Control Rights - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23

suppliers and selling them to buyers). We model this as a choice between whether control rights over a non-contractible decision variable (the level of marketing activities) are better held by suppliers (the... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

04 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 4

the right way to proceed? Designed to help students understand the decisions that helped propel Lady Gaga into one of the entertainment world's biggest names. Written from the perspective of her manager, the case provides rich insights... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

chartered accountants (CAs) who practice in India and around the world. Further, the CAs in India have much more control over the standards than in many other countries, where standard setting and practice are more separated.... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

right now in our research, but it appears that the distant ties are much more important than the clustering. Clustering has a negative influence, unless each cluster contains people with a variety of backgrounds. However, in addition to... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

17 Jun 2020
News

Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

yes.” Pasricha, who thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living, gave the 80 attendees a set of simple coping strategies to remain positive, find rest, and let go of the idea of rushing back to whatever life was before everything changed. “The corporate speak... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

31 May 2023
Research & Ideas

With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines

a new working paper. “We find that routine customers have higher value to the organization, even after controlling for their level of consumption,” Ascarza says. These customers may also tolerate price increases better and even stay loyal... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation

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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog

losing control as consumers hijack brand meaning and engage in open-source branding. And, the next brand crisis is just around the corner in a 24/7 news cycle driven by social media. This course takes a contemporary view of branding as a... View Details

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Privacy - HBS Working Knowledge

a legitimate need to know the information. Harvard Business School also reserves the right to disclose this information under special circumstances, including disclosures required by law, court order or circumstances under which... View Details

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

In theory, a board of directors protects the rights of shareholders. Independent directors are supposed to be just that—independent—free to dissent from a decision of the majority. The reality is more complex. Directors are tied to one... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

financier, a public stock offering, or some other source. But potential investors often greet entrepreneurs' business plans with skepticism, or worse, turn them down entirely. Alternatively, some investors demand a large equity stake in the project and tight View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

considers the following stages in the life cycle of a start-up: Formation (pre-formation issues, different forms of business organization, NDAs, contractual arrangements and other legal protections for corporate assets and opportunities, and governance and View Details

03 Jun 2020
News

Keeping a Community Connected

to food sites because of their immigration status. There is a high demand for food and it is going up quickly. SY: What are your top priorities at this point? JP: The demand for food is a critical need right now. There's a moratorium on... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

the legal inconsistencies that arise in a multi-jurisdiction bankruptcy. In addition, they must determine if Butters has sufficient information about, and control over, operations at Navigator to be confident engaging in a lengthy set of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

of 9,360 U.S. cities found that air pollution predicted six different categories of crime; these analyses accounted for a comprehensive set of control variables (e.g., city and year fixed effects, population, law enforcement) and survived... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

governance (ESG) information in China, Denmark, Malaysia, and South Africa using differences-in-differences estimation with propensity score matched samples. We find that relative to propensity score matched control firms, treated firms... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

and growing difficulties for environmentalists in gaining control of ecosystems through land purchases led these organizations to reassess their opposing strategies. Their 1994 landmark agreement to jointly manage unique forested wetlands... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

plus parks, a museum, even a beer garden. "We are tackling one of our nation's biggest challenges, fixing health care," said President and CEO Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997), and creating a dedicatedspace where workers can be "creative, industrious, and revolutionary."... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Web Services

service technologies from a provider, customer, and investor perspective. Customers are concerned with integration and driving down costs, said Steven Lewis, Microsoft's general manager of .net market development. "There is a lot of momentum View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

01 Sep 2007
News

Letters to the Editor

outstanding private-sector success story: Professor Kanter. Samuel F. Heffner III (MBA ’70) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Right Wing, Left Wing, West Wing HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter cites 25 years of right-wing ideology as contributing to... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

which for years has remained wedded to a well-developed competency in centralized controls and efficient execution but has steadily lost ground, posting a record $38.7 billion loss in 2007. Such an execution-as-efficiency model results in... View Details