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- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
"fallacies" that sometimes enter into discussions of art in relation to money. This, in turn, leads us to propose a framework to support more productive discussion and to describe a direction for management research that might... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
opposite: in today’s world, capital is mobile. If American companies cannot employ the best talent in the United States, they have two choices: risk becoming less competitive in an intensively competitive world; or locate your capital View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17
origins of the social psychology of creativity, trace its arc, and suggest directions for its future. Demand and Capacity Management in Air Transportation Authors:Cynthia Barnhart, Douglas S. Fearing, Amedeo Odoni, and Vikrant Vaze... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Building on previous theories of how social activists inspire field-level change, we hypothesize that shareholder actions and regulatory threats are likely to prime firms to cooperate with shareholder requests for information disclosure. Using a unique dataset, we find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
is lower than that of peers. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1346397 The Disintermediation of Financial Markets: Direct Investing in Private Equity By: Fang, Lily, Victoria Ivashina, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
outside opportunities appear, one lesson should remain to the fore: The more you focus, the easier it becomes to channel and make the most of your resources. Once your business begins to sprawl, it becomes much harder to direct your... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009
the opportunity and switching cost of domestic standards are relatively low. We do not find evidence that levels of and expected changes in foreign trade and investment flows in a country affect its adoption... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8
2009 Abstract This chapter explores issues of how Chinese railroads improved social mobility and standards of living along major trunk lines, and how foreign investment shaped the integration of the Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
to corrupt behavior. Working Papers Carry Trade, Reserve Accumulation, and Exchange-Rate Regimes By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—Carry-trade activity and foreign participation in local-currency-bond markets in emerging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
organizations that design these programs, the companies that are investing resources to adopt them, and those that are relying on them to infer the quality of management practices. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
motivation, perspective-taking, and performance, such that identity conflict negatively and enhancement positively affect all three variables above and beyond average identification. Intrinsic motivation further mediates the relationships between identity conflict and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28
Authors:Mark Mortensen and Tsedal Neeley Publication:pub Abstract Scholars argue that direct knowledge about distant colleagues is crucial for fostering trust in global collaboration. However, their arguments focus mainly on how trust... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016
to Platforms: Making the Leap By: Zhu, Feng, and Nathan Furr Abstract—Following the path of companies such as Apple and Amazon, more and more firms are trying to become not just product purveyors but also platform providers, facilitating View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
multinational resource and related investments were highly enclavist and embedded in the institutional arrangements of Western imperialism and autocratic dictators. Western firms reinforced rather than disrupted institutional and societal... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
developed the relevant capabilities, but the formation of a new set of core activities is still inhibited. Taking a micro-perspective, the paper argues that there are situations where direct top-down interventions are necessary. Termed as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
pharmaceutical companies — what the authors call downstream social capital — had a direct impact on the size of the startup's IPO. "Downstream social capital was essential in attracting the interest of a top View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007
Case 806-069 Randall Fojtasek, a partner at Brazos Private Equity Partners, must decide whether to invest more money in Cheddar's restaurant chain, which the firm invested in 10 months earlier. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
logistics and profitability while making life much better for workers. Mercadona offers the lowest prices in Spain, and its operational performance exceeds that of comparable Spanish and foreign chains. In 2008, Mercadona's sales per... View Details
- 20 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 20, 2007
the impact of inventory on sales and the interrelationship between gross margin and inventory. We also estimate the effects of exogenous explanatory variables such as store growth, proportion of new inventory, capital investment per... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs
and the Direction of Startup Innovation. “You’re missing out on information from a huge swath of the population,” says Rembrand Koning, an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit, who wrote the paper along with Sarofim-Rock Professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding