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- 26 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?
- 05 Nov 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries
- Research Summary
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Professor van Waijenburg’s research focuses on the historical roots of relative African poverty and state fragility. Where sufficiently reliable and comparable records exist, she creates new datasets from a range of qualitative and quantitative archival sources. The... View Details
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In examining the competitive dynamics of R&D strategy, Josh has become particularly interested in how the introduction of new knowledge generated by rivals impacts the direction of R&D efforts. Understanding how new information alters project portfolio decisions is... View Details
- October 2020
- Case
HOPE and Transformational Lending: Netflix Invests in Black Led Banks
By: John D. Macomber and Janice Broome Brooks
Following the killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day in 2020, the large US corporation Netflix elected to make a "transformational deposit" of $10 million into Hope Credit Union (HCU), a small Black led community development finance institution (CDFI) based in... View Details
- 2012
- Report
Sweden's Position in the Global Economy
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
In the spring of 2012, the Swedish economy is, as many of its peers, facing a difficult and uncertain economic environment. While these challenges are real, the Swedish economy looks much better prepared to deal with them than many of its peers. Following its own... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Policy; Globalization; Competitive Advantage; Sweden
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Sweden's Position in the Global Economy." Globaliseringsforum Rapport, Entreprenörskapsforum, Stockholm, Sweden, 2012.
- 28 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation
regulatory resources on products that can either address a new medical problem or assist with an existing problem better than any available drug on the market. While COVID vaccines weren’t BTD drugs—the FDA prioritized them even further as part of Operation Warp... View Details
- 16 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advice on Advice
the field of vision necessary to help.'" But if that's the case, perhaps the adviser can recommend speaking with someone else more qualified. Other advice-giving mistakes include: Communicating the advice poorly Misdiagnosing a problem, either by prematurely... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top
alternatives. Q: What is the next stage of your research? A: We have two ongoing streams. The first is additional work with Microsoft and others in the software industry that have adopted similar approaches to managing intellectual... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Summer 2013
- Article
A Tale of Two Stories: Sustainability and the Quarterly Earnings Call
By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
One of the challenges companies claim to face in making sustainability a core part of their strategy and operations is that the market does not care about sustainability, either in general or because the time frames in which it matters are too long. The response of... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Communication; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Investment; Environmental Sustainability
Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim. "A Tale of Two Stories: Sustainability and the Quarterly Earnings Call." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 25, no. 3 (Summer 2013): 66–77.
- May 2010
- Article
Is Delaware's Antitakeover Statute Unconstitutional? Evidence from 1988-2008
By: Guhan Subramanian, Steven Herscovici and Brian Barbetta
Delaware's antitakeover statute, codified at Section 203 of the Delaware corporate code, is by far the most important antitakeover statute in the United States. When it was first enacted in 1988, three bidders challenged its constitutionality under the Commerce Clause... View Details
Keywords: Courts and Trials; Opportunities; Bids and Bidding; Laws and Statutes; Decisions; Change; Acquisition; United States
Subramanian, Guhan, Steven Herscovici, and Brian Barbetta. "Is Delaware's Antitakeover Statute Unconstitutional? Evidence from 1988-2008." Business Lawyer 65, no. 3 (May 2010): 685–752. (Selected by academics as one of the “top ten” articles in corporate/securities law for 2010, out of 447 articles published in that year.)
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
giving Quaker's executives ample reason to believe they could produce similar growth for Snapple. But replicating Gatorade's success was more than an objective—it was a matter of corporate survival. With only one brand in its beverage... View Details
- 02 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes
more money in their pockets. Other factors that contribute to income disparity are more based in societal issues or on how companies go about their business. For example, large companies may pay more for a similar job than a smaller firm;... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
when ordering for delivery in the near future than when ordering for delivery in the more distant future. Q: Did you find similarities in other areas where consumers are making choices? A: Our research team has completed 2 other projects... View Details
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
The transformation took several years. The results speak for themselves. Over the next several years, close to 75 of some of the largest firms in the world signed on with JLL for similar services. None of this would have been possible... View Details
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
were more likely to include items related to management practices. Eight months later, founders were surveyed to provide results from changes that had occurred at their companies. Hands-on wins in practice Founders who received advice from hands-on founders were more... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- January 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Background Note
Advanced Leadership Note: An Institutional Perspective and Framework for Managing and Leading
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Rakesh Khurana
Large-scale societal issues increasingly appear on the agenda of business leaders, including poverty, health, education, business-government relations, and the degradation of the environment. These problems are not entirely new, but the forces of globalization and the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Framework; Global Range; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Complexity
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Rakesh Khurana. "Advanced Leadership Note: An Institutional Perspective and Framework for Managing and Leading." Harvard Business School Background Note 410-076, January 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- 05 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations
also offer other forms of evidence of past success in similar relationships, such as media or trade reports. 3. Make dependence a factor The more dependent you are on someone, the more willing you'll be to trust her. This phenomenon plays... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
spontaneous meeting had benefited them professionally. The third and fourth conditions were similar to the first two, but participants were focused on personal gain instead. Afterward, all the participants were asked to complete a series... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment
Evolutionary Nature of Breakthrough Innovation: Re-Evaluating the Exploration vs. Exploitation Dichotomy Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas Engineering Serendipity: The Role of Cognitive Similarity in Knowledge Sharing... View Details