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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Boundary Spanning in a For-profit Research Lab: An Exploration of the Interface Between Commerce and Academe

By: Christopher C. Liu and Toby E. Stuart
In innovative industries, private-sector companies increasingly are participants in open communities of science and technology. To participate in the system of exchange in such communities, firms often publicly disclose what would otherwise remain private discoveries.... View Details
Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Higher Education; Information Publishing; Innovation and Invention; Science-Based Business; Social and Collaborative Networks; Boundaries; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • 21 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: December 21

unable to tell whether each child was honest or not, we speculate about the proportion of reported white outcomes. Children report the prize-winning outcome at rates statistically above 50% but below 100%. Moreover, the probability of... View Details
  • December 2010
  • Article

Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category Modern Indian Art

By: Mukti Khaire and R. Daniel Wadhwani
Stable category meanings act as institutions that facilitate market exchange by providing bases for comparison and valuation. Yet little is known about meaning construction in new categories or how meaning translates into valuation criteria. We address this gap in a... View Details
Keywords: Change; Valuation; Auctions; Market Transactions; Arts; Agreements and Arrangements; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; India
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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Migration, Climate Similarity, and the Consequences of Climate Mismatch

By: Marguerite Obolensky, Marco Tabellini and Charles Taylor
This paper examines the concept of “climate matching” in migration—the idea that migrants seek out destinations with familiar climates. Focusing on the US, we document that temperature distance between origin and destination predicts the distribution of migrants across... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Climate; Immigration; Residency; Weather; Ethnicity; Climate Change; Geographic Location; Policy; United States
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  • July 2004 (Revised October 2018)
  • Case

Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century

By: Geoffrey Jones, Elisabeth Koll and Alexis Gendron
This case examines the role of Jardine Matheson, a trading company founded by two Scottish merchants, in the opium trade between India and China during the nineteenth century. The two Opium Wars fought between Western powers and China, which sought to stop opium... View Details
Keywords: History; Globalized Economies and Regions; Ethnicity; Multinational Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Trade; Social and Collaborative Networks; China; United Kingdom
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    Richard F. Meyer

    Richard F. Meyer is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Professor Meyer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and spent the first ten years of his career in the Management Services Division of Arthur D. Little, Inc., serving as a... View Details
    • July 2001
    • Case

    Bobbie D'Alessandro and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School

    By: Linda A. Hill, Kristin Doughty and Ellen Pruyne
    Bobbi D'Alessandro, the superintendent of the school system in Cambridge, MA, has just hired a new principal to lead a major redesign effort in the city's only high school. The need for reform had been evident since the late 1980s when school statistics highlighted... View Details
    Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Performance Improvement; Change Management; Secondary Education; Selection and Staffing; Leading Change; Education Industry; Cambridge
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    • 2021
    • Book

    The Heart of Business—Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism

    By: Hubert Joly and Caroline Lambert
    A remarkable turnaround by a leader with a remarkable philosophy: Find your noble purpose. Put people at the center. Unleash human magic.
    "It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details
    Keywords: Capitalism; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Leading Change
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      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
      • 04 Jan 2011
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Learning Effects of Monitoring

      Keywords: by Dennis Campbell, Marc Epstein & Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez; Entertainment & Recreation
      • 23 Aug 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

      reward their own drives." Inspired by the writings and insights of Charles Darwin, specifically his 1871 masterwork The Descent of Man, Lawrence's new book, Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership, offers managers an... View Details
      Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
      • 2008
      • Book

      Moral Gray Zones: Side Productions, Identity, and Regulation in an Aeronautic Plant

      By: Michel Anteby
      Anyone who has been employed by an organization knows not every official workplace regulation must be followed. When management consistently overlooks such breaches, spaces emerge in which both workers and supervisors engage in officially prohibited, yet tolerated... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Governance Controls; Production; Organizational Culture; Practice; France
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      • 24 Feb 2022
      • Op-Ed

      Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

      responsibilities—engender the required transparency? In contrast to approaches that rely on HHS, our recommendation for building hospital capacity uses the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which for nearly a century... View Details
      Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health
      • Program

      Competing in the Age of AI—Virtual

      the creation of algorithms, software infrastructure, data pipelines, and experimentation platforms Guide your organization in the development of sophisticated data platforms and artificial intelligence capabilities and enable higher levels of automation Ensure an... View Details
      • October 2024
      • Case

      Estímulo: Blended Finance in Brazil

      By: Vikram S. Gandhi, James Barnett, Maxim Pike Harrell and Marina Osborn
      In December 2022, Estímulo—a Brazilian impact investment fund supporting small businesses—found itself at a crossroads. The fund was established in 2020 to provide emergency relief through accessible credit and financial education. When low default rates from borrowers... View Details
      Keywords: Credit; Financial Management; Financing and Loans; Investment; Social Enterprise; Business Model; Financial Services Industry; Brazil; South America; Latin America
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      • 10 Sep 2010
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations

      Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim; Financial Services
      • January 2020
      • Article

      How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?

      By: Paul A. Gompers, William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
      We survey 885 institutional venture capitalists (VCs) at 681 firms to learn how they make decisions across eight areas: deal sourcing, investment selection, valuation, deal structure, post-investment value-added, exits, internal firm organization, and relationships... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Value Creation; Capital Structure; Entrepreneurship; Decision Making
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      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      Financial and Informational Integration Through Oracle Networks

      By: Lin William Cong, Eswar Prasad and Daniel Rabetti
      Oracles are software components that enable data exchange between siloed blockchains and external environments, enhancing smart contract capabilities and platform interoperability. We find that oracle integration is positively associated with total value locked and... View Details
      Keywords: Decentralized Finance; Blockchain; Smart Contract; International Economy; Interoperability; Risk Sharing; Applications and Software; Financial Markets; Economics; Risk Management
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      • 2012
      • Working Paper

      When Supply-Chain Disruptions Matter

      By: William Schmidt and Ananth Raman
      Supply-chain disruptions have a material effect on company value, but this impact can vary considerably. Thus, it is important for managers and investors to recognize the types of disruptions and the organizational factors that lead to the worst outcomes. Prior... View Details
      Keywords: Supply Chain; Operations; Performance Efficiency
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      • April 1999 (Revised June 1999)
      • Case

      1-800 Buy Ireland

      By: Willis M. Emmons III, Adele S. Cooper and J. Richard Lenane
      After decades of poor economic performance, the Irish government adopted major changes in economic policy in 1987. By the end of the 1990s, Ireland's real GDP growth rate of almost 10% per year exceeds that of all member nations of the European Union (EU). A key... View Details
      Keywords: Integration; Development Economics; Supply and Industry; Policy; Foreign Direct Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Macroeconomics; Republic of Ireland
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