Sectorization - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6

authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector operating in the material interest of politicians themselves and of their big... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

proliferation of accelerators, and continuation of VC investments have made it increasingly possible to start a business, and in some sectors entrepreneurs were able to attract funds without a real monetization strategy. I agree with... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

whereas a high-growth business might be aiming for three times that, or more. Also consider the time horizon. Quarter-over-quarter earnings remain highly relevant for many sectors of many companies, but such measures are largely... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

decided to enter anyway and succeeded in capturing a significant piece of the sector for its creams, soaps, and shampoos. The company did so by linking their products with Shantala massage, a popular technique in Brazil for strengthening... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

09 Jul 2014
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How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

Business has long recognized the connection between an effective school system and a qualified workforce—by some estimates, the private sector invests $4 billion annually in efforts intended to improve public education. So why isn't that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

26 Nov 2012
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New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy

publishers and retailers to social networks and gaming sites. Job growth on the Internet stands in sharp contrast to the US economy as a whole, which has suffered from high unemployment for years. The report found that the gross domestic product of the Internet... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Publishing

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

capital sector has historically followed what might be termed the "craft" model: Procedures were very unsystematized, and venture groups were loosely organized. We believe that over the next decade, it will move to much more of... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

says. “Once the bank balance sheet is handicapped, all kinds of other consequences come out. For one, for example, banks are less likely to lend.” Not all countries and sectors relied as heavily on land and buildings to secure debt. Using... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business

It's not in great shape, but it isn't doing too badly, and measured by the standards of the rest of the world it is a marvel and it's doing quite well," he observed. The financial sector is not perfect, either, but banks are also in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008

Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We study how US branch-banking deregulations affected the entry and exit of firms in the non-financial sector using establishment-level data... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

differences between projects funded by the crowd alone, and those that were selected by both the crowd and experts. Our findings suggest that crowdfunding can play an important role in complementing expert decisions, particularly in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits

the audience, comparing the recent focus on nonprofit strategy to the rise of interest in for-profit strategy in the 1970s. In Bradach's view, the sector is on the front end of a curve, with nonprofits less afraid to look critically at... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

24 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 24

sector and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for reporting on them would significantly improve the ability of companies to report on their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance. Here's a Tip: Prosocial Gratuities Are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2001
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Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

new digital economy, coupled with the growing size of the EC and IT sectors within the overall economy, we can no longer afford to further postpone attention to efficient business process interfaces between supply-chain trading partners.... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

25 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 25

Sector from 'Preventing Regulatory Capture: Special Interest Influence, and How to Limit It' Authors: Daniel Carpenter, David Moss, and Melanie Wachtell Stinnett Publication: Chap. 3 in The Making of Good Financial Regulation: Towards a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract—This paper documents a set of stylized facts about leverage and financial fragility in the nonfinancial corporate sector in... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

Lovett, Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the post-WWII international scene while... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3

loyalty, differential impacts of government sanctions, and standardization and internal monitoring of operations. We test our theory in the context of vehicle emissions testing in a state in which the government has outsourced inspection and enforcement to private... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace