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From a contractual viewpoint, the employment relations observed in the early 1960s in large unionized manufacturing firms in the U.S. and Japan represented two contrasting cases. Employment relations in the U.S. were based largely on explicit, elaborate, and... View Details
  • 07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

deployment to a challenging context is associated with human capital development. Managers initially deployed to more challenging contexts were not, however, more likely to break into the upper echelons of the organization. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

develop their know-how, and build and maintain their reputation globally during the last decades. We focus on three tools: patents, trademarks, and industrial designs. We find that, although most IP applications come from a few countries... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5

that provide insights on when and why even people who care about morality end up crossing ethical boundaries. May 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Why Do Firms Have Purpose? The Firm's Role as a Carrier of Identity and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Investor Influence on Media Coverage: Evidence from Venture Capital-Backed Startups

By: Brian K. Baik and Albert Shin
We examine whether and how investors influence media coverage of their private portfolio companies. Using a stacked difference-in-differences design, we find that media coverage of startups increases significantly following venture capital (VC) investment. The effect... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Media; Reputation; Information
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  • 03 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

career advancement, Gompers is comparing intercollegiate varsity athletes’ careers with non-athletes. (Spoiler alert: The athletes have more career success.) You Might Also Like: It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Placement - Doctoral

Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management, Accounting Department Dissertation: Technology and Crowdsourced Information: Implications for Capital Markets and Regulatory Enforcement Advisors: Charles C.Y. Wang (Chair), Jonas Heese , and... View Details
  • October 2013 (Revised February 2019)
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Red Hen Baking Company

By: Richard Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Lisa Paige
The case explores the decision to expand in a small business setting. In 2007, the Red Hen Baking Company (RHB) was deciding whether to move from its cramped and inefficient Duxbury, Vermont facility to a new facility in nearby Middlesex, Vermont. It had been in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Capital; Risk Management; Expansion
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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

transport-and-storage infrastructure. Internally, supporters laud the strategic leap and capacity upside; critics fear concentration of risk, capital lock-up, and uncertain post-2030 regulation. Cobuz has until year-end to decide whether... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8

impair goodwill when their reputation concerns are low, suggesting that those executives are subject to their own opportunistic motives. We also find that the greater propensity of former auditors and investment bankers to report goodwill... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18

un‐cited or self-cited, suggesting that incumbents are more likely to engage in incremental innovation compared to VC-backed startups. Third, we document a rising share of patenting by startups that coincided with the surge in venture View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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South Asia - Global

business issues, helping to build intellectual capital on this important region. Further, the IRC is home to an HBS style classroom, allowing for regional business leaders to experience our faculty and the hallmark case study method in... View Details
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Asia Pacific - Global

TagHive’s reputation at risk. June 2025 Case Vail Resorts: Responding to Activist Pressure (A) By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer On January 27, 2025, the head of a relatively small hedge fund named Late Apex Partners sent a highly... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Citation Read Now Related Mueller, Joris, Jaya Y. Wen, and Cheryl Wu. "Public Displays of Alignment: Firm Speech in Autocratic Regimes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-064, June 2025. Punitive but Discerning: Reputation Can... View Details
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Finance - Faculty & Research

Economics in 1997, to John Lintner who co-created the Capital Asset Pricing Model and made significant contributions to dividend policy , and Gordon Donaldson whose work helped shape the field of corporate finance . We strive to... View Details
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Stakeholder Relations (4) Business or Company Management (19) COVID-19 (127) Capital Markets (13) Capital Structure (1) Capital (65) Cash Flow (1) Cash (2) Central Banking (2)... View Details
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

venture capital firms, earning a reputation for early investments in industry giants like Google, Amazon, and Citrix. However, a bold, strategic pivot to cleantech investing in the mid-2000s, combined with... View Details
  • 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

U.S. corporations, which enjoy ready access to the deepest capital markets in the world. Venture capital, for example, and the public equity markets that support it, has channeled money to innovative ideas that have transformed industries... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3

social cues from reputation stakeholders and from prominent third-party bureaucratic actors can serve as symbolic signals that can affect the decision making of regulatory agencies. Our findings suggest that while social cues from View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

should look at the impact of brand sponsorship on influencers’ reputations because, really, their social capital is the foundation of influencer marketing,” Zhang says. “If consumers aren’t perceiving social... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting