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  • February 2024
  • Article

Diversification as an Adaptive Learning Process: An Empirical Study of General-Purpose and Market-Specific Technological Know-How in New Market Entry

By: Dominika Kinga Randle and Gary P. Pisano
An enduring trait of modern corporations is their propensity to diversify into multiple lines of business. Penrosian theories conceptualize diversification as a strategy to exploit a firm’s fungible, yet “untradeable”, resources and point to redeployment of... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Market Entry and Exit; Assets
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  • 09 Jul 2018
  • News

The Unintended Effects of Open Office Space

    Katherine B. Coffman

    Katherine Coffman is the Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets unit. Before joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of economics at The Ohio State University and a visiting assistant professor of... View Details

      Prithwiraj Choudhury

      Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury is the Lumry Family Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School. He was an Assistant Professor at Wharton prior to joining Harvard. His research is focused on studying the Future of Work, especially the changing Geography of... View Details

        Jeremy S. Friedman

        Jeremy S. Friedman is an associate professor of business administration in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit and taught the course of the same name in the MBA required curriculum over the past six years. Currently, he is teaching Business and... View Details

          Andi Wang

          Andi Wang is a doctoral student in the Business Economics program, where he works at the intersection of finance, macro and behavioral economics. He is particularly interested in studying institutional and behavioral frictions that have long-lasting effects on asset... View Details

            Ishita Sen

            Ishita Sen is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit. She teaches the Finance I course in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Sen’s research focuses on financial intermediation, asset pricing, and insurance markets. In her current... View Details

              Elizabeth R. Johnson

              Liz is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program at Harvard Business School. She is broadly interested in studying identity, inequality, and well-being, particularly how intersectional identities shape workplace experiences.

              Prior to... View Details

                Youngme Moon

                Youngme Moon is the Donald K. David Professor of Business at Harvard Business School. Professor Moon's research sits at the intersection of brand strategy and culture, with a particular focus on the emergent AI economy. She is the author of the bestselling book, View Details

                Keywords: advertising; automobiles; automotive; clothing; communications; computer; consumer products; e-commerce industry; electronics; entertainment; fashion; high technology; home video games; information; information technology industry; internet; marketing industry; music; pharmaceuticals; toy; video games
                • 12 Sep 2012
                • Research & Ideas

                The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

                If you happen to be in need of human cadavers, you'll have more success targeting married nursery school teachers than, say, married cowboys or firefighters. That's essentially the implication of a new study that explores a previously... View Details
                Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health
                • Article

                Family Rituals Improve the Holidays

                By: Ovul Sezer, Michael I. Norton, Francesca Gino and Kathleen Vohs
                Rituals are central to family life. Three studies (N = 1098) tested the relationship between family rituals and holiday enjoyment and demonstrated that family rituals improve the holidays because they amplify family closeness and involvement in the experience. In Study... View Details
                Keywords: Happiness; Behavior; Satisfaction; Family and Family Relationships
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                • July 1999
                • Article

                Analysts' Forecast Accuracy: Do Ability and Portfolio Complexity Matter

                By: Michael B. Clement
                Prior studies have identified systematic and time persistent differences in analysts’ earnings forecast accuracy, but have not explained why the differences exist. Using the I/B/E/S Detail History database, this study finds that forecast accuracy is positively... View Details
                Keywords: Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance Evaluation; Experience and Expertise
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                • 18 Sep 2018
                • News

                Just How 'Open' Are Open Office Plans?

                  Ryan L. Raffaelli

                  Ryan Raffaelli is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the MBA course "Leadership: Execution and Action Planning" (LEAP) and serves... View Details

                  Keywords: publishing industry; advertising; consulting; information technology industry; grocery; nonprofit industry; retailing; consumer products; federal government
                  • 23 Aug 2016
                  • Working Paper Summaries

                  CEO Personality and Firm Policies

                  Keywords: by Ian D. Gow, Steven N. Kaplan, David F. Larcker, and Anastasia A. Zakolyukina; Financial Services

                    Antonio Moreno

                    Antonio (Toni) Moreno is the Sicupira Family Associate Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. He teaches courses related to technology and operations management in the MBA, executive, and doctoral programs. Before joining HBS, he was an... View Details

                    Keywords: retailing; internet; e-commerce industry
                    • March 23, 2017
                    • Article

                    Incentives Don't Help People Change, but Peer Pressure Does

                    By: Susanna Gallani
                    This article summarizes the findings of a research study that examined the effectiveness of monetary and non-monetary incentives in establishing persistent organizational behavior modifications. The results of the study highlight the interplay between monetary and... View Details
                    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Change Management
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                      Paul Hamilton

                      Paul studies the economic complements needed for firms to realize productivity gains from machine learning and artificial intelligence. These complements include data, human capital & skills, organizational processes, and business models. 
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                        Rembrand M. Koning

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                        Keywords: high technology; software; biotechnology
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                        Expected Stock Returns Worldwide: A Log-Linear Present-Value Approach

                        By: Akash Chattopadhyay, Matthew R. Lyle and Charles C.Y. Wang
                        This study provides the first large-scale study of the performance of expected-return proxies (ERPs) internationally. Analyst-forecast-based ICCs are sparsely populated and not robustly associated with future returns. Earnings-model-forecast-based ICCs are... View Details
                        Keywords: Expected Returns; Discount Rates; Fundamental Valuation; Implied Cost Of Capital; International Equity Markets; Present Value; Investment Return; Equity; Markets; Global Range
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