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- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
A. Desai, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper examines how costly financial contracting and weak investor protection influence the cross-border operational, financing and investment decisions of firms. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Bloomberg: comparing futures
How can I compare futures in Bloomberg? See How can I locate futures information in Bloomberg? to determine the ticker for the future contracts of interest. Type... View Details
David Packard
Packard and his partner Bill Hewlett created the first real Silicon Valley technology company in H-P, a diversified electronics maker. Together the two men built a strong company that survived World War II... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 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 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016
broadly than operational boundaries, is likely to be a superior strategy. Firms can also strategically “break the mirror” in two ways: by implementing modular partitions within their own boundaries or by building relational View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 24
high-powered incentives lead to greater screening effort and more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
Marshall, fashion model Karlie Kloss, and “Magic Mike” star Cody Horn, have attended the program, sharing business challenges and contract strategies in the same room with mid-... View Details
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
value were both key. Many of the companies I had worked with before brought me on in contract roles, which eventually led to full-time opportunities when I was ready. Today, I’m a Partner at CEO Coaching... View Details
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
George, and others describe. Maybe Jobs, Bezos, Gates, and others are the exceptions that didn't get cashed out. They survived the venture capitalist's "purge" by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
which he and a partner bought in 1971 and built into the largest independent contract laboratory in the world. Retiring early, he spent eight years serving on View Details
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
whether the CEOs in their sample simply couldn't afford to delegate key duties to professionals who would be willing to work longer hours—and thus generate better results—than the CEOs themselves. Delegation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
http://people.hbs.edu/reccles/2011SU_Features_EcclesSaltzman.pdf Deprival Value' vs. 'Fair Value' Measurement for Contract Liabilities: How to Resolve the 'Revenue Recognition' Conundrum? Authors:Joanne... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
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March 1, 2016
sentiment proxies indicate that credit risk is aggressively priced, this tends to be followed by a subsequent widening of credit spreads, and the timing of this widening is, in turn, closely tied to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
utility had made a public announcement it was accepting bids to implement a smart water network monitoring system, and Peleg wanted to discuss if and how aggressively TaKaDu should bid on the contract with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
he writes. In his working paper "Flexibility: The New Social Contract between Individuals and Firms?," Bradach studies independent contractors, companies that use their services, and staffing agencies that... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
confident he could arrange another round of private financing, which should suffice to carry the company through to profitability in 2002. New market opportunities were arising, such as providing dry cleaning through grocery-store chains... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008
Working PapersAgency and Institutions: A Review of Institutional Entrepreneurship Authors:Julie Battilana, Bernard Leca, and Eva Boxenbaum Abstract This paper analyzes the literature that has been published on institutional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
trust development. In particular, I study barriers to trust development, and how individuals and organizations might overcome these barriers. For example, I study the pernicious effects of contracts and of... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
let's just not allow our customers to do it," he says. That might mean lobbying for legislation, suing in court, or making customers sign contracts that prevent decoupling. After Aereo allowed viewers to stream TV programs over View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding