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- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
cognitive processes through which a problem is interpreted associatively in terms of something that has been experienced in the past. Despite recognition's centrality to strategic choice, we have limited knowledge of its nature and its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
Publications March 2015 Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic Foreign Direct Investment: Effects, Complementarities, and Promotion By: Alfaro, Laura... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
October 2014 Review of Financial Studies Money Creation and the Shadow Banking System By: Sunderam, Adi Abstract—Many explanations for the rapid growth of the shadow banking system in the mid-2000s focus on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
recently faced a corruption enforcement action, employ a Big Four audit firm, and have a higher percentage of independent directors. Controlling for these effects, we find that firms with abnormally low anticorruption efforts have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
evolution of multinational banks over time and suggest a conceptual framework in which this development can be understood. In-depth analyses of the multinational banking strategies of selected countries and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2008 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
The Christmas Eve Closing
By: Peter Tufano
In 2002, two homeowners in Massachusetts are deciding whether to refinance their home less than two years after taking out an initial mortgage and a subsequent home equity line of credit. View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Andrea Ryan. "The Christmas Eve Closing." Harvard Business School Case 209-043, October 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
downs of their companies, and the ability of those enterprises to create jobs. “Before this, the most prominent source of information we had was self-employment statistics,” says Kerr. Self-employment, however, can mean many things and is frequently not connected with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/119022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 807-028 Jamnalal Bajaj, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Struggle for Indian Independence Describes the role of a leading Indian business leader in the campaign for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
PublicationsThe Future of Organization Design Authors:Baldwin, Carliss Y. Publication:Journal of Organization Design Abstract The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such firms can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
double-or-nothing on a diet bet. A group of obese hospital patients agreed to a "deposit contract," banking a small amount of their own money into a pot each day during a 32-week weight-loss trial. The research team agreed to match the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
(Editor's Note. Carl Icahn is in the news again. On Monday, SEC filings revealed the militant investor has sold his entire stake in eBay, after successfully pushing the company to spin off its PayPal operation. Harvard Business School professor Joseph Fuller looks at... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
A recent study suggests that America’s political polarization is driven more by incorrect beliefs and stereotypes about the other side than distaste with those people. That should be good news for those wondering how to knit polarized sides together, or at least nudge... View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
"advanced leadership" in a complex social system such as a community or region. There was no central leader; instead there was a collection of coalitions and collaborative activities that contributed to the end result. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- January 2000 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Hambrecht & Quist (B)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Nicole Tempest
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
DeLong, Thomas J., and Nicole Tempest. "Hambrecht & Quist (B)." Harvard Business School Case 800-214, January 2000. (Revised February 2000.)
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
many people. “There is a central tension in the case between the student feeling at once helpless against a corrupt system and surprisingly powerful given his novitiate status.” The case, Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania, was... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
forthcoming World Bank Economic Review Productivity Gains from Foreign Direct Investment: Macro and Micro Approaches By: Alfaro, Laura Abstract—This paper discussed the importance of an “integrated approach” to the study of the effects of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
Easy Tasks Hurts Long-Term Performance By: KC, Diwas S., Bradley R. Staats, Maryam Kouchaki, and Francesca Gino Abstract—How individuals manage, organize, and complete their tasks is central to operations management. Recent research in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
Totally eliminating friction is unrealistic on the battlefield and at the bargaining table. In both instances, you need the authority and the emotional steadiness to cope in spite of uncertainty. Strategy is further complicated by the fact that the other parties are... View Details
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
Sweden, Canada, and the U.S. obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to Italy, Brazil, and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e., government funded but with substantial View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- September 2000
- Teaching Note
Hambrecht & Quist (A) & (B) TN
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Nicole Tempest
Teaching Note for (9-898-161) and (9-800-214). View Details