Location - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

commitments. Second, depletion of existing natural resources means firms will have to develop resources in increasingly remote locations subject to higher levels of sovereign risk such as Chad and Azerbaijan. And finally, the combination... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

these questions. Located in Copenhagen, restaurant Noma routinely tops best restaurant lists. That's in large part due to the singular vision of chef-owner René Redzepi, who is obsessive about using local ingredients (only coffee is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

of industry applications and geographic locations in the 1990s, and most recently to infrastructure finance in the 2000s. The third section provides a statistical overview of project-financed investment over the last five years (2005 to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

online-first and traditional retailers alike. We focus on the relatively understudied domain of online-first retailers and the engagement of a key omnichannel tactic; specifically, the introduction of showrooms (physical locations where... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

intercede to protect investments in locations such as Central America and the Caribbean. Costs were small-at least at the outset-but with each incremental step, American policy became increasingly entangled with the goals of those they... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

coincided with the creation of the modern corporation, the mass market, and America's economic preeminence. Given this vast sweep of time, Koehn's narrations—in a series of original essays and timelines—serve as signposts to readers, helping them View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission, is based on the notion that cash held in overseas locations is not instantly available to meet firms’ liquidity needs. We test this proposition and find evidence consistent with the notion... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

cause movement out of urban areas. This process is associated with improvements in the spatial allocation of plants across urban and rural locations. Spatial location of plants has implications for policy on investments in education,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

Fable? Authors:Pierre Azoulay, Toby Stuart, and Yanbo Wang Abstract In a market context, a status effect occurs when actors are accorded differential recognition for their efforts depending on their location in a status ordering, holding... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

leading players in these clusters are multi-location firms that organize and integrate knowledge across sites worldwide. Strong internal links across locations allow these firms to leverage knowledge for competitive advantage without... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

these ingredients of the model, we build a location model with entry to characterize firms' reports in equilibrium, and the nature of bias. When a news item comprises only fully verifiable facts, firms report these as such, so that there... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

and geographic locations in the 1990s, to infrastructure finance in the 2000s. The third section provides a statistical overview of project-financed investment over the last five years (2002 to 2006), and looks at industry, project, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

located in larger cities. We argue that despite the ex-ante higher search costs associated with hiring from smaller towns, firms can benefit from such hiring. In this study, we explore the relationship between an employee’s hometown and... View Details

October 2016
Supplement

24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details