Publications

March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
Case

The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance

By: Robert G. Eccles and Laura Winig

The equity research department of Credit Suisse and the expert network firm of Gerson Lehrman Group, historically competitors, have established a strategic alliance which both believe will give them a competitive advantage. Under the leadership of its head of equity... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Innovation and Invention; Alliances; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry

December 2017
Response

Reply: Do Powerful Politicians Really Cause Corporate Downsizing?

By: Lauren Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy

While we commend the initiative of Snyder and Welch (2017), we lay out in this short reply why we remain highly confident in our results and our interpretation thereof. We welcome authors to continue to explore the data for themselves and look forward to the new... View Details

Keywords: Spending; Private Sector; Taxation; Interest Rates; Business and Government Relations; Investment; Employment; Power and Influence

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March 2006 (Revised June 2010)
Case

Eldeco: Playing in the Big League

By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Siddarth Yog

In 2001, Pankaj Bajaj is considering whether to go forward with a residential development outside New Delhi. Facing an uncooperative local authority, he must determine how to evaluate the risks of proceeding against the potential loss of a golden opportunity to bring... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Construction; Government and Politics; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Real Estate Industry; New Delhi

01 Dec 2015
First Look

December 1, 2015

for the post-colonial world and challenge Soviet leadership in the international communist movement in mid-1960s. When the wave of post-war decolonization crested in Africa in the late 1950s and early 1960s, inaugurating dozens of new states desperate for a political... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2013
Chapter

FollowMe.IntDev.Com: International Development in the Blogosphere

By: Ryann Manning

This chapter explores online blogs as a new forum for discussing ideas and practices in international development. Based on a qualitative study of conversations that take place across multiple blogs, I conclude that the blogosphere combines features of a public sphere,... View Details

Keywords: International Development; Blogging; Social Media; Public Sphere; Blogs; Equality and Inequality; Globalization; Social and Collaborative Networks; Developing Countries and Economies

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27 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

portfolio and demographics similar to the politicians. The investors were sent a one-page survey billed as a fun economics game that would have no bearing on their portfolios, with gift certificates as a reward. They were given a series... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

04 May 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands

(Editor's note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.) Recent news coverage of the cosmetic name change from AIG to AIU at the failed... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Banking; Financial Services

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

Hall and Yuval Millo from the London School of Economics look at how these employees can use their own skills to become so-called frame-makers, part of their organizations' strategic decision-making teams. While their research focused on... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

PublicationsPerspectives on the Social Psychology of Creativity Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Julianna Pillemer Publication:Journal of Creative Behavior 46, no. 1 (2012) Abstract Scholars began serious study into the social View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

duties by way of assigning moral agency to business enterprises, we would do better to provide an account of the purpose of the for-profit business enterprises that is not simply about the pursuit of profit. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

and economic value, and strategic cross-sector alliances are key ingredients to achieving a sustainably successful business. For companies to move their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to the next level, they need to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

25 Oct 2016
First Look

October 25, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51759 forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy When Discounts Raise Costs: The Effect of Copay Coupons on Generic Utilization By: Dafny, Leemore... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2007 (Revised June 2011)
Case

TA Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships

By: William R. Kerr, Daniel J. Isenberg and Ant Bozkaya

Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning to their home countries to start businesses with global technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Developing Countries and Economies; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Globalized Firms and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict and Resolution; Turkey

29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Get Off the Dime!

articles had been sent to the execs about the good and the bad aspects of the existing systems. A small team of people had focused carefully on the economic analysis, looking closely at our current software programs, in particular. At the... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

institutional theory, and economic theory. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf Broadening Focus: Spillovers and the Benefits of Specialization in the Hospital Industry Authors:Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

At a recent Harvard Business School conference, dozens of CEOs committed to the idea of working toward "higher-ambition" goals that go beyond just short-term shareholder value. Inspired by the book Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2007
Working Paper

Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

By: Ramana Nanda and Tarun Khanna

This study explores the importance of cross-border social networks for entrepreneurs in developing countries by examining ties between the Indian expatriate community and local entrepreneurs in India's software industry. We find that local entrepreneurs who have... View Details

Keywords: Diasporas; Developing Countries and Economies; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Social and Collaborative Networks; Technology Industry; India

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2012
Working Paper

How Short-Termism Invites Corruption—And What to Do About It

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Researchers and business leaders have long decried short-termism: the excessive focus of executives of publicly traded companies-along with fund managers and other investors-on short-term results. The central concern is that short-termism discourages long-term... View Details

Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Public Ownership; Performance Expectations; Economy; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Trust; Financial Services Industry; United States