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- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
Working PapersThe Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Corporate Tax Avoidance Authors:Brad Badertscher, Sharon P. Katz, and Sonja Olhoft Rego Abstract This study investigates how private equity ownership affects corporate tax... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
investment research in the right order, starting with least-biased sources. He observes that “the order in which I read the materials matters greatly since whatever I take in first will affect me unduly.” But Spier’s biggest life’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming constant debt levels does not allow addressing one of the puzzles behind using reserves as a means to avoid the negative effects of crisis: why don't sovereign countries reduce their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
internet startups, two Stanford Graduate School of Business professors, Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, wrote an influential book about “successful habits of visionary companies.” In it, they advanced their theories based on an extensive View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
screens is a relevant difference. In fact, our study empirically supports the widely held assumption that the U.S. is overscreened and key foreign markets are underscreened. This difference has consequences for the relative power of... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
investment or standing in the way? The results of the study have already drawn the attention of pension funds and other asset managers. Some observers have questioned whether oil producers are really using... View Details
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
female. Star women, he found, maintained their shine even after switching companies. Unlike their male peers, they thrived in new work environments. Why the difference? As Groysberg observed in the Harvard Business Review last February,... View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
allowable constraints. The method then designs a point system that is based on the selected priority criteria and approximately maximizes medical efficiency, i.e., life year gains from transplant, while simultaneously enforcing selected fairness constraints. Among the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
relevant facts, but if directly asked, they are more likely to respond honestly. Watch for dodging. Don't let your counterparts sidestep your questions—write them down in advance, take notes on the answers, and make sure you get the information you're seeking. Don't... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
filtration,” Macomber says. “That just doesn't make any sense. It's a cheap way to help people be healthier.” Together with co-author Joseph G. Allen, a professor at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Macomber explores “nine foundations for a healthy... View Details
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
likely to collaborate on a deal than were two VCs from different alma maters. And the probability of collaboration between VCs increased by 39.2 percent if they were members of the same ethnic minority group. The data held up with what Gompers had View Details
- 26 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Driving Change in Education-to-Employment
a federally-sponsored RCT study show that Year Up’s impact on the earnings of graduates are among the largest of any workforce organization in the country. My role as Strategic Advisor to the Office of the CEO is focused on two projects:... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
a new study coauthored by Harvard Business School Professor Shai Bernstein. “Attracting high-quality talent is an important challenge for any young firm, and it’s critical to establishing reputation and growth.” “One of the key challenges... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
ingredients for a romantic dinner, but ends up spending an hour comparison shopping for organic dog food and craft beer. A college student resolves to spend every Wednesday evening studying in the library, only to spend most of that time... View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
fourteen years later, Rwanda is looked to as a model for the rest of Africa, not the least for its successes with public health and health-care delivery. The goal of the Global Health Delivery Project is to make the first-ever systematic View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
this before? It turns out that most problems have been solved before by somebody in a different environment. Associating that other experience to what’s going on in my world may make me look brilliant, but in reality my brilliance was in seeing that this had been... View Details
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
differently from the norm, too. Martha Lagace: What observations or experiences have driven you and your colleagues to study uncompromising leadership? How and why did you select the CEOs in your study?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
table conversation,” says Shilla. “I was raised to understand that it’s not enough to observe injustices; we had to be part of the solution. We believe we must leave the planet a better place than we found it.” An artful approach to... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
related to the market. He says that the case studies he and his fellow instructors have written will encourage discussions about topics such as the ways companies determine the pricing of a novel drug to make it both accessible to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Web
Power and Influence for Positive Impact - Course Catalog
influence, this course will give you the opportunity to observe effective—and ineffective—uses of power in different contexts and stages of a person’s career. The subject matter will challenge you to define for yourself what constitutes... View Details