Mechanisms - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Journalism & News; Media & Broadcasting

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

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

It becomes a mechanism for ensuring not only that funds flow first to the strongest opportunities, but also that those opportunities actually deliver on their promise. View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

critical drivers of competitiveness are regional—meaning such disparities can’t be addressed by macroeconomic policies alone. Working with policymakers and industry leaders, the Institute has developed new tools and collaborative View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

focus, setup minimization, etc. The products and services characteristic of our modern economy are far too complex for any one person to understand how they work. It is cognitively overwhelming. Therefore, organizations must have some View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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Patent terminology: Classification codes

H) as IPD. However, CPC has an additional Y section. Section A – Human Necessities Section B – Performing Operations; Transporting Section C – Chemistry; Metallurgy Section D – Textiles; Paper Section E – Fixed Constructions Section... View Details

11 Apr 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Managers and Market Capitalism

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson & Karthik Ramanna

11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

enterprise focus. As an undergrad at Stanford, she studied mechanical engineering with a focus on human-centric design. She applied to Harvard Business School because she knew she needed an MS/MBA to gain technical abilities, along with... View Details

01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

self-sufficiency measures, suggesting that priming luxury is different from priming money. Future research should also examine the mechanisms through which luxury goods activate self-interests. We posit that several potential View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications

07 May 2014
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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

Research Summary

Overview

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

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Law

06 Feb 2019
Blog Post

7 Tips for a Successful Technology Venture Immersion

business plan for a new venture. Here are my tips for making the experience a success: 7. Get ready to dust off those engineering skills The first half of TVI is dedicated to hardware-focused product design. We kicked off with a whirlwind of ten electrical and View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

“Iron Man suit.” The idea seemed absurd—but not because of the comic-book connotations. Tseng, with a background in mechanical engineering and on-the-ground experience in actual conflict zones such as Afghanistan, where the so-called Iron... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

mechanical population, together with a steady remodeling of social and political habits, ideas, and institutions to fit the new scale and suit the new conditions.” 37 The rise of modern American capitalism, enabled by the expansion of the... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

Founding Partner and Managing Director, JGP Asset Management Download Jakurski profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1948 Born, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1971 Earns BS, Mechanical Engineering, Pontifícia Universidade... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

simply you and the person on the other side of the table, but it is often much more complex, requiring an act of disciplined imagination rather than a mechanical list. In our new book, we systematically work through ways to get the right... View Details