 No... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2004
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When Good Names Go Bad: Organizational Illegitimacy, and the Dotcom Collapse

By: Mary Ann Glynn and Christopher Marquis
Keywords: Business Ventures; Failure; Web Services Industry
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  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

for interaction, but how these two mechanisms interact in formal organizations is not well understood. We argue that organizational structures and geography delimit opportunities for interaction, but that within the opportunity sets created by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne