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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
The political perspective we develop contributes to organizational theory by showing (a) the importance of government signaling as a mechanism of political influence, (b) how different types of dependency on the government expose firms to... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
dating clubs, game consoles, and so on. So the idea is to subsidize one side in order to attract it more or less irrespectively of the other side and then turn to the second side and charge it positive prices. Of course, depending on the market, the timing and View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values
me hopeful. Q: How do people make decisions about these big economic questions? A: Economists have a very good way of thinking carefully—scientifically, you might say—about the mechanical effects of an economic policy. We are not very... View Details
- 25 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Transparency Sped Innovation in a $13 Billion Wireless Sector
nuanced’ The impact of openness on supply chains will vary from sector to sector. “It’s so nuanced,” Greenstein says. “We found you have to be really persistent and precise when it comes to identifying (the impact) of openness. You have to understand the View Details
- 07 Jun 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
How Short-Termism Invites Corruption--And What to Do About It
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 08 Mar 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices
- 03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
emerging economies. However, microlevel product development processes in these economies are relatively unexplored, and the mechanisms by which the emerging economy context might affect such processes are still unclear. In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
On the Radar
positivity rates that could inform safe operations. As the testing program wound down in late 2022, McKnight was focused on a bigger project: leveraging Ginkgo’s biotech knowledge to create a pandemic-free world. “Our alerting mechanism... View Details
- 08 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?
in the sample, the mechanisms through which the paywalls increased total revenue varied. “For example,” the study authors write, “the success of the New York Times came from a large increase in print and digital subscription revenues In... View Details
- 04 Nov 2009
- What Do You Think?
What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?
which to compete for power in the other." Scott argues that past analyses by proponents of the Friedman school of economics fall short because they regard markets and pricing mechanisms as the means by which economies are to a large... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 26 Jul 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Accountability of Independent Directors-Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation
Keywords: by Francois Brochet & Suraj Srinivasan
- 13 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Intermediaries for the IP Market
Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & David Yoffie
- 16 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses
most. But there are other benefits, too. By putting a positive price on IPv4 space, a market mechanism would remind current v4 users that their v4 space is valuable, and that they might want to try to vacate it, to the extent they can,... View Details
- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
halted by external mechanisms, the situation is not self-correcting. His preferred form of intervention is a global tax on real wealth (minus debt). No fan of big government, he suggests that a mechanism be devised to effect a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Les Williams (MBA 2005)
IBM and my mom was a schoolteacher. I went to UVA for undergrad with a full scholarship and I studied Mechanical Engineering. How would you describe your financial situation coming into HBS? I was a View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
society. Quantum Untangling By Simon Sherwood (MBA 1986) Wiley Quantum Untangling introduces readers to the fascinating and strange realm of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. It is written in an accessible manner while not... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016
negative. It remains so once we add an extensive set of further industry- and firm-level controls. Rising import exposure also reduces global employment, global sales, and global R&D expenditure at the firm level. It would appear that a simple View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not
problems). We identified two mechanisms by which perceived leader support appears to influence creativity. By analyzing each diary entry that reported these types of leader behaviors, we identified one important View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Research & Applications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
& Regions New tools and collaborative mechanisms can boost competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and new business growth at the microeconomic level. Inner Cities Revitalizing inner cities requires strengthening their competitive advantage,... View Details
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My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details