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- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
competitive labor markets because of their reputations and values. "At first, we thought of our reputation conceptually, as something that we needed to keep improving. Now we know it affects our ability to View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
however, have been generated about the reasons why state-owned enterprises listed in stock markets manage to attract investors to buy their shares (and bonds). In this article, we examine this apparent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
"dilution" resulting from the introduction of an online MBA by a highly regarded onsite program, Joshua Doherty questioned the futures of top-tier schools that may lose their ability "to exploit the market power of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
emerging markets of China and India—are filled with capital controls and ownership restrictions. How can the United States as a destination end up being so much less attractive despite the relative absence... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
in Large Markets By: Kojima, Fuhito, Parag A. Pathak, and Alvin E. Roth Abstract—Accommodating couples has been a long-standing issue in the design of centralized labor market clearinghouses for doctors and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
to go to the unethical facility, with the intention of being passed even though they didn't deserve it. You've got this big orphaned market of customers looking for that. So all of a sudden you might become more lenient to try to View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
market, then investors, employees, intermediaries such as law firms and data providers, and the wider capital markets are likely to be knowledgeable about the venturing process and the strategies, financing, support, and exit mechanisms... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
Publication:Academy of Management Annals Abstract The concept of imprinting has attracted considerable interest in numerous fields-including organizational ecology, institutional theory, network analysis, and career research-and has been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
market reaction to attempts to enforce sovereign debt contracts via U.S. "dollar diplomacy" in Latin America in the pre-World War II period and by legal action in the 1990s and early 2000s. We argue that dollar diplomacy created... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
foreign market share therefore increased five-fold between 1997 and 2007. We construct and analyze a panel of Mexican bank financial data covering this period and find no evidence that foreign entry increases the availability of credit.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
competitors in a local market. We provide evidence that these results are due to a sorting effect, whereby firms trade-off service quality and price, and in turn, the incumbent attracts service (price) sensitive customers in View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology
Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: baona] Related Reading Are You a Digital Manager? What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers What do you think... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?
model, clientele, client perception, and overall market share must be more than thorough." It may be small consolation to those dot.com entrepreneurs struggling to keep their heads above water, but there appears to be a sense that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
months. Marketing for the program was also eliminated. While all banks sell bonds, the $.50 to $.85 they earn for each transaction gives them little financial incentive to make the process easy for consumers. Finally, the Treasury's... View Details
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
Working PapersGray Markets and Multinational Transfer Pricing (revised) Authors:Romana Autrey and Francesco Bova Abstract Gray markets arise when a manufacturer's products are sold outside of its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
rather than a cause, of Infosys' decision to adopt world corporate governance standards. The proximate cause of the aspiration to good corporate governance at Infosys, in turn, is its need to attract talent with truly worldwide options,... View Details
- 04 Mar 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
breakthrough in alarm clock design since the snooze button until entrepreneur Gauri Nanda created Clocky. Her runaway hit has been the inspiration for several cases written by Professor Elie Ofek. Should I Crowdsource My Solutions? View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
poor by removing the high cost of everything they need. Chu discussed the benefits and complexities of microfinance with Harvard Business School alumni on June 4, in a session titled "Microfinance: Harnessing the Market for Social... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
incentive scheme over a linear one, even though this reduces pay for many subjects and despite the presence of clear feedback. Additionally, the linear scheme attracts demotivated, underconfident workers who perform below their ability.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
was to get widespread diversification. "Reinsurance holds out the prospect that diversification will cheapen the cost of reinsurance and make it attractive to share risk. But if [reinsurers] don't diversify, they can't offer that.... View Details