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- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
firmsare more likely to adopt processinnovations and why. The empirical context is the adoption of e-business practices among U.S. manufacturing plants in early 2000. Based on detailed data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures, the empirical results indicate that View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
companies devised political strategies that maneuvered a reluctant President Roosevelt into supporting their interests, and the Mexican government more than fully compensated them as a result. Neither wages for oil workers nor Mexican... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
proposals on material versus immaterial issues affect firms’ subsequent ESG performance and market valuation. We find that 58% of the shareholder proposals in our sample are filed on immaterial issues. We document that filing shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
marketing of pottery, I could go back to the few 18th-century newspapers in Britain; when I am chasing Abraham Lincoln down for the book I am currently writing, I can gather rich information from newspapers of his era. So the Times... View Details
- March 2025 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News
The case examines the Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News defamation settlement based upon statements made on air in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. View Details
Keywords: (General) Management; Business Earnings; Financial Statements; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Transition; Crime and Corruption; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Demographics; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Finance; Cost; Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Policy; Political Elections; Business History; Information; Law; Legal Liability; Laws and Statutes; Management; Marketing; Advertising; Media; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Society; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
- 13 May 2014
- Op-Ed
The Alibaba Effect
Alibaba is about to make history with the first genuine mega-IPO of a Chinese entrepreneur-founded company in the United States. The numbers are historic as well—an anticipated market capitalization of some $200 billion. It comes to the... View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
perturbation enables efficient exploration in the midst of intense exploitation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-011.pdf Understanding Inflation-Indexed Bond Markets Authors:John Y. Campbell, Robert J. Shiller, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
firms identified by Google and Yahoo Finance, as well as product market competitors gleaned from 10-K disclosures, turned in consistently worse performances. We contextualize these results in a simple model that predicts when information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Publication: Journal of Public Policy and Marketing 27, no. 2 (fall 2008): 202-206 Abstract The authors propose a political theory perspective for examining the impact of the modern aggregate View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
organizations as being focused on tangible hard metrics like profit or market capitalization. But for-profits also do a lot of organizational capacity-building work. Venture capital investments are very much about building the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market participants' efforts to legitimize commerce and resolve a jurisdictional dispute. Building on literature... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
work unless everyone agrees to adopt it. Oftentimes, more than one organization will compete to set standards for technologies with similar functions, each competing for market share in the standardization business—in other words, to set... View Details
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
successful firms or nonprofits would get free advertising through the popular press, eliminating their need for private marketing while increasing their ability to win elections in other locales around the world. Citizens in mismanaged... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
among those who think they have nothing to lose. Western governments have also come to appreciate that the world's financial system, which came close to meltdown on several occasions in the 1990s, depends on political stability to sustain... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 19 Mar 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
about climate change from a political discussion to a practical conversation about risk and reward. Identify eco-friendly partners Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems? George Serafeim has a theory that if... View Details
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
out of keeping with the spirit of America and harmful in the long run. "Outsiders keep our commercial markets vital by offering perspectives that differ from the prevailing view" After all, what is the secret sauce of US... View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
The case considers the political impact of News Corporation's newspapers and other media and their alleged role in shaping political opinion. Purchase this... View Details
- February 1995 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
India in the 1990s
By: George C. Lodge and Ahu Bhasin
Describes the efforts of Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao to deregulate and open up the Indian economy in the early 1990s. Focuses on the difficulties he encountered, reflected in the poor showing of the ruling Congress Party in state elections in December... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Emerging Markets; Social Issues; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; India
Lodge, George C., and Ahu Bhasin. "India in the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 795-119, February 1995. (Revised February 1998.)
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
strategy-proof) student optimal mechanism, if the same student preferences would have been revealed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-076.pdf Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets Author:Alvin E. Roth Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- January 2025 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
Doing Business in Cairo: Navigating a Path to Economic Resilience
By: A. Zelleke and Ahmed Dahawy
Egypt has long been a pivotal force in the Middle East and North Africa. Located at a crossroads of global trade routes, the country was a strategic partner for numerous regional and global powers. However, a substantial currency devaluation in 2016 brought many... View Details
Keywords: Business; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Inflation and Deflation; Macroeconomics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Economies and Regions; International Relations; Emerging Markets; Risk and Uncertainty; Culture; Economy; Country; Currency; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Egypt