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  • 05 Feb 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

Summing Up How do we close the gap between theory and results in selecting leaders? In discussing why our achievements in selecting leaders are less than stellar, contributors offered a rich set of ideas. Given their number, I've tried to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 14 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

advertiser operate an in-house agency that produces a specific set of services at a lower cost than the compensation required to retain an outside agency? In addition, there are transaction costs. How do the costs of planning, adapting,... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
  • 05 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

home country was clearly his default choice when looking for a partner. As Silicon Valley is a special place on many dimensions, I sought to characterize how well this case study generalized to other cities, industries, and ethnic groups.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology
  • 09 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears Authors:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract I develop a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic delayed observation of agents' types. I derive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day

In honor of International Women's Day, the Women's Student Association set out to reclaim the word 'feminism'. They reached out to the HBS community to find out what the word means to its members. The result is a portrait project... View Details
  • 17 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 17

and David Drake Abstract—In an experimental newsvendor setting we investigate three phenomena: level behavior-the decision-maker's average ordering tendency; adjustment behavior-the tendency to adjust period-to-period order quantities;... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

tap into those talent pools. If American companies want to keep their lead in their industries, and President Trump wants to make it harder and harder to employ the best talent within our borders, then American companies will have no View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

of Satyam Computers (A) Set in 2008, the case details Tech Mahindra, an information technology (IT) company within the Mahindra Group, an Indian multi-industry company with a diverse stable of businesses including automotives, farm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

people to buy forecasts? Does the act of forecasting set in motion unforeseen events that can counteract the forecast made? Publisher's link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10057.html August 2013 Edward Elgar Publishing Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

most prominent explanations for the onset and occurrence of civil conflict—variation in economic conditions—and apply it to the intensity and dynamics of civil conflict. Using an instrumental variables strategy and a rich set of empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54793 Harvard Business School Case 418-026 Babcom: Opening Doors No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/418026-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-431 The Rise and Rise (?) of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jan 2021
  • In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

change, we will continue to further destroy the planet and further cement inequality. This is why my hope is that President Biden and his team will implement a set of policies that will put human beings and the planet back at the core of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

Theory of Corporate Debt Maturity Choice Authors:Robin Greenwood, Jeremy C. Stein, and Samuel Hanson Abstract We argue that time-series variation in the maturity of aggregate corporate debt issues arises because firms behave as macro... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 22, 2015

Benjamin G., Michael Luca, and Daniel Svirsky Abstract—Online marketplaces increasingly choose to reduce the anonymity of buyers and sellers in order to facilitate trust. We demonstrate that this common market design choice results in an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

paper provides an update on the current state of in-house agencies. Whereas traditional consideration of internalizing advertising services was framed as a binary choice of build or buy, today's advertisers frequently pursue hybrid... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

agreements. Set in early 2007, nearly two years after significant modifications in these systems and procedures. Stryker has compiled a remarkable track record of consistently high growth in profitability over more than 20 years. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Nov 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

were Ms. X, what would you do?", in literature we get to see "the rest of the story." Because we are searching for examples of moral leadership, we want to understand the impact of characters' choices on the situation they... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 12 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 12

Yuhai Xuan Publication: Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the relation between corporate ownership structure and bank loan syndicate structure using a novel, hand-collected data set on corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 23

variety of applications and services that drive the popularity of software. The first principle focuses on enabling choice: firms should allow consumers and partners to have a real choice between complementary products and services from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

optimality of capital control taxation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52787 Summer 2017 RAND Journal of Economics Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Performance feedback is ubiquitous... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne