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- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
years, MacCormack has led FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development), a hands-on experiential learning program that has arguably revolutionized education at HBS more than any development since the introduction of the... View Details
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
public firms increased investments by just 1.6 percent versus 7.4 percent at the matched private firms. The researchers hypothesized that short-termist pressure was the reason behind this disparity. In order to test the theory they... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
bit of a crazy cycle.” But it’s also a bit of an understandable cycle. Space is one of these industries where typical venture capital models struggle with the deep levels of uncertainty and the longer time frames that it requires. But, if you’re a sophisticated space... View Details
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
Authors:Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling Abstract This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—while providing a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
Alexander, and Amitabh Chandra Abstract—Many public and private efforts in coming years will focus on research in precision medicine, developing biomarkers to indicate which patients are likely to benefit from a certain treatment so that... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
Working PapersPublic Action for Public Goods Authors:Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rohini Somanathan Abstract This paper focuses on the relationship between public action and access to public goods. It begins by developing a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
"marginal" grocery items, or grocery items that a customer does not typically buy. These findings are consistent with a simple mental accounting model but are not consistent with the standard permanent income or lifecycle theory... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
firms' geographic expansion across time and markets. Specifically, we build a model in which two firms that differ in their capabilities enter sequentially into two markets with different potentials for profit. The model is solved using game View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
histories spanning generations, we combine induction and deduction to propose reputation as a meta-resource that allows firms to activate their conventional resources. We conceptualize reputation as consisting of prominence, perceived quality, and resilience and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
critical things we do in developing courses is to introduce people who aren't larger than life, with whom students can identify. Very early, we built cases around women and entrepreneurs of all types and all ages. The opportunity to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved. The book posits integrated reporting as a key mechanism by which companies can ensure their own long-term sustainability by contributing to a sustainable society. Although integrated reporting has... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
Brazil, Russia, India, and China Authors:Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger, and Se Yan Abstract Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
SOMNCs extends the SOE literature, and the non-business internationalization argument, which helps explain how the SOE dimension of SOMNCs extends the MNC literature. Second, we analyze how the study of SOMNCs can help develop new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
software and IT services industry as players seek to develop their capabilities for their growing domestic market. We describe the implications of our findings for CIOs in developed countries. Our main... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
Is there a single best investment allocation strategy for the long-term investor? Some theories favor a one-portfolio-for-all investors approach, emphasizing a best-mix-of-assets program. The more traditional approach, which View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
explanations for entrepreneurial success in nascent markets but leaves a key imperative unexplored: the business model. By studying five ventures in the same nascent market, we develop a novel theoretical framework for understanding how... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
Working PapersInstitutional Pressures and Environmental Strategies Authors: Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Abstract This paper suggests how institutional theory can explain enduring differences in organizational strategies. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
the business model. We describe how parallel play promotes efficient search by unpacking the mechanisms by which it leads to fast, inexpensive, and reliable problem solving. We offer a richer and more realistic view of search in nascent markets and contribute to search... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
to business success. In today's global markets, companies have many choices to procure what they need to develop, build, and sell product. Pisano and Buciuni wanted to test the theory of the dying cluster. "I think people in general think... View Details