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- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
was attracted to this effort because I thought I saw two potential sources of long-term value. First, on emerging markets, there’s a lot we don’t know. These videos dramatically supplement the quality of information we have. Second,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
literature on the notion of institutional entrepreneurship introduced by Paul DiMaggio in 1988, we propose a model of the process of institutional entrepreneurship. We first present theoretical and definitional issues associated with the concept and propose a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
standard-setting authority to an international body. There is also evidence that the likelihood of IFRS adoption at first increases and then decreases in the quality of countries' domestic governance institutions, consistent with IFRS... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
wanted to invest. Roberts also took into account the possible impact on his mutually respectful relations with his fellow partners. From a housing project in Brooklyn, New York, Roberts became a scientist who did advanced study at Duke... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
Fable? Authors:Pierre Azoulay, Toby Stuart, and Yanbo Wang Abstract In a market context, a status effect occurs when actors are accorded differential recognition for their efforts depending on their location in a status ordering, holding constant the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
China‘s income inequality has risen rapidly over that same time frame, Vietnam‘s has only grown moderately. Structural and socio-cultural determinants fail to account for these divergent pathways. Existing political variables are also... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nejo.12003/abstract Working PapersInvestment Incentives in Open-Source and Proprietary Two-Sided Platforms Authors:Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gaston Llanes Abstract We study incentives to invest in platform View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
We propose that firms' corporate governance and firms' strategic business activities within an industry are interlinked. By conducting a simultaneous economic analysis of business strategy and corporate governance, scholars can better discern the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
trading and investing being particularly controversial. We focus on the role of banks in the private equity market. We show that bank-affiliated private equity groups accounted for a significant share of the private equity activity and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
be taken into consideration when deciding on the length of the school day and the frequency and duration of breaks throughout the day. Second, school accountability systems should control for the influence of external factors on test... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
strategy to provide textbooks for college accounting courses. The Joffes are trying to raise private equity financing, but market conditions have made it difficult and the company is at risk of exhausting the senior Joffe's savings. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
proposals, and quality evaluations for more than 12,000 evaluator-proposal pairs. The analysis shows that solicitations offering a personal reward for top submissions boost participation rates without affecting submission quality. We show... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. Think it through. Do you have the right qualities for the job (managerial skills, confidence, persuasiveness, persistence, a thirst for learning,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
contract types; ii) greater partner integration is associated with higher product quality only in projects that adopt more flexible time and materials or performance-based contracts; and iii) in projects where the choice of contract is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
600 urban centers accounting for roughly 60 percent of global GDP. The creation of this economic and social value, however, involves the consumption of considerable natural resources. For example, cities today contain 50 percent of the... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=leimgruber%20et%20al.pdf August 2013 Accounting Horizons SOX after Ten Years: A Multidisciplinary Review By: Srinivasan, Suraj, and John C. Coates IV Abstract—We review... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
PublicationsThe Burden of Guilt: Heavy Backpacks, Light Snacks, and Enhanced Morality Authors:Gino, F., M. Kouchaki, and A. Jami Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Abstract Drawing on the embodied simulation account... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
firms' hierarchies. Our findings have important implications for studying innovation in the knowledge-based economy. Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve the Information Environment? Authors:Joanne Horton, George Serafeim, and Ioanna Serafeim Publication:Contemporary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
success in China was tough. The country may be huge, Kirkwood advised, but in an elephantine market, it was best to "be a grasshopper." And when it came to payments and accounts receivable - forget credit - "cash equals quality." Joining... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
filled with news from enlisted men and officers serving in theaters around the world: letters sent in by parents from sons at sea; first-person and news accounts of harrowing escapes, rescues, and bravery; and reports about sailors... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry