Publications

July–August 2021
Article

Lowering the Bar? External Conditions, Opportunity Costs, and High-Tech Startup Outcomes

By: Annamaria Conti and Maria P. Roche

We assess the heterogeneous impact of economic downturns on individuals’ decisions to bring high-technology ideas to the market in the form of new ventures. We thereby examine how worsening labor market conditions influence individuals’ opportunity costs of starting... View Details

Keywords: Necessity Entrepreneurship; Economic Conditions; Recessions; High-tech Startups; Opportunity Costs; Entrepreneurship; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Business Startups; Information Technology; Performance; Labor

15 Oct 2020

External Partner Event: Virtual Forté MBA Forum Central US Event #2

Join Harvard Business School as we take part in Forte MBA Forums. These free events are designed for all women considering an MBA — no matter where you are in your professional journey. The Forté events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students and... View Details

11 Feb 2021

External Partner Event: MBA Tour North America Central Region

Join Harvard Business School as we take part in the MBA Tour. The MBA Tour events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students and alumni from a wide variety of schools. Our HBS team will be online and looking forward to meeting you to discuss our MBA... View Details

09 Feb 2021

External Partner Event: MBA Tour North America West/Mountain Region

Join Harvard Business School as we take part in the MBA Tour. The MBA Tour events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students and alumni from a wide variety of schools. Our HBS team will be online and looking forward to meeting you to discuss our MBA... View Details

24 Aug 2020

External Partner Event: MBA Tour in Singapore & Malaysia

HBS Admissions staff will be at this virtual MBA Tour stop to meet prospective MBA candidates. View Details

2016
Working Paper

Private Networks of Managers and Financial Analysts and Their Externality on a Firm's Information Environment

By: Zengquan Li, T.J. Wong and Gwen Yu

When emerging market firms raise external capital, they face a tradeoff where greater transparency may lead to a lower cost of capital but at the cost of revealing proprietary information in their relational business practices. We find that firms overcome this... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Market; Financial Analysts; Information; Emerging Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Corporate Governance

September 2000
Background Note

Professional Services Module Two: External Strategy for Sustained Competitive Advantage

By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry

Concerns itself with the strategic dynamics which influence organizations externally. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Plan; Service Operations; For-Profit Firms; Power and Influence; Measurement and Metrics; Business Processes; Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

2004
Working Paper

Mergers and Acquisitions: An Experimental Analysis of Synergies Externalities and Dynamics

By: Rachel Croson, Armando Gomes, Kathleen L. McGinn and Markus Nöth

24 Sep 2020

External Partner Event: Virtual Forté MBA Forum North & South America

Join Harvard Business School as we take part in Forte MBA Forums. These free events are designed for all women considering an MBA — no matter where you are in your professional journey. The Forté events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students and... View Details

April–May 2019
Article

Disclosure Incentives When Competing Firms Have Common Ownership

By: Jihwon Park, Jalal Sani, Nemit Shroff and Hal D. White

This paper examines whether common ownership – i.e., instances where investors simultaneously own significant stakes in competing firms – affects voluntary disclosure. We argue that common ownership (i) reduces proprietary cost concerns of disclosure, and (ii)... View Details

Keywords: Voluntary Disclosure; Externalities; Corporate Disclosure; Ownership

01 Apr 2021

External Partner Event: Looking Ahead - Applying to MBA Programs from College

Join us for this joint panel discussion featuring Yale School of Management, Harvard Business School, and MIT Sloan. We will discuss why college students should consider applying to MBA Programs, offer tips on applying without work experience, and take live questions... View Details

November 2024
Article

Preference Externality Estimators: A Comparison of Border Approaches and IVs

By: Xi Ling, Wesley R. Hartmann and Tomomichi Amano

This paper compares two estimators—the Border Approach and an Instrumental Variable (IV) estimator—using a unified framework where identifying variation arises from “preference externalities,” following the intuition in Waldfogel (2003). We highlight two dimensions in... View Details

Keywords: Econometrics; Casual Inference; Marketing; Economics; Advertising; Mathematical Methods

July–August 2022
Article

Generalized Trust, External Sourcing, and Firm Performance in Economic Downturns

By: Ranjay Gulati and Bart S. Vanneste

October 2006
Article

Stretchwork: Managing the Career Progression Paradox in External Labor Markets

By: Siobhan O'Mahony and Beth Bechky

25 Oct 2020

External Partner Event: Harvard Business School Club of Japan Seminar

COVID-19 triggered the new-normal society with deep impact to a broad range of industries and daily living. The HBS MBA experience is well-known for close knit relationships emphasizing the importance of live debate with fellow colleagues. How does COVID shape the MBA... View Details

2004
Article

Mergers and Acquisitions: An Experimental Analysis of Synergies, Externalities and Dynamics

By: R. Croson, A. Gomes, K. L. McGinn and M. Nöth

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Theory

16 Sep 2020

External Partner Event: Virtual Forté MBA Forum Central US Event #1

Join Harvard Business School as we take part in Forte MBA Forums. These free events are designed for all women considering an MBA — no matter where you are in your professional journey. The Forté events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students and... View Details

1980
Article

External Communication and Project Performance: An Investigation Into the Role of Gatekeepers

By: Michael Tushman and R. Katz

Keywords: Communication; Performance; Information