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- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
production requires massive capital investment," Esty says. And as natural resources are tapped out in developed countries, it becomes necessary to explore geographic areas that may not have an established track record in a particular industry. For this reason,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
thrive-but would their deeper penetration into the market of disaster and emergency response (where contracts were smaller and peaks and troughs in demand larger) still be compatible with their business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
they want, where they want for almost anything they desire. Associated with that, people are much more comfortable with ecommerce, giving their credit card numbers to Amazon and others, so the comfort and trust levels are much higher. Also, the logistics View Details
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
aside time to focus that can help restore work-life balance. Joseph Fuller: Make time for ‘deep work’ at the office and home People have struggled to balance the demands of work and their personal lives since the emergence of organized... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
tasks like perfecting their technology, learning how to manufacture it, and financing the needed investments in research, development, and marketing through a combination of product sales and venture funding. And so emerged several... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
cross-state spillovers or business-stealing from one state to another are important, but do not account for all of the effect. Agglomeration effects from local innovation clusters tend to weaken responsiveness to taxation. Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
fixed costs of changing prices. The latter predict unrealistically large responses of price changes to inflation for firms that do not frequently reduce their prices. Adjustment costs that depend on the size of price changes also raise... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Career Advancement Without Experience
contractors, they enjoy a broader social network from which to draw referrals than most permanent employees. In the film industry—where most hiring is done based on a production manager's previous experience with an individual—referrals... View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
explore the use of more distributed institutional forms. In this article, we review the emerging scholarship on the formation and function of self-regulatory institutions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-089.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
face as they operate in the complicated world of international finance. Desai notes that there is tremendous heterogeneity in firm responses to the opportunities and obstacles created by worldwide operations. In this e-mail interview,... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
characteristics and director networks are also associated with deal generation. We find that a company that has a director who has had LBO experience through prior board service is ~40% more likely to receive a private equity offer and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism argues for slavery's centrality to the emergence of American capitalism in the decades between the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
view," but to ask how, if at all, organizations can or should be defended against the response from Anonymous? Its actions, triggered by the attacks on Wikileaks, hinted at a future of everything from Internet mischief (a la... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
co-financier. So in the end, being able to raise the co-financing capital is critical. Raising capital depends on specific factors such as social networks the entrepreneur has access to, or the level of development of credit markets—but... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
fundamental revolution occurring in companies worldwide. In the organizational transformation we are witnessing, the roles and responsibilities of managers—from senior levels to the frontlines—are undergoing radical change, as well.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
emphasis toward xerography characterized the Haloid Company in the 1950s. In 1961, in recognition of the spectacular growth of sales engendered by the first plain-paper copier, the firm was renamed the Xerox Corporation. In response to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
fabric of globalized production that comes in a period of conflict. We're betting, and hoping of course, that the conflict remains narrowly focused on breaking the terrorist networks and doesn't turn into a wider war. If it were to go to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
coordination. Yet some work settings operate with fluid personnel, making stable team structures with ongoing relationships infeasible. We study the adaption of team structures for fluid work settings in a hospital emergency department... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
response to shifting customer needs; promote transparency by providing the rationale for your pricing; and make sure that prices and the processes by which they are set meet consumers' expectations about what is fair. Read the article:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne