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  • 04 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

e-commerce strategy. These analyses ensure that each unit is making a contribution to the e-commerce initiative and improving corporate profitability. Additionally, these metrics can be used to provide a gap analysis that permits managers... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
  • 23 May 2011
  • Op-Ed

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

Editor's note: Please see related story, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It's Effective. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the companies themselves, but also to investors, the countries... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

social cues from reputation stakeholders and from prominent third-party bureaucratic actors can serve as symbolic signals that can affect the decision making of regulatory agencies. Our findings suggest that while social cues from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Cornell Tech, Initiative 31 was established to: Make New York City the global hub of urban innovation. As part of her Independent Project, Zoe collaborated with the NYCEDC team to design a research-backed roadmap incorporating all ecosystem View Details
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors Authors:Luo, Jianxi, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney, and Christopher L. Magee Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change Abstract Many... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

reallocation constitute an important source of productivity gains while its relative importance varies across nations. Ignoring the role of this source can lead to significant bias in understanding the nature of gains. We also perform counterfactual View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

dukes"; 6) initiates and sustains cross-cutting actions to break down the polarizing effect of "fiefdoms" and "stovepipes"; as well as 7) focuses attention on cultivating and managing key external stakeholders... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 5

the nascent smart cities industry and find that firm leaders engaged in a set of legitimation activities intended to help external stakeholders understand and appreciate the firm and its industry. Our View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 15

tax rates at high incomes are lower than in standard analysis and closer to those observed in policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-064.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsHome Depot and Interconnected Retail José... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 22, 2015

analysis suggests a need for caution: while information facilitates transactions, it also facilitates discrimination. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50258 Financial Patent Quality: Finance Patents... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

  PublicationsManager-Specific Effects on Earnings Guidance: An Analysis of Top Executive Turnovers Authors:Francois Brochet, Lucile Faurel, and Sarah McVay Publication:Journal of Accounting Research (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

  PublicationsThe Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis Authors:Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis, and Alvin J. Silk Publication:Review of Marketing Science (forthcoming) Abstract We address a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

reforming countries are directed towards other reforming countries. Analysis of firm-level responses to the creation of the ASEAN free trade agreement yields results that are consistent with these predictions. Download the paper from SSRN... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 19

plans, among other factors-was hampering uptake of what should be a highly valuable offering for all stakeholders involved. They wondered if a DTC approach, in which American Well would become a consumer brand and market a telehealth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 1

members of society to meet their needs and wants. This account is contrasted with prevailing accounts in scholarly literature (e.g., shareholder primacy and stakeholder theory) that frame corporate purpose and responsibility in terms of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

lowest quality. Our results underscore the importance of considering dynamic effects in the economic analysis of tort laws. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50634 Corporate Purpose and Financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

Enables readers to analyze the business plan and make recommendations for funding. Rewritten version of earlier supplements. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807051 A Note on Applying Dimensional View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

challenges: How to determine whether the “agreed upon” goal is actually an “achievable” goal. How to evaluate tradeoffs among resources. How to manage stakeholders in positions of power, both formal and informal. How to create alignment... View Details
  • 08 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?

performance throughout his career. We highlighted McVay’s penchant for surrounding himself with effective staff and willingness to delegate tasks to them. Here, we raise another skill of his that bodes well for long-term success: a strong ability to communicate and... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports
  • 25 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 25

management in an emerging market from the perspectives of the many stakeholders involved. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810095-PDF-ENG Zotter—Living by Chocolate Mukti Khaire, Stefan Aichinger, Monika Hoffmann,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace