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- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence, especially across countries. This has limited the ability to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
have profoundly shaped the scope and range of organizational scholarship devoted to sexual minorities by showing that scholars using such contrasted frames have been drawn to very different research questions with respect to sexual... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
Lauder Companies with global packaging as a key responsibility, Caracappa had to assess a recent proposal he had received from a small French company that had patented a packaging innovation. The innovation could save the Estée Lauder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
effectiveness of these roles in actual organizational settings. The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid? Authors:Aldo Musacchio and Francisco Flores-Macias Publication:Online Edition. Harvard International Review (March 2009) Abstract The View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
have derived one from our examinations of cross-sector collaborations in the Americas. A basic element is the recognition that there can exist a wide range of motivations across the partners and a mix of motivations for each partner. We... View Details
- 23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract—This paper documents a set of stylized facts about leverage and financial fragility in the nonfinancial corporate sector in emerging markets since the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207020 Li Ning-Anything Is Possible Harvard Business School Case 507-024 A leading sporting goods company in China competes aggressively against global brands Nike and Adidas,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
section; some of it is in the Arts section and the weekly Science section. Business stories appear in all parts of the paper even when they are not labeled as such, including the Technology, Dining, and Real Estate sections, because business touches and is, in turn,... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
that drivers attach different value amounts to different kinds of flexibility. “Some can work the same days and the same shift from week to week, but others like to be able to change [their schedules] at the last minute,” they explain. The date View Details
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
a deficit limit although a very high one.” Tony E opined, “The US is unique globally in providing a stable currency (that allows) the rest of the world to eliminate uncertainty in asset/commodity valuation." This confidence , he... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
Richards, the former global head of Computer Associates, while Richards was doing time in prison for securities fraud. (The correspondence led to the case study A Letter From Prison.) Listening To The Field Ethan Bernstein discussed the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
outfitter Timberland, begun in 1989 when City Year requested from Timberland fifty pairs of boots for its urban youth service corps, founded the previous year. The service corps program organizes youths from diverse ethnic, racial, and economic backgrounds into teams... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
that were more responsible and sustainable as well as how these strategies have faced constraints, trade-offs, and challenges of legitimacy. The industries covered range from sustainable finance and solar energy to organic food and wine,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28
economic trends a central economic activity and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
provider must decide whether to IPO or accept an offer to be acquired by Euromoney, a global publishing and information content provider that is eager to launch an Internet information service. The case contains a term sheet that can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
argue the authors of Higher Ambition. In fact, as global competition stiffens and enterprises face increasing public scrutiny, successful leaders must win on all fronts-with their people, their customers, their communities, and their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
exchange for taking on the risk of young companies in uncertain environments, venture capitalists receive board level oversight privileges, which range from approval of budgets and advice on product development to the right to replace the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
a sovereign default may affect the economy. 2017 Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century Entrepreneurship, Policy, and the Geography of Wind Energy By: Jones, G. Abstract—This study examines the geography of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
to the specified start dates is very substantial—a conclusion we are able to corroborate with specific quantitative data from both judge and student surveys. The consistent experience of a wide range of other markets suggests that such... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
trouble: Iridium and Globalstar (two global telecommunications firms), Global Crossing, Eurotunnel, EuroDisney, and many others have all defaulted. The challenge of building and managing these projects is... View Details