Strategic Military Effect - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

significantly higher for companies with a wider divergence between the corporate insiders' control rights and cash-flow rights, suggesting that companies whose corporate insiders have larger excess control rights are more financially constrained. The View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

international marketing? What kinds of analysis would you like to see so we can gain a fuller understanding of globalization? A: I see three kinds of contributions as forthcoming. First, taking a cross-functional or strategic approach to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

historical background, Retsinas said that prior to the Depression, people who wanted to buy a home were typically required to make a 50 percent down payment. They were issued a 5-year interest-only note, and effectively crossed their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

has taken an entrepreneurship course at Harvard has evaded this last point—the problem, as Hart put it, of "how nothing ever proceeds according to plan, and how you adapt strategically and tactically." Should a start-up survive,... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

contrast with the mid-1950s was stark. But it had gone to pieces by degrees. Moreover, many things went wrong, not one big thing. The cumulative effects of the slow collapse were easy to deny. The sad story of denial at the A&P leaves... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

economists—had foreseen. The crisis raises questions about how competently financial institutions, such as mutual funds, managed their global capital investments. It raises questions about how effective the International Monetary Fund's... View Details