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- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
perfect substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international panel with many changes in payout... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
reasoned, rational approach to this opportunity that its business community is best equipped to provide. Why aren’t business leaders more vocal about immigration policy? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. References: View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
performance to provide quantitative insight into the link between a firm's business model choices and its profit consequences. The method is applied to Walmart by building a qualitative representation of its business model and mapping... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
make for himself at age twelve. He also started his own university, Shantou University, in 1981, with a similar purpose. 2) William and Victor Fung of Li & Fung: old traditional Chinese family-owned companies now run View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
unique perspective,” says Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at HBS, who is faculty co-chair of the Executive Education program. “Their viewpoint often sheds light on why we see certain tensions in the... View Details
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
argues Mikołaj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy, he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by original research, data, and case studies from companies such as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
year, the system has been slow to respond. Other highlights of the conference included a dinner talk by William W. George (MBA '66), CEO of Medtronic, on "The Future of 21st-Century Health: The Right... View Details
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
Publications 2006 Regional Studies Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen O'Connell Abstract—We analyze the spatial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?
(iStockphoto/PeopleImages) An organization’s mission is widely recognized as its reason for being. Enlightened leaders have long known and believed that the heart of an organization’s culture is described not just by “how we do things... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Abstract—Seven experiments explore people's decisions to share or withhold personal information and the wisdom of such decisions. When people choose not to reveal information—to be "hiders"—they are judged negatively by others... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
difference do angel investors make for the success and growth of new ventures? William R. Kerr and Josh Lerner of HBS and Antoinette Schoar of MIT provide fresh evidence to address this crucial question in... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
Assistant Professor William R. Kerr teaches the required first-year MBA course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, in addition to Executive Education courses at Harvard Business School. One of his core research... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC By: Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr Abstract— Networking and the giving and receiving of advice outside... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
assumptions that countries can accumulate reserves and borrow internationally using their own currency. As opposed to traditional sovereign-debt models, asset-valuation effects occasioned by currency fluctuations act to absorb global... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
Indeed, the book I co-wrote with Marco Iansiti, Competing in the Age of AI, is partially inspired by the writings of Iain Banks and the (so amazing) Culture series, Ann Leckie and the Ancillary Justice series, and anything that View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
that didn't take any time at all," says William J. Bruns Jr., Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School and a visiting professor at Northeastern... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
Linden, with a reputation for being open and knowledgeable yet sometimes intimidating, tries to convince the committee to come around to his way of thinking. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/913509-PDF-ENG PunchTab, Inc. Investor Presentation Deck View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
By: Kerr, William R., and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
chapter on consumption, for example, is by the late columnist William Safire, who wrote about how he came to own 38 shirts. His column is grouped with a reader's response and a set of stories about... View Details