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- 05 Feb 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Stereotypes and Belief Updating
- 28 Mar 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
CEO Behavior and Firm Performance
- February 1997 (Revised August 2016)
- Case
Stone Container Corporation (A)
By: W. Carl Kester and Kirk Goldman
In early 1993, Stone Container was heavily burdened by debt following a series of highly leveraged acquisitions. A prolonged depression in paper prices necessitated the development of a comprehensive financial plan to relieve the financial pressures on Stone. Among the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Structure; Equity; Price; Strategic Planning
Kester, W. Carl, and Kirk Goldman. "Stone Container Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 297-047, February 1997. (Revised August 2016.)
- 03 Feb 2015
- News
What's missing in America's immigration debate
- 28 Jun 2021
- News
Do Schools Exist for Students or Teachers?
- 03 Jan 2019
- News
Robots will help Chinese firms cope with wages and the trade war
- 2014
- Article
Notes from the Search for Deep Indicators in Services
By: James L. Heskett
Much of the research in the service sector over the last four decades has concerned itself with the search for deep indicators that explain service performance. This paper provides a brief retrospective of some of this research and illustrates the directions that this... View Details
Heskett, James L. "Notes from the Search for Deep Indicators in Services." Journal of Service Management 25, no. 3 (2014): 298–309.
- 07 Feb 2017
- News
How Immigrants Have Contributed to American Inventiveness
- Research Summary
Strategic Human Capital
My research focuses on the links between managerial background, job attributes, organizational/firm characteristics, and firm performance. Broadly speaking, I am interested in how a manager's skills, knowledge, connections, experiences, and other attributes... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper contributes large-sample evidence to an emerging discussion on open innovation and firm strategy. We ask why a startup should participate in an open standards community. We propose four ways that... View Details
- Research Summary
Understanding Regulatory Relationships: Application to the US Banking Industry
This project explores the dynamics of supervisory relationships in the banking industry. In a working paper with Stan Veuger, use geographic proximity of examiners' field office to identify the benefits of close supervision for small banking institutions.... View Details
- Article
Making Private Data Accessible in an Opaque Industry: The Experience of the Private Capital Research Institute
By: Josh Lerner and Leslie Jeng
Private markets are becoming an increasingly important way of financing rapidly growing and mature firms, and private investors are reputed to have far-reaching economic impacts. These important markets, however, are uniquely difficult to study. This paper explores... View Details
Lerner, Josh, and Leslie Jeng. "Making Private Data Accessible in an Opaque Industry: The Experience of the Private Capital Research Institute." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 106, no. 5 (May 2016): 157–160.
- 09 Jun 2021
- News
When the West Works from Home
- 14 Aug 2018
- News
Want to help your colleagues? Try logging off for a while
- 09 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Perspectives from the Boardroom--2009
- 30 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 14 Introducing Open Platforms and Business Ecosystems
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- 03 Jun 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
The Risk Anomaly Tradeoff of Leverage
- Research Summary
Book on Telegraphs:
This is a long-term project that focuses on the economic impact of telegraphs. I have been collecting data on telegraph companies operating in all Americas, especially submarine telegraph companies. The final product will be a book but I intend to produce some papers... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- News