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  • 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

  PublicationsSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcácer and Paul Ingram Publication:American Journal of Sociology (forthcoming). Abstract Global View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

a book about immigrant entrepreneurs from the 1790s to the present day, and planned to begin with Alexander Hamilton. It turns out that he was more of a policymaker than an entrepreneur, but if I had to single out one person as the most important figure in American... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking
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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Lawrence G. Sucsy (HBS MBA '62), was regarded as a respected analysis of the potential of laser technology. The well-known textbook Creative Collective Bargaining; Meeting Today's Challenges to Labor-Management Relations , by James A.... View Details
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

been opened to a fast-growing number of travelers ranging from student study groups to Syrian President al-Assad walking a stretch of the path with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. As it takes fuller shape, the Path variously serves as a catalyst for sustainable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

responses by firms that receive poor ratings, especially those that face lower cost opportunities to improve and that operate in highly regulated industries. Our empirical analysis examines how nearly 600 firms in the United States... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

publicly traded companies. But the relationship between the spectacular rise of sustainable investing and the growing number of “green patents,” as defined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has not... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy
  • 13 Sep 2016
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September 13, 2016

out firms that, absent NPEs, would produce welfare-enhancing innovations without engaging in infringement. Our empirical analysis shows that on average, NPEs behave as opportunistic patent trolls. NPEs sue cash-rich firms—a one standard... View Details
  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

entrepreneurs from other candidates. To address that problem, Butler compared the psychological testing results of over 4,000 successful entrepreneurs and of approximately 1,800 business leaders who described themselves as general managers but not as entrepreneurs. His... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

mistakes. But there is another approach: alter the environment in ways that encourage people to make decisions that lead to good outcomes. Publisher's link: https://hbr.org/2015/05/leaders-as-decision-architects April 2015 American View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2020
  • Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

are experiencing increased food insecurity among vulnerable populations, disruptions throughout food systems, and difficulty getting excess supply to the people who most need it. Responses range from international food programs to View Details
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

  PublicationsWhen Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Hałaburda Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract We present a theory for why it... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Jul 2016
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July 5, 2016

and lowest quality. Our results underscore the importance of considering dynamic effects in the economic analysis of tort laws. Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development By: Gross, Daniel P.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

architecture. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55689 2019 Handbook of Behavioral Economics: Foundations and Applications 2 Behavioral Economics and Health-Care Markets By: Chandra, Amitabh, Benjamin Handel,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52164 forthcoming Explorations in Economic History Prizes, Patents and the Search for Longitude By: Burton, M. Diane, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—The 1714 Longitude Act created the Board... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008

Earnings Announcements Authors: Malcolm Baker, Lubomir Litov, Jessica A. Wachter, and Jeffrey Wurgler Publication: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (forthcoming) Abstract We consider measures of stock-picking skill of mutual... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Putting Ghosts to Rest

economically and socially. It could be a critical tool for pulling a community together and provide an incentive for it to rebuild itself. It also avoided the appearance of favoritism. If the government was seen as supporting one... View Details
Keywords: Chris Maloney; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781846142734,00.html?strSrchSql=Civilization%3A+The+West+and+the+Rest/Civilization_Niall_Ferguson Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors Authors: Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell, eds.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Books of 2016

where analysis of the facts and data fails to provide a clear answer. Gray areas test managers’ skills and humanity. Badaracco presents a five-question framework offering a way for managers to balance their analytical work with the human... View Details
  • 06 Dec 2018
  • News

Cold Call Horror Stories

felt that I was wrongly admitted, knew nothing, and I was going to hit the screen within the first six weeks. And this was about probably week four. I was still kind of getting my bearings, feeling like maybe I had a chance to survive, but struggling to read the cases,... View Details
  • 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

proxy for inflation and economic uncertainty. A decomposition of bond betas into a real cash flow risk component and a discount rate risk component shows that yield spreads have offsetting effects in each component. A widening yield... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace