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Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We present a survey of recent contributions in empirical organizational economics, focusing on management practices and decentralization. Productivity dispersion between firms and countries has motivated the improved measurement of firm organization across industries... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Geographic Location; Motivation and Incentives; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Competition; Human Capital; Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Multinational Firms and Management; India; Brazil; United States
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics." Annual Review of Economics 2 (2010): 105–137.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards?
By: Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten
In a sample of 102 non-European Union countries, we study variations in the decision to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). There is evidence that more powerful countries are less likely to adopt IFRS, consistent with more powerful countries being... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Globalized Economies and Regions; Network Effects; Standards; Adoption
Ramanna, Karthik, and Ewa Sletten. "Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-102, March 2009.
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
spreading these ideas in their work units. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609109 Geographical Indications: I Say 'Kalamata,' the EU Says 'Black Olive' (A) Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2019
- Article
Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending
By: David Cutler, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern and David Wennberg
There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service Medicare expenditures, this study asks whether patient demand-side factors or physician... View Details
Cutler, David, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern, and David Wennberg. "Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11, no. 1 (February 2019): 192–221.
- 29 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Firsthand Experience and the Subsequent Role of Reflected Knowledge in Cultivating Trust in Global Collaboration
Keywords: by Mark Mortensen & Tsedal Neeley
- February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Cable Data Systems
By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga
Describes the operating challenges of Cable Data Systems (CDS), a minority-owned cable installation company with a dual mission of maximizing profits and providing employment opportunities to minorities in urban markets. Following the merger of two cable installation... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Employment; Forecasting and Prediction; Urban Scope; Cost Management; Infrastructure; Labor Unions; Demand and Consumers; Demographics; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Boston
Marshall, Paul W., and Todd H Thedinga. "Cable Data Systems." Harvard Business School Case 803-132, February 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- March 2011
- Article
Cheaper Patents
By: Tom Nicholas
The 1883 Patents Act in Britain provides perspective for modern patent policy reforms because it radically changed incentives for inventors by reducing filing fees by 84 percent. Patents increased 2.5 fold after the reform, which was evenly distributed across the... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Global Range; Distribution; Demand and Consumers; Organizational Structure; Business Processes; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Fluctuation; Motivation and Incentives; Distribution Industry; United States; Great Britain
Nicholas, Tom. "Cheaper Patents." Research Policy 40, no. 2 (March 2011).
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
with the model's predictions, we find that whether a firm integrates upstream or downstream suppliers depends crucially on the elasticity of demand for its final product. Moreover, a firm's propensity to integrate a given stage of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards?
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
competition and stability in the long-term, outside the period that may be observed empirically. We employ both conceptions in this paper. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2199055 Prominent Job Advertisements, Group Learning and Wage View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2021 (Revised October 2022)
- Supplement
Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply
By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
Supplements the (A) case. In late 2020, demand for Hester Pharmaceutical’s (Hester’s) breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab was outstripping the company’s most optimistic projections. In order to increase manufacturing capacity and meet the demand, Hester was... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Supply Chain; Global Strategy; Buildings and Facilities; Operations; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Global Range; Globalized Markets and Industries; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy; China; United States; Germany
Roscini, Dante, and John Masko. "Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-009, September 2021. (Revised October 2022.)
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808128 Linden Lab: Opening Second Life Harvard Business School Case 808-114 In early 2008, managers in Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, faced decisions about the company's strategy.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 2011 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy for Hong Kong's Capital Markets
By: Karthik Ramanna, Gwen Yu and G.A. Donovan
Set in 2010, the case discusses the strategic directions Hong Kong could pursue, particularly vis-a-vis China, as it seeks to preserve its preeminence in the region. In 2010, the Hong Kong Exchange announced that it would allow listed Chinese companies to report using... View Details
Keywords: Governance Compliance; Global Range; Local Range; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Hong Kong
Ramanna, Karthik, Gwen Yu, and G.A. Donovan. "China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy for Hong Kong's Capital Markets." Harvard Business School Case 112-035, September 2011. (Revised August 2013.)
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
be tantalizing to consider non-nurse hierarchical layers to relieve nurses of some of their non-patient work and increase utilization from 62 percent to something much higher. That could also ensure that geographically View Details
- February 4, 2017
- Article
Historical Transformations in Boundary and Land Use in New Delhi's Urban Villages
By: Sudev J Sheth
New Delhi’s “urban villages” are the result of government land acquisitions that began in 1912 and continued into the 1960s. Since the 1980s, growing demand for real estate within the city has engendered unprecedented residential and commercial development in these... View Details
Keywords: India; Urban Planning; Eminent Domain; Land Politics; Real Estate; History; City; Planning; Urban Scope; India; Delhi
Sheth, Sudev J. "Historical Transformations in Boundary and Land Use in New Delhi's Urban Villages." Economic & Political Weekly 52, no. 5 (February 4, 2017): 41–49.
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
offered high returns over the past decade. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15014 Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion Authors:Henry Chen, Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, and Josh Lerner Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Teaching Interest
Managing the Future of Work (MBA Education—Elective Curriculum)
The nature and scope of work is changing rapidly, creating massive business challenges in the shadow of broader political and social shifts. HBS launched a major initiative in 2017 on Managing the Future of Work to define these workplace issues and... View Details
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
differs by firm ownership. We study CEOs in the Indian manufacturing sector, where family ownership is widespread and the productivity dispersion across firms is substantial. Time use analysis of 356 CEOs of listed firms yields three sets... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
Course MaterialsDemand Media John Deighton and Leora KornfeldHarvard Business School Case 511-043 Google search had helped Demand Media grow to be a $1.9 billion online publisher. Then, social media and smartphone apps began to change the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2024
- In Practice
Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible
deploy with experience that suits client needs. In this increasingly complex world, there is no shortage of client demands for digital transformation, emerging artificial intelligence (AI) applications, renewable energy, risk mitigation,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne