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- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
framework for an economy. CCA provides a natural framework for analysis of mismatches between an entity's assets and liabilities, such as currency and maturity mismatches on balance sheets. Policies or actions that reduce these mismatches... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
would have otherwise been undertaken at home. These two tempting claims are found to have limited, if any, systematic support. Instead, modern welfare norms that capture the nature of multinational firm activity recommend a move toward... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
Norton Abstract—We identify and document a novel construct—pettiness, or intentional attentiveness to trivial details—and examine its (negative) implications in interpersonal relationships and social exchange. Seven studies show that pettiness manifests across... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
link: http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.10.004 January 2015 Economic Journal Does Management Matter in Schools? By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data on operations, targets, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
flexible arrangements. 4. Recruit and promote from diverse pools of candidates. 5. Provide leadership education. 6. Sponsor employee resource groups and mentoring programs. 7. Offer quality role models. 8. Make the chief diversity officer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
Scientist 52, no. 6 (2009): 885-904 Abstract This article provides a critical reflection on the heavily normative nature of current accountability debates. In particular, it explores three streams of normative discourse on nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
across industries and the concomitant demands for value creation engender variations in firms’ collaborative behaviors. On average, firms in technologically dynamic industries pursue more-open ego networks, which fosters access to new and diverse View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
markets place on the pinnacle of quality, the enduring nature of reputation, and the effect of endogenous quality choices on status effect estimates. August 2013 American Psychologist J. Richard Hackman (1940-2013) By: Wageman, Ruth, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
learn to recognize and build their leadership capital—the resources and influence needed to realize their goals, says Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer Archie L. Jones. In his recently released book, The Treasure You Seek: A Guide... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence of fund closures resulting from interest rate policy is the relocation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
higher quality firm governance leads to a larger effect of tax avoidance on firm value. The results are robust to a wide variety of tests for alternative explanations. Taken together, the results suggest that the simple view of corporate tax avoidance as a transfer of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
(forthcoming) How do rankings affect demand? This paper investigates the impact of college rankings, and the visibility of those rankings, on students' application decisions. Using natural experiments from U.S. News and World Report... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
to use its limited resources focusing on Home Depot or find a new target to forward their cause. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407097 Apollo Hospitals—First-World Health Care at... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
peer-reviewed and practitioner journals. Dr. Guinan is one of our co-directors at LISH and she is a professor in radiation oncology at HMS and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Part of the lab’s mission is to address problems with real-world applications. This project... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
skilled workforce, an educated populace, vibrant local suppliers, basic rule of law, and so on. Historically, American businesses invested in these resources deeply, and that helped to build many of America's strengths. Then, in a world... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
devoid of objective improvement—when revisions are trivial (Study 3A), incidental (Study 3B), non-existent (Study 3C), and even objectively worse than the original (Study 3D). Study 4 directly tests the self-fulfilling nature of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
tradeoffs that people make between having more time or having more money, and the extent to which people focus on each resource can have a significant impact on happiness. Considering subjective well-being (or “happiness”) as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
average length of hospital stay and mortality rate in teaching hospitals relative to a control group of non-teaching hospitals. Despite the anticipated nature of the cohort turnover and the supervisory structures that exist in teaching... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
approaches can be reconciled through the Lean Strategy process, which ensures that startups innovate in a disciplined fashion and make the most of their limited resources by knowing "what not to do." Deliberate strategy sets the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
struggled to realize good returns from investments since the year 2000. Many traditional investors are questioning whether they should continue to provide capital to these funds. But given the important role that venture capital has had in spurring innovation, it is... View Details