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- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
large economies for the 2001 to 2005 period. We investigate reasons why Chinese firms are more diversified than companies elsewhere. Design/methodology/approach—We collect data on the number of business segments in which publicly traded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
His recent book, Elevated Economics: How Conscious Consumers Will Fuel the Future of Business, is his effort to explain the implications of this watershed moment—and help readers understand what it takes to succeed in the new economy it... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
experience in the for-profit sector? Mario Morino: My background was in the IT industry, working in systems management, which is fundamentally about tracking the performance and integrity of large computing platforms. What I experienced... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
the study of corporate strategy, while providing an overview framework for understanding international strategy. Focuses on questions of scope and ownership. Examines both horizontal and vertical integration. Underscores the point that View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
efficiency? What if cars weren’t made up of 25,000 different parts? What if, instead of giant factories that operate on economies of scale, forced to produce millions of the same cars to make a profit, we produced cars in small batches,... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
to note, though, that this situation might benefit other countries that will welcome these workers, as for instance Canada has been saying. The US will get a smaller slice of the world economy pie if it turns it back to the world. But if... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Bonding Stick? A Natural Experiment Involving the Supreme Court and Cross-Listed Firms Authors:Amir N. Licht, Xi Li, and Jordan I. Siegel Abstract Using a natural experiment to overcome the empirical... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which default is likely to occur. Such investors are likely to be attracted to securities whose payoffs resemble those of economic catastrophe bonds-bonds that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
working to understand their motivations and tracking their reactions to cultural and political events. Her unique insights have made her a regular on CNN and a fixture on the pages of the Boston Globe. And Hessan and I discussed her View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
symbiotic economic relationship that has developed between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America. The entry of Chinese labor into the world economy has significantly boosted the returns on capital relative to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
account by two of Teddy Roosevelt’s sons, Kermit and Theodore Jr., of their experiences in western China and eastern Tibet. The onion-skin map of their journey tucked behind the last page caught Moore’s attention. He traced their path for... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a successful company in an View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
publicly funded. (Bloomberg/Getty Images) Japan’s demographic time bomb is a bittersweet result of its robust recovery after World War II. Within two generations, the country catapulted from a state of ruin to the second-strongest economy... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
supply chain and its parallels to the business world. It was a long deployment; the fact that we didn’t experience a single loss of life is an awesome testament to the training and stamina of the crew. The ship is now in dry dock, and I’m... View Details