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- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
Authors:Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanzcuk Abstract We investigate, using firm-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the allocation of resources across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
we discern four central criticisms of corporate social responsibility. When companies engage in socially responsible practices, the first concern is that managers will misappropriate corporate resources by diverting them from their... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 26 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Clear Eye for Innovation
innovations on their own, the entire corporate R&D budget would now be dedicated to producing breakthroughs. Bradley knew that attempting to manage these projects under the constraints of the old organization would not work. Inevitably, conflicts over the View Details
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Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity
for Employee Resource Groups allocated (including but not exclusive to time, funding, and decision-making ability)? What policies address identity-based harassment? How does your organization respond when an... View Details
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
people) or not served at all. Third, the products and services they offer are simpler and cheaper than alternatives, but recipients view them as good enough. Fourth, they bring in resources in ways that initially seem unattractive to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
attempts, until a change in government in 1984 resulted in a state proposal to pay off the owners and allocate the land to the squatters. Each owner was given the option of accepting the deal or suing to obtain higher compensation. By... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
These models offer very different value propositions. Firms allocate resources into distinctively different processes, and they earn returns using parallel but different profit models. Yet while most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
PublicationsSetting Health Priorities: Strategy versus Tactics Authors:Chu, Michael, David E. Bloom, and Elizabeth Cafiero Publication:Impact: The Magazine of PSI Abstract Health decision makers throughout the world are faced with a multiplicity of challenges. As... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
costs and profit margins; initial sales also influence the venture's trajectory of organizational skills because firms develop capabilities and routines in interactions with customers. There is also an opportunity cost: money, time, and people View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) - Course Catalog
challenging for general managers because they must rely on others – principally subordinates – to provide important critical input and data that inform decisions, as well as to implement the choices made. The major constraint facing most managers is not a lack of... View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
competitors, such as Millennial Media and Quattro Wireless, both of which were expanding quickly and had raised considerable capital. The company now needs to allocate its limited resources wisely to... View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
governance are the most daunting because the very foundations of governance—vote allocation proportionate to economy, representation by finance ministries, absence of parliamentary scrutiny, and the relative voicelessness of the poorest... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data on operations, targets, and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
that each $1 invested in display and search leads to a return of $1.24 for display and $1.75 for search ads, which contrasts sharply with the estimated returns based on standard metrics. We use these results to show how optimal budget View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
Working Papers Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences Authors: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract We investigate, using firm-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
socially appropriate than achieving overall equity. Furthermore, individuals care more about achieving equity in time than equity in money. Narrow bracketing of equity concerns and more inequity aversion in time than in money persist when individuals make View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
enormous impact on the very big problems we're facing in the world today: natural resource scarcity, social inequality, and poverty, as well as on governance issues like product safety and corruption. More and more CEOs are leading their... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
clinical documentation. The costing approach enables clinicians to understand utilization and cost of medical resource at a more granular level. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55832 forthcoming... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
urban neighborhoods," says Poorvu. He also notes that it is very difficult to build sound but less costly housing because of constricting regulations, building codes, and bureaucracy. "When all the various levels of subsidiary costs are added up," Poorvu observes, "the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
restrictions. Woolf had been farming crops for more than 30 years, but this was the first time they suffered a water shortage so severe that crops had to be abandoned in the field. Even if there was short-term relief in the form of an increased View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace