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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

They show that funding loans to these borrowers lead to better economic outcomes for the borrowers and higher returns for the fintech platform. See Marco’s other research here , Dimuthu’s other research here , and Don’s other research... View Details

26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

center of business education and perhaps in management itself. Publisher's site: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8463.html Market Reactions to Export Subsidies Authors:Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr. Periodical:Journal of International View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

given... 13 Feb 2014 Presentation Shared Value in Extractives (Video) Shared Value in Extractives (Video) by Michael E. Porter Michael Porter presentation at the Next-Gen CSR and Shared View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

managers at all types of organizations (e.g., small companies, large companies, non-profits, and public servants) become more effective at enhancing the value of those organizations. HBS professor Ken Andrews described three roles for the... View Details

2009
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Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity

By: Eric J. Van den Steen

This paper develops an economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture—in the sense of shared beliefs and values—in order to study the effects of "culture clash" in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that shared... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost vs Benefits; Values and Beliefs; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Motivation and Incentives; Theory

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Continuity of Strategic Direction - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Value Chain Continuity of Strategic Direction Continuity of Strategic ... Continuity of Strategic Direction Strategy is about making choices. The hardest thing for many companies is sticking to those choices over time, even in the face of... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Allison Hughes

parents' wheat farm and cattle ranch. Hughes's love of books and learning, she says, comes from her mother, who was trained as a teacher, while her down-to-earth values and passion to excel - not to mention her fluency in Norwegian -... View Details

Keywords: Charlie Hogg

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Environment and International Trade

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

During the 1990s, environmental activists became interested in trade issues for the first time. Whereas GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, had previously been the province of trade specialists, a new poster popular among environmentalists depicted the... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Environmental Sustainability; Science-Based Business; Policy; Government and Politics; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Globalization; International Relations; Conflict of Interests

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14 Jan 2019
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These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

the World Economic Forum, and the next day he’s demanding improved performance from Unilever’s senior executives. In my view, Polman isn’t an enigma at all, but a world statesman who exemplifies all the qualities CEOs require in this era.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

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Events - Business History

relationships between capitalists and political elites changed, and economic outcomes diverged. While state-business ties in Indonesia and China created dangerous dynamics like capital flight, fraud, and financial crisis, Malaysia's... View Details

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

going for it. First, it has been shown to be incredibly effective in leading to economic growth. "We don't know any better way to solve this problem," argues Ramanna. "If you look around the world, capitalism has lifted... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Feb 2023
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Will Hybrid Work Strategies Pull Down Long-Term Performance?

(iStockphoto/AndreyPopov) Remote work has always been an essential part of economic activity. Some people work from home, some work from anywhere, and some work where customers need them. But the COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to both... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

"Expensing Options Solves Nothing" (Harvard Business Review, December 2002), discusses proposals to require a charge to income for the estimated value of stock option grants. He notes that we already... View Details

23 Oct 2000
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The Strategy-Focused Organization

movements, energy prices, and economic cycles. But what determines how the organization does in the long run is how well it is positioned relative to its competitors. If organizations can continue to invest, even during View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

05 Jul 2012
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Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

starters, Karen Caswelch suggested that we take steps to ensure that in our hiring, we consistently select people who share and value behaviors that produce trust as a shield against management turnover that leads to broken commitments.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Feb 2023
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COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated

study by Michael Luca, Harvard Business School’s Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration, in collaboration with Susan Athey, the economics of technology professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business;... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Health; Technology

11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

for idiosyncratic products that features the optimal stopping structure and a seller that learns about item-specific demand through the selling process. The model is estimated using novel panel data of a leading used-car dealership.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 2021
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Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

then-headquarters in Schenectady, New York. He relied heavily on GE’s employee directories, which listed all the managers within the company’s organizational structure. He also used US Census data, and other public and private documents to View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

management teams in times of transformation. Keywords: Change Management ; Transformation ; Transition ; Interpersonal Communication ; Forms of Communication ; Talent and Talent Management ; Experience and Expertise ; Customer Value and... View Details

07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

Location Choices Through the Value Chain By: Alcácer, Juan, and Mercedes Delgado Abstract—We explore the impact of geographically bounded, intra-firm linkages (internal agglomerations) and geographically bounded, inter-firm linkages... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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