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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
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economics are different, and all the wheels must turn a lot faster, but the problems of leadership, organization, and change are similar to those we have experienced for decades. So even as this book breaks new ground in examining a set... View Details
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-004.pdf What Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis (revised) Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
terms shape the impact of economic shocks on trade. Analysis of transaction-level data from a U.S.-based exporter of frozen and refrigerated food products, primarily poultry, reveals broad patterns about the use of alternative financing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
monitoring firm, estimates that there are now up to 9 million simultaneous file sharers, up from about 4 million in early 2003. In view of our evidence and these new trends, even the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) now states that file sharing is only... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
forthcoming Annual Review of Economics History, Micro Data and Endogenous Growth By: Akcigit, Ufuk, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—Economic growth is concerned with long-run changes, and as a result historical data should be especially... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- February 2019
- Supplement
KITEA: Democratizing Furniture in Morocco (PowerPoint supplement)
This PowerPoint accompanies the KITEA cases and the associated teaching note. The KITEA series of cases (A-F) details how the Moroccan furniture company KITEA prepared for the entry of IKEA into the Moroccan market and describes the outcome of that entry. View Details
Keywords: KITEA; IKEA; Furniture; Furniture Industry; Entry Strategy; Responding To Entry; Localization; Competitive Interaction; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Business Strategy; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; Africa; North Africa; Morocco
- 04 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Western corporate strategies have long been held up as role models for businesses in emerging markets. The reaction to recent financial crises in Asia and Latin America has only served to reinforce this practice. The multilateral... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu
- 13 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
Two weeks into his Leadership Fellows position with the Detroit’s Office of the Mayor, Nikhil Patel (MBA 2019) was summoned by the Mayor for a car ride. Among Patel’s mandates – which included economic development, housing, and... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
Soviet Union fought in the shadow of the capitalist-communist clash. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49811 forthcoming Journal of Public Economics Does Front-Loading Taxation Increase Savings? Evidence... View Details
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
differences appear to be associated with different models of development—open, distributed organizations developing systems with smaller cores. We find that core components are often dispersed throughout a system, making their detection... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
you entrepreneurial.' "From the very get-go, we get very different messages about who we are as economic beings," she observed. Women's economic education, continued Godfrey, a former social... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
the quality of research. Does Familiarity Breed Trust? Revisiting the Antecedents of Trust Authors:Ranjay Gulati and Maxim Sytch Periodical:Managerial and Decision Economics 29 (March - April 2008): 165-190 Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1953–2009, it was unusually high in the early 1980s and negative in the 2000s, particularly in the downturns of 2000–2002 and 2007–2009. This paper specifies and estimates a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
affects emotions. Finally, work in economics on the design of monetary policy makes several assumptions (e.g., a representative agent, a summary measure of emotions akin to utility exists and that individuals only care about income and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
HBS professor Pankaj Ghemawat, a specialist in strategy and the dynamics of globalization, says that while market integration has made deep inroads in the last few decades, according to the evidence, it's still far short of what economic... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
Fall 2016 Journal of Economic Perspectives Global Talent Flows By: Kerr, William R., Sari Pekkala Kerr, and Çağlar Özden Abstract—The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
empirical models that allow me to separate the components of CEO and employee compensation explained by economic factors from those that are not and use these models to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
financial crisis. That is true but irrelevant. You don't need a crystal ball to see that we have an unsustainable business model and no political process for change. What we need is simple—growth. We need the economy to expand. We need... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Collaborative Cures
scientific and technological foundations of medical invention are already straining our existing institutions. By thoughtfully approaching business model innovation, we will be more successful in navigating the opportunities and... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50923 May 2016 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Invention and Agglomeration in the Bay Area: Not Just ICT By: Forman, Chris, Avi Goldfarb, and Shane Greenstein Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne