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  • 16 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

Physicists tell us entropy is the natural state of the world, and that law seems especially true in today's multidivisional company. "When you create organizational subunits of any form, they'll have a tendency to focus internally on their own things," says... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 23 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 23

  Publications December 2014 Journal of Political Economy Transition to Clean Technology By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We develop a microeconomic model of endogenous growth where clean and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Aug 2018
  • News

Stock buybacks, explained

  • March 2021 (Revised October 2021)
  • Case

Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp

By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Brian Trelstad and Eren Kuzucu
In October 2020, after spending almost a decade to turnaround Southern Bancorp, an Arkansan bank founded with the mission to provide financial services to rural, underserved communities, CEO Darrin Williams is wondering how Southern Bancorp should continue to grow.... View Details
Keywords: Racial Wealth Gap; Banks and Banking; Growth and Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Going Public; Investment Return; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Arkansas
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  • 05 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

2018 Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences By: Hanson, Gordon H., William R. Kerr, and Sarah Turner, eds. Abstract—Immigration policy is one of the most... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

and SEC oversight than previously suggested. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52776 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value By: Wang, Charles C.Y., and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jun 2016
  • News

Your Investment Tool Is Failing You

    Howard H. Stevenson

    Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details

    Keywords: broadcasting; communications; computer; construction; financial services; forest products; health care; high technology; industrial goods; insurance industry; investment banking industry; manufacturing; paper; professional services; real estate; service industry; software; venture capital industry
    • 17 Nov 2011
    • News

    Migration and business: Weaving the world together

    • October 1995 (Revised July 2009)
    • Case

    Beechwood Spouts (A)

    By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
    Charles Barker must decide whether to become an outside investor in a private round of financing for an early stage, high-growth-potential venture producing plastic pouring spouts for orange juice cartons. Barker must evaluate the opportunity, content, and deal to... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Investment
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      Paul W. Marshall

      MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details

      Keywords: aerospace; banking; brokerage; computer; consulting; defense; management consulting; manufacturing; metals; professional services; retail financial services; retailing; steel
      • July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
      • Case

      CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in... View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Going Public; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Investment Banking; Financing and Loans; Planning; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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      • 30 Aug 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: August 30

      U.S. Multinational Firm Activity Authors:C. Fritz Foley and William R. Kerr Abstract This paper studies the impact that immigrant innovators have on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 13 Jul 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: July 13

      Small Authors:Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the Article:... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • Web

      Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

      Company, 1897–1905 Abe Plough Plough, 1908–1971 C. William Pollard ServiceMaster Company, 1983–1993 Alexander M. Poniatoff Ampex Corporation, 1944–1955 Generoso P. Pope, Jr. National Enquirer, 1952–1988... View Details
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      Strategy - Doctoral

      2020 INSEAD Advisors: Dennis A. Yao (Chair), Rebecca M. Henderson , Michael Luca , and Amanda Pallais Innessa Colaiacovo, 2024 University of Oregon, Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, Management... View Details
      • 21 Dec 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: December 21

      through which reliability and validity are enhanced for organizational learning Race at the Top: How Companies Shape the Inclusion of African Americans on Their Boards in Response to Institutional Pressures Authors:Clayton S. Rose and View Details
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      Doctoral

      Organizational Behavior Elliot Tobin Accounting & Management Fanele Mashwama Business Economics Professor Maria Roche Strategy Professor Charles Wang Accounting & Management Professor Andy Wu Strategy Caleb Kwon Technology & Operations... View Details
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      Publications - Faculty & Research

      Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from Smallholder Farms in India." Journal of Development Economics 176 (September 2025). July–August 2025 Article Case Study: Do We Reskill or Replace Our Workforce? By: William R. Kerr Citation... View Details
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      Accounting & Management - Doctoral

      Post-Doctoral Fellow Advisors: Charles C.Y. Wang (Chair), Victoria Ivashina , and Suraj Srinivasan Patrick Ferguson, 2021 University of Melbourne, Melbourne Business School Advisors: Dennis Campbell (Co-Chair), Karim R. Lakhani... View Details