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  • 09 Dec 2021
  • News

Higher Returns

Voting rights, things like that. And so if you break down some of these, at times, difficult to understand topics into their component parts and act on those, it can be a huge boon. I had a friend who runs a huge construction company in New York, just massive. And they... View Details
  • Web

Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021

contracts required the payment of bribes, something Abi Chaker refused to do. “We took a firm decision that under no circumstances would we engage in any kind of corruption,” Abi Chaker told Hsieh. “This is a core value that is central to... View Details
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

Management Series. Oxford University Press, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase the Book: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199552863.do Shadow of the Contract: How Contract Structure Shapes Inter-Firm Dispute... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52149 Relative Performance Benchmarks: Do Boards Get It Right? By: Ma, Paul, Jee Eun Shin, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Standard principal-agent models suggest that boards design incentive View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

weighting of nonfinancial metrics in compensation contracts as a mechanism for generating improvements in nonfinancial dimensions of performance. I Read Playboy for the Articles: Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2012
  • First Look

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 that incentive View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2011
  • What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

dissolves the social contract between people and government." Phil Clark commented that "Those who go bankrupt lose sight of personal principle and beliefs. A country going bankrupt undermines itself and demonstrates its... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • Profile

Angela R. Hicks Bowman

out a business plan.” Hicks also counsels startups to embrace “really great advisors.” She suggests over-investing in the best lawyers—“a bad contract that holds you back for a decade is not worth the... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production

were able to lock in gas prices before the Russian-Ukraine war and have benefitted from very low cost during the winter, while some of their competitors had to stop producing because they could not purchase natural gas due to the sudden price escalations. The site’s... View Details
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The Prescription for Lowering Health Care Costs? Look at What Doctors Do | Working Knowledge

can work with their insurance providers to expand access to ED-like services for their employees, or even contract directly with a growing number of businesses that provide such services, like Amazon’s One Medical. Given the challenges... View Details
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Burden Park | About

functions, Burden was a flexible amphitheater-style space that expanded and contracted to meet the needs of each individual gathering. William A.M. Burden III (AB 1953, MBA 1955) Although Mrs. Burden did not live to see the building... View Details
  • 15 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

virus will give us the answers.” Will contracting the disease provide immunity? How long will immunity last? When will a successful vaccine be widely available? What will be an acceptable vaccine trial? How fast will the virus mutate?... View Details
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence
  • 22 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

McBride. "Digital assets" were the currency, in the form of ad, television, movie, and videogame song placement, ringtones, mixes, and community-created content. But new artist-label contracts were needed if digital assets were... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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 develop a model in which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

paper, we examine the impact of the AIDS epidemic on African nations through 2002 using the male circumcision rate to identify plausibly exogenous variation in HIV prevalence. Medical researchers have found significant evidence that male circumcision can reduce the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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 real options on trust... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology
  • 28 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

be actually brought home to the investor." Most of our social contracts are built on the assumption that individual accountability influences human behavior. Indeed, the recent move by the SEC to require CEOs to personally attest to... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman
  • January 2006 (Revised October 2009)
  • Case

Negotiating Star Compensation at the USAWBL (A-1): Confidential Instructions for Jesse J.

By: Ian Larkin, James K. Sebenius and Guhan Subramanian
In this three-party negotiation exercise, Jesse J, star center in the U.S.A. Women's Basketball League, with her agent, is negotiating a possible compensation package with the Boston Sharks involving a base salary, a possible share of team merchandising profits, and a... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Contracts; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Conflict and Resolution; Sports; Sports Industry; United States
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  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

In the first wave of globalization, MNEs sought access to resources, and governments frequently gave them exclusive contracts and favorable deals in order to build businesses. The major management challenge was to overcome logistical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

  Working PapersDon't Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad (revised) Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace