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- October 2000
- Teaching Note
Drivers of Industry Financial Structure
By: Dwight B. Crane and Indra Reinbergs
Teaching Note for (9-201-039). View Details
- December 2015
- Article
Introduction: New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structure
By: Viral Acharya, Heitor Almeida and Malcolm Baker
The National Bureau of Economic Research held a symposium titled "New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structures" on April 5–6, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In its call for the submission of theoretical and empirical papers for the symposium, the NBER noted that... View Details
Acharya, Viral, Heitor Almeida, and Malcolm Baker. "Introduction: New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structure." Journal of Financial Economics 118, no. 3 (December 2015): 551–552.
- 2010
- Working Paper
The Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-periphery Structures Dominate?
By: Alan MacCormack, Carliss Y. Baldwin and John Rusnak
Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems and associated components, some of which are core to system function while others are only peripheral. The dynamics of how such "core-periphery" structures evolve and become embedded in a... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Product Design; Practice; Core Relationships; Software; Information Technology Industry
MacCormack, Alan, Carliss Y. Baldwin, and John Rusnak. "The Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-periphery Structures Dominate?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-059, January 2010.
- 2008
- Chapter
Capital Structure and Corporate Strategy
By: Christopher Parsons and Sheridan Titman
Parsons, Christopher, and Sheridan Titman. "Capital Structure and Corporate Strategy." Chap. 13 in Handbook of Corporate Finance: Empirical Corporate Finance, Vol. 2, edited by B. Espen Eckbo, 203–234. North-Holland Publishing Company, 2008.
- 10 Apr 2008
- Conference Presentation
Social Structure of Wikipedia Collaboration
By: Andreea Daniela Gorbatai
- Research Summary
Negotiation Analysis and the Structuring of Financial Transactions
Jay O. Light is developing materials that will explore how negotiation analysis and related techniques can be used in structuring financial transactions in the context of entrepreneurial situations, and how they might be used to enhance value in private equity... View Details
- Research Summary
Managing the Advantages and Tradeoffs of Collaborative Structures
To solve complex problems, organizations must both collect facts and use them to solve problems. In one study, my coauthors and I show that increased connectivity—measured as network... View Details
- December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
PlaceWare: Issues in Structuring a Xerox Technology Spinout
Xerox has established a process to spin out technologies it develops that do not fit with its current business needs. To structure these "spinouts," a number of issues arise on how to treat people and intellectual property. PlaceWare is the first technology to go... View Details
Chesbrough, Henry W. "PlaceWare: Issues in Structuring a Xerox Technology Spinout." Harvard Business School Case 699-001, December 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- March 2024
- Module Note
Module Note on the Structuring of Collaborative Work
By: Ethan Bernstein
This module note for instructors describes the organizational structure module of the Managing Human Capital course that integrates insights from research on workplace connectivity (who gets to communicate with whom) and workplace transparency (who gets to observe... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Human Capital
Bernstein, Ethan. "Module Note on the Structuring of Collaborative Work." Harvard Business School Module Note 424-054, March 2024.
- October 1990
- Article
The Structure and Governance of Enterprise
By: Michael C. Jensen and Richard S. Ruback
Jensen, Michael C., and Richard S. Ruback. "The Structure and Governance of Enterprise.", edited by Michael C. Jensen and Richard S. Ruback. Journal of Financial Economics 27, no. 2 (October 1990).
- 2006
- Chapter
Monetary Stability and Structural Economic Reform
By: Huw Pill
Pill, Huw. "Monetary Stability and Structural Economic Reform." Chap. 4 in Enhancing Market Functions in Japan, edited by N. Yoshino, S. Inukai, and N. Tamaki, 117–150. Tokyo: Keio University Press, 2006.
- Article
Genetic Optimization of Photonic Bandgap Structures
By: Joel Goh, Ilya Fushman, Dirk Englund and Jelena Vuckovic
Goh, Joel, Ilya Fushman, Dirk Englund, and Jelena Vuckovic. "Genetic Optimization of Photonic Bandgap Structures." Optics Express 15, no. 13 (June 25, 2007): 8218–8230.
- July 2000
- Article
Information, Non-Excludability, and Financial Market Structure
By: B. Anand and A. Galetovic
Anand, B., and A. Galetovic. "Information, Non-Excludability, and Financial Market Structure." Journal of Business 73, no. 3 (July 2000): 357–402.
- Article
Agency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure
By: Sergey Chernenko, C. Fritz Foley and Robin Greenwood
Standard theories of corporate ownership assume that because markets are efficient, insiders ultimately bear all agency costs that they create and therefore have a strong incentive to minimize conflicts of interest with outside investors. We argue that if equity is... View Details
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Ownership; Conflict of Interests; Investment; Valuation
Chernenko, Sergey, C. Fritz Foley, and Robin Greenwood. "Agency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure." Financial Management 41, no. 4 (Winter 2012): 885–914.
- July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Supplement
Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Spreadsheet to (9-203-024). Download only. View Details
- 2005
- Working Paper
Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
- 2005
- Working Paper
Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 12276, January 2005. (June).
Other Publications
Desai, Mihir. "Reform Alternatives for the Corporate Tax." Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. (Government testimony, May 9, 2006.)
- 2017
- Blitz Discussions
The Structured World and the Self
- 2013
- Working Paper
Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and William F. Lincoln
We study the impact of skilled immigrants on the employment structures of U.S. firms using matched employer-employee data. Unlike most previous work, we use the firm as the lens of analysis to account for a greater level of heterogeneity and the fact that many skilled... View Details
Keywords: H-1B; Firms; Scientists; Engineers; Inventors; Age; Employment; Competency and Skills; Immigration; United States
Pekkala Kerr, Sari, William R. Kerr, and William F. Lincoln. "Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms." Working Paper, February 2013.
- 2013
- Book
Constructing Green: The Social Structures of Sustainability
By: Rebecca Henn and Andrew J. Hoffman
Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite decades of investment in green construction technologies, residential and... View Details
Henn, Rebecca, and Andrew J. Hoffman, eds. Constructing Green: The Social Structures of Sustainability. MIT Press, 2013. (Honorable Mention for the 2014 Best Book Award, Organizations and Natural Environment Division, Academy of Management.)