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- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
whether, if business was a shaper of global capitalism, it was a force for good, or otherwise. I show that the heterogeneity of business enterprise renders this question challenging to answer, and perhaps misleading even to ask. In the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Mission in Motion
progress they've made with their ventures. These include Abigail Falik's (MBA 2008) Global Citizen Year (pictured above), which she founded after she discovered, as a recent high school graduate, that the Peace Corps was effectively... View Details
Keywords: summary
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
effects of v4 scarcity, while obtaining price discovery and allocative efficiency benefits of market transactions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-091.pdf Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
end." Christoph Vaagt had an interesting view: "If the value of a firm being sold depends on the people who work for it A retention bonus is a sure sign of a bad deal." Others questioned the effectiveness of retention... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
equity inflows have a more negative announcement effect on equity returns than those on debt inflows. Real investment falls in the three years following the controls. Overall, the findings have implications for macro-finance models that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
production quantities of the two products based on the characteristics of both markets. We find that increasing disposal cost increases the cost of the primary product, but decreases the cost of the by-product. A second-order effect of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
has invested over $1 billion in laying 2,000 miles of water lines and building 33 wastewater treatment plants while returning strong profits for shareholders. Equally important, the company has emerged as a model for integrating financial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
perform, customers notice. Marketing roulette For example, those who use Amazon’s Subscribe & Save service to preschedule periodic deliveries at a discount, may believe they deserve preferential treatment from this customer-centric... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
startup financing. To be sure, venture capital offers many benefits, including the networks and insights that experienced investors bring to the table. But all of that comes at a price. Most obviously, a founder who takes venture capital gives up equity, View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
heterogeneity across countries and drug classes among all outcomes. While traditional predictors of entry, such as market size, are significant, we also observe that effective buyer institutions (in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
December). Amgen's Epogen (a treatment for anemia in kidney dialysis patients) and Neupogen (which restores white blood cells in cancer patients) generated more than $2 billion in sales last year. As the ability to analyze a patient's... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
really wanted to understand their experience so that we could help people equip themselves to get these crucial tasks done effectively and compassionately. Q: How did you conduct this research? What are your main findings? A: In our... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
have the chance to be cruel or kind to someone entirely different-to pay it forward? In five experiments, participants received greedy, equal, or generous divisions of money or labor from an anonymous person, and then divided additional resources with a new anonymous... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-005.pdf The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality (revised) Author:Zeynep Ton Abstract Determining staffing levels is an important decision in retail operations. While... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
Influences on Megachurch Pastors is an early-stage paper that looks at how leaders maintain the values of their institutions even as their industries rapidly change around them. Using the example of pastors who oversee enormous churches, the authors report that leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
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Articles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
not fully understand the importance of complying with all aspects of their recommended treatments, which eventually leads to deteriorating health and higher treatment costs. In this study, the authors analyze historical data of dialysis... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
with infants born at later gestational ages, giving the baby a chance, not watching their baby die, and equating CC with euthanasia. Some choosing CC wanted to avoid infant suffering. Conclusions: The degree of detail and order of presentation had no View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
nothing. To uncover the effect of disagreements between spouses about the number of children to have — women generally want fewer than men — half of the women chosen to receive vouchers got them without their husbands present, and the... View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
4Deserts adventure marathon series in Atacama, Chile; Gobi Desert, Mongolia; Sahara Desert, Egypt; and Antarctica. How can a small company in Hong Kong continue to effectively coordinate such a far-flung, complex, global operation?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
discussion under the case method helped me learn when to jump into a debate, and what kinds of evidence to use to be most effective in different situations—skills I draw on when advising the administrator on whether to support or oppose a... View Details