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- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
work in exploring the forces that govern the process of CEO change. I have conducted research in four interrelated areas: factors that lead to vacancies in the CEO position; factors that affect the choice of successors; the role of market... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
do is repackage the bricks into the boxes of the one that's selling really well," Mikes says. "It's really easy for them to be nimble and meet demand." The risks of product acceptance. LEGO's standard is to create global products, with 95 percent... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
Almost immediately after the crash, a chastened industry began to emerge. Congress rewrote the tax code and put tax-loss syndicators out of business. The S&L industry tanked, forcing a massive federal bailout. And the Japanese... View Details
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
nation's social enterprise organizations. Today, the United States has more than 1.4 million non-profit organizations, and they account for 5 percent of GDP. Annual contributions have grown faster than the economy for years, and experts... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
considerable amount of high-quality research has been done regarding financial stability. Some of these steps were prompted by regulatory changes—or anticipation of such changes. But perhaps the biggest force in stabilizing the financial... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
lending in this market. Traditional bank loans may yield a return of 5 to 7 percent, but many alternative lending platforms charge yields ranging from 30 to 120 percent of the loan value, depending on the size, term duration, and risk... View Details
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
long hours, most folks are being forced to do that with minimal compensation." Patrick Coomans placed some blame on "the weak job protection employees have in the US." Sid Mehta, who reminded us that Greece has the longest... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
1.3 million electronic cigarette smokers converted to tobacco. That means a net decrease of cigarette smokers of 2.2 million, or 5 percent. At the same time, 2.8 million nonsmokers converted to electronic smokes. But even that doesn't... View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for several proxies for earnings and stock return performance suggesting that boards appear to penalize managers for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
economy of more impacted areas slowed down because: Chinese workers were concentrated in key sectors, such as railroads, manufacturing, and mining. It was difficult and costly to quickly substitute Chinese workers with other workers in the isolated West. The US labor... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 05 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade
rights perspective. "We can link the causal effect from the immigrants to the firm trade decisions, even 60 years later.” However, the researchers decided to focus on a specific period in US history in 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
plus side of the ledger, tariff rates declined, leading to more competition and forcing Greek companies to compete internationally. Reducing bureaucracy also helped: time to export decreased from 20 to 16 days, according to the World... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
features described by Donham. Typically, they average 10 to 20 pages of text, with 5 to 10 additional pages of numerical exhibits. The best cases describe real, not fictitious, organizations and real business issues. "A good... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781591841395,00.html The Costs and Benefits of Undoing Egocentric Responsibility Assessments in Groups Authors:E. Caruso, N. Epley, and M. H. Bazerman. Periodical:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 91, no.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
this note, we present three methods for collecting and analyzing information about the internal and external marketing environments firms face: Five C's Analysis, Porter's Five Forces Industry Analysis, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
(Experiment 2), and non-suppression (Experiment 3). However, when firms honor these implicit promises, voting can mitigate the disappointment that arises from receiving an undesired outcome (Experiment 4). Finally, Experiment 5 identifies... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works
challenge: keeping Merck’s antibiotic factory running after school closures forced employees with children to stay home. Omar Ishrak, Medtronic CEO, leads a global company of 100,000 people. His greatest challenge currently is ramping... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Publication:Developmental Psychology 44, no. 5 (2008) Abstract The present research identifies an anomaly in sociocognitive development, whereby younger children (8 and 9 years) outperform their older counterparts (10 and 11 years) in a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
prior work in fairness, the studies show that this effect is driven by violations of norms and the perceived similarity between the inferior, degraded version of a product and the full-featured model offered by the brand. Fundamental Data Anomalies Author:Ian D. Gow... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
-1,000 otherwise" over "0 with certainty." Studies 3, 4, and 5 address the apparent discrepancy between these results and the evidence for loss aversion documented in previous research. The results reveal that only under... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace