by Paul Michelman - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008

alternative definitions of market-type dispersion and to other determinants of franchising such as the stores' geographic distance from headquarters and geographic dispersion. Additional analyses also suggest that chains that do not franchise at all may cope with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2009
News

Too Big To Fail

Illustration by David Plunkert Here’s a really scary thought. Now that the federal government has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into saving financial institutions deemed “too big to fail,” hasn’t it implicitly guaranteed similar... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

charitable giving, crowding out intrinsic motivations to give by corrupting a purely social act with economic considerations. Purchase the Book: http://www.psypress.com/the-science-of-giving-9781848728851 Americans Do I.T. Better: U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Nov 2021
News

An Aria for the Ambidextrous Organization

operating an arts nonprofit in a competitive environment to ensure its future growth and organizational health. Zvulun, the subject of an HBS case by Tushman, cites Tushman’s new book, Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator’s... View Details

Keywords: opera; strategy; innovation; leadership; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

12 Jan 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.

Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever, was attacked by the Brazilian firm 3G--tried to take him over. He has been the great advocate for sustainability. I read his posts every day, he has not backed off one bit... View Details

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

particular setting. This paper exploits a plausibly exogenous change in the liability structure offered by a microfinance program in India, which shifted from individual to group liability lending. We find evidence that the lending model... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1996
News

Four Professors to Retire

chairman of both the MBA and doctoral programs. Much of Christenson's research has focused on organizations as learning systems, examining the processes by which they adapt to their environments. He has also considered how... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

01 Apr 2002
News

Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club

innovative new programs, such as the club's "Books for Breakfast" series, which features authors from the cutting edge of academia and business. HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter kicked off the program last year with Evolve!: Succeeding in the Digital Culture of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

to have,’ it’s an unstable territory,” Ric Lewis (PMD 69, 1995), executive chairman and CIO of London-based Tristan Capital Partners, recently told the Financial Times. In founding his real estate investment firm, he and his partners paid particular attention to... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

(MBA 2009) IDinsight — SEF 2012 honoree IDinsight aims to transform how the global social sector innovates, learns, and improves by giving its practitioners impact-measurement tools to continually improve their social programs.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

01 Mar 2009
News

Model Patient

(government-run) system; or various elements borrowed from all of these. President Obama has said he wants to move gradually, beginning by insuring all children, and has expressed reservations about aspects of the Massachusetts model,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2009
News

Professor, Historian, and Storyteller

surprising to me about the articles generally is how thoughtful they are: They are a real lens and filter for helping people understand the broader importance and reach of a particular person or event. I’m quite impressed by how... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

HBS Club of India’s YouTube channel.) "At a time of crushing despair and grief, when India has been hit hard by COVID, we wanted to talk about stories of selflessness, kindness, and courage—how HBS Alums went above and beyond to help the... View Details

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

thinkers formed an impression unbiased by the stereotype, suggesting a bottom-up strategy, whereas conscious thinkers relied on the stereotype, suggesting a top-down strategy. That is, when thinking consciously, participants relied more... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

Williams, a home furnishing manufacturer; Karen Kaplan, CEO of ad agency Hill Holliday; and Felix Rappaport, CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino. The event opened with a cocktail reception in the Spangler Center’s Williams Room, followed by a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

21 Dec 2022
News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

offering assistance to academics whose work has been impacted by Russia's war on Ukraine. The program, founded in 2001, is dedicated to helping scholars, artists, writers, and public intellectuals from around the world escape persecution... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

employed more than 10 million American workers and generated $1.8 trillion in revenue in 2003, concluded a study by Global Insight, a leading economic and forecasting firm. HBS professors Paul Gompers and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

mission is to preserve historic rural churches and document their history. So You’re in the Family Business: A Guide to Sustainability by Paul Karofsky (OPM 3, 1979) and David Karofsky Advantage Media Group... View Details

28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

analyze the data using nonparametric tests and regression analysis. Findings—The mean number of business segments per firm varies significantly by country. Notably, there is no evidence in our sample that emerging-market companies are... View Details