New York Property - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6

politicians only provide the services people vote for within the civil and property rights protections set forth in the constitution. Publisher's link: View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2002
What Do You Think?

Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?

case is finally litigated, we may conclude that both involved criminal behavior. The comparison of loss of life and criminal activity between the two is so forced as to appear not only insensitive but also positively asinine. —Joe Hill MIT economist Paul Krugman argued... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

momentum until the deal was virtually closed. Neither side did its due diligence on their mutual perceptions of the real underlying social contract—partly because of the cultural chasms dividing old-line industrial Japan, creative Hollywood, and the View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

the stock market. The real money is in the property market; a drop in values of real estate would have more far-reaching consequences. In terms of global spillovers, the recovery in most developed markets does not depend on exports to... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

and repay CPP funds early. Collectively, the results provide new evidence on the realized consequences of the CPP for bank SEOs. The tests suggest the CPP's indirect costs of restrictions on corporate policies and actions as the most... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

Excellence: Pay Strategies for the New Economy (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000). Alina Tugend, Secrecy About Salaries May Be on the Wane, The New York Times,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Aug 2014
What Do You Think?

What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?

Summing Up Was Warren Bennis's Optimism Regarding the Future of Leadership Warranted? In a recent obituary for Warren Bennis in the New York Times, former executive and HBS Professor Bill George was quoted... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

district on the HBS campus each summer. Most of the materials for the program are new cases we develop in urban school districts, along with a few classic business school cases such as Southwest Airlines and the View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

15 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

businesses, I’ll let Speed Trap’s content speak for itself. With respect to the book’s conservative tone, I do think I was reflecting the Zeitgeist. If you are skeptical, read Michael Lewis’s 2002 New York... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

feedback. Based on the success of the beta test program, she expects the program to run again. "Next time," she said, "it will not be in Boston but rather in alumnae hot spots such as New York... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

health choices. The good news is that human nature can also be a source of solutions. Through her studies in Zambia exploring the reasons for unwanted pregnancies and the incentives that would motivate hairdressers to sell condoms to... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

generalizability of the implicit voice theories identified in Study 1. Studies 3 and 4 develop and test survey measures for five implicit voice theories, using additional samples comprised of more than 300 adults. The analyses establish psychometric View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

governed by a set of rules, the rules of play, according to John A. Deighton, Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Leora Kornfeld, adjunct faculty, Schulich School of Business, York... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

controversial issues like civil rights and climate change? Two, in terms of consumer response, does CEO activism affect customer perceptions about the company? (They recently discussed the paper in the New View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

turnaround of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 2002-2003 season? Was it Paul Pressler as head of Disney Sports, because he got investment funds from Disney CEO Michael Eisner and then hired Bryan Murray? Was it Bryan Murray as the general manager, who spent the money on... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

08 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

aims to make a one-time sale and hence can be quite insistent. This is the door-to-door salesman and the canvasser. Then there is the relationship-oriented salesperson. The classic instance of this was the traveling salesman who worked for a View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

it to be an overreach of constitutional commerce powers. Yet the fair trade movement later won some victories in the Supreme Court, including a decision to uphold a New York state law that fixed milk prices... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

14 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

parking. With the right combination of price, speed, and convenience, PRT could beat the private automobile. There are already routes that are faster by bicycle than by car, particularly when you consider parking. PRT can widen the gap. In the very densest cities—parts... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation

07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

as in two-sided assignment problems, the payoffs of a matching can be divided between the agents. We take a similar approach to one-sided assignment problems as Sasaki (1995) for two-sided assignment problems, and we analyze various desirable View Details