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  • 22 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 22, 2016

forthcoming World Bank Economic Review Productivity Gains from Foreign Direct Investment: Macro and Micro Approaches By: Alfaro, Laura Abstract—This paper discussed the importance of an “integrated approach” to the study of the effects of FDI on host countries.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

individual’s ability to select which task to complete next from a work queue. Using data from more than 2.4 million radiological studies read by 91 physicians over a period of two and a half years, we examine the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2021
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

Michelle's story is a stark contrast and look forward to hearing her side of things. Next up for me this summer for physical books is my colleague Tsedal Neeley's Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding From Anywhere. As a longtime leader of... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

the conditions to thrive tomorrow. We argue that organizational sustainability depends on attending to strategic paradox, engaging contradictory yet interrelated strategies simultaneously. Drawing on our research and the View Details
  • 10 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

of companies that are helping create the conditions for the industry’s growth by amassing knowledge about best practices, influencing the development of regulations, exploring new uses for drones, developing a professional workforce, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • December 2010
  • Article

The Case for Professional Boards

By: Robert C. Pozen
When the world's largest financial institutions had to be rescued from insolvency in 2008, many experts laid the blame at the feet of corporate boards. But insufficient board oversight is a problem that had supposedly been solved in 2002. As the United States... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Failure; Accounting Audits; Quality; Behavior; Legal Liability; Experience and Expertise; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Performance Effectiveness; United States
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  • 10 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

productivity would improve—especially as the bricks-and-clicks retail model worked in an increasingly coordinated manner to offer the consumer a seamless shopping experience. The Internet Threat While recent retail sales figures seem to... View Details
Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail
  • 23 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 23

directions and the implications of this work for rethinking traditional categories of organizations, namely business and charity. September 2014 Perspectives on Psychological Science How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public bonds) using firm-level data. Any firm that raises new debt must have a positive demand for external... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 21

Eccles, George Serafeim, and Jorge Amar Publication:Ideia sustentável (June 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.ideiasustentavel.com.br/2012/06/brasil-uma-sociedade-sustentavel/   Working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

psychological scientists of the modern era. These readable essays highlight the most important contributions to theory and research in psychological science, show how the greatest psychological scientists formulate and think about their View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2013
  • Case

Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (A)

By: James K. Sebenius
Isolated by the KGB in Moscow, Harvard graduate student Bruce Allyn faces high-pressure negotiation tactics to recruit him for the Soviet spy agency. At the tense height of the Cold War, with CIA agents systematically being exposed and executed in Russia, Allyn was... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Bargaining; Hard Bargaining; KGB; Espionage; Spying; War; National Security; Alliances; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Cambridge; Moscow; Soviet Union
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  • 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

are robust to alternative model specifications and sample selection procedures. We demonstrate that an optimal pricing policy should take into consideration the potential costs of two types of strategic customer behavior: opportunistic returns and strategic choice of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • August 2000
  • Case

Developing Nurse Practitioners at the College of St. Catherine

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Sarah S. Khetani
Margaret McLaughlin has just begun her new appointment as the Dean of Health Professions at the College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. As an education leader, her charge is to develop Minnesota's health care workforce for the future. She is... View Details
Keywords: Trends; Debates; Decision Choices and Conditions; Higher Education; Teaching; Growth and Development; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Value Creation; Health Industry
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  • 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

foreign bank capital flows; thus, U.S. monetary policy affects credit conditions for EME firms. We show that the spillover is stronger in higher-yielding and more financially open markets and for firms with a higher reliance on foreign... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not enforceable. Investigating the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2005 (Revised August 2006)
  • Case

Lean Forward Media

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Victoria Winston
Jeff Norton and Michelle Crames, the co-founders of Lean Forward Media, face several options for producing the world's first interactive DVD film for children. Their vision is to build a company whose products simultaneously entertain children, engage them actively in... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Early Childhood Education; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Creativity
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  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

from what it promises to do. Book: http://www.people.hbs.edu/jwulf/CMR_May.pdf   Working PapersBusiness Model Evaluation: Quantifying Walmart's Sources of Advantage Authors:Humberto Brea-Solis, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Emili... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2013
  • Supplement

Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (B)

By: James K. Sebenius
This case picks up (from the end of the "A" case) the detailed story of the KGB's high-pressure negotiations with Harvard doctoral student Bruce Allyn to recruit him as a secret asset for the Soviet spy agency. The "A" case describes how, at the tense height of the... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Bargaining; Hard Bargaining; KGB; Espionage; Spying; War; National Security; Alliances; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Cambridge; Moscow; Soviet Union
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  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

  Working PapersAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Combining new, hand-collected data with a widely studied dataset, we examine how firms use... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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