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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
proponent of uncomfortable topics such as human cloning, genetic screening, and antiaging medicines. Yet he is more passionate about the discussion these issues generate than any final outcome. "We are in the awkward early stages of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
A Vision for Venture Capital: Realizing the Promise of Global Venture Capital & Private Equity by Peter A. Brooke (MBA ’54) with Daniel Penrice (New Ventures) This book chronicles the career of Peter Brooke, who has been called “the Johnny Appleseed of venture capital”... View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
theoretical frameworks arrived at via in-class discussion; 3) identification of a set of core issues vital to practice that collectively approximate IS management as a business discipline; and 4) design for student engagement, in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
understanding of these implications is essential for future policy analysis, particularly for issues relating to fostering innovation. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/Kerr_Kerr_Lincoln_WP14_IPEFirms.pdf January 2015 IESE... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28
the board chairperson or departure of the independent director herself. The endgame effect is particularly strong, seeing 27% of the dissent issued at board "endgames," which represents only 4% of independent directors' average... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
survived! WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THE COMPANY DEALT WITH THAT HAVE LESSONS FOR TODAY? Over the decades, the domestic glassware industry was always dodging bullets. In 1900, one commentator pointed out that even if we had a 100% duty, English... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
occur differently in countries around the world. In his research, West investigates how a nation’s institutional systems may either facilitate or retard the development of biotech as an industry. Labor and capital market structures and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
both communities and businesses in the coming decades, HBS professors are making a significant contribution to the urban recovery movement. Building Sustainable Communities Many approaches to revitalizing the inner city have focused on the social problems, but the more... View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
factor of about 2 to 1. Even after adjusting for differences in internal labor cost rates, the hospital at the 90th percentile of cost spent about twice as much as the one at the 10th percentile of cost. The large variation in costs among... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1
strongest predictors of entry, with labor laws and household banking quality also playing important roles. Looking at the district-industry level, we find extensive evidence of agglomeration economies among manufacturing industries. In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-003.pdf Preference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Abstract Many labor markets share... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
geographies, it seems reasonable to expect the contest for recognition to intensify. Many moral gray zones provide readily available intra- and inter-occupational sorting mechanisms. In global labor markets, moral gray zones will likely... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
2 (May 1976): 333-350. Merton, Robert C. "Implicit Labor Contracts Viewed as Options: A Discussion of 'Insurance Aspects of Pensions'." In Pensions, Labor, and Individual Choice , edited by David A. Wise. Chicago, Ill.: Chicago University... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
get lawyers and, of course, international awareness of what was going on with the trial. And then after they were sentenced and sent to Siberian labor camps, the issue was clothing, food. Hiring local... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
questions related to personal plans. First, what are the effects of plans on behavior? Second, when are plans formed? Third, how do plans deviate from optimality? For each of these questions, we (a) offer a brief overview of research that sheds light on the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
How can managers better identify, describe, and confront the issues of environmental and social sustainability that their companies increasingly encounter? One answer is One Report, a method of integrating information about financial and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30
rankings are more likely to disclose their Princeton Review certification, suggesting that schools treat different certifications as substitutes. Third, conditional on displaying a ranking, the majority of schools coarsen information to make it seem more favorable.... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
in the United States for every physical product you touch. And we say if it doesn’t meet certain basic safety standards, you can’t sell it to consumers. But we have nothing like that for financial products. More than 60 percent of the subprime mortgages View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
would expect that the temptation would be to continue to play your strong suit and try and express your own taste and your ideas because it’s worked for you for 50 years. The second issue you’d expect of anybody in this situation would be... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
ESG dimensions should be mandated by regulation, and if yes, what form such regulation should take. The underlying debate, of course, relates to the broader issue of the role of the business organization within civil society and whether... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne