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- 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23
other sources of entrepreneurial influence: we find that peer influences are strongest for those who have less exposure to entrepreneurship in other aspects of their lives. Family Control of Firms and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
people with the right attitude (one that fits with the organization's culture), and proper training and organization (often in teams). Financial targets are given no more or less emphasis than targets... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21
excessive economic concentration, so lucidly and incisively analysed here, are not limited to the financial services industry. For the problem is now widespread: while five firms control 80% of the banking... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
geographic friction influence FDI and present the key empirical studies and findings. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52121 January–February 2017 Harvard Business Review... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
it, will inevitably lose steam. What then? "We've seen a tremendous amount of creativity in the financial services industry, including the mutual fund sector, so I have no doubt that there will continue to be product and process... View Details
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
that requires several years. During this period, immigrants can have weaker job mobility and thus be at a negotiating disadvantage. On the other hand, there is ample evidence that global talent is a major source of View Details
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
the airline to work with the court to restructure and unload a significant amount of its debt, giving an iconic company "a second bite of the apple," says Gilson. An unabashed advocate of Chapter 11 View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
propensity score matched samples. We find significant heterogeneity in corporate disclosure responses across those four countries. Relative to propensity score matched control firms, treated firms in China View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
integral component of management control systems and play a significant role in achieving desirable performance outcomes. We focus on a key environmental performance objective—reduction of carbon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
correctly report that they click fewer advertisements, controlling for the number of advertisements they actually click. Results are most pronounced for commercial searches and for users with low income, low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
markets. We find that introducing a signaling mechanism increases the welfare of workers and the number of matches, while the change in firm welfare is ambiguous. A signaling mechanism adds the most value for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
its effects on employee outcomes such as employment, earnings, and health and safety. We analyzed a matched sample of nearly 1,000 companies in California. ISO 9001 adopters subsequently had far lower... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 12
been abandoned by its owners and had come under the control of CW Capital, the special servicer for the vast amount of debt that was in default. Any investment in a distressed property could be very risky... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 26
by a public health organization are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group receive a standard volunteer contract often offered for this type of task, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive small... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper contributes large-sample evidence to an emerging discussion on open innovation and firm strategy. We ask why a startup should participate in an open standards... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007
Pisano and David J. Teece Periodical:California Management Review 50, no. 1 (fall 2007): 278-296 Abstract Capturing value from innovation requires innovators to figure out how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009
Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to, and marketing of, an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
Jacoline Loewen pointed out that "Asking the customer's opinion is great for quality control check(s), but for creative strategy get beyond the client." Gerald Nanninga commented that "consumers are very good at explaining frustrations... View Details
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
likely to see a lot more deaths: a 10 percentage point increase in poverty is associated with 10 additional conflict-related deaths. Once we control for poverty, measures of caste and linguistic diversity... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807148 PublicationsStrategies of Innovation and Imitation of Product Languages Authors:Claudio Dell'Era and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace