The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Sep 2015
News

Getting New Ideas off the Ground

perspective, the great opportunity is to build products that delight people across the globe, but also to create jobs and opportunities for people to explore their creativity... View Details

26 Mar 2020
Blog Post

The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19

environment. We are officially live on Spotify, so please go follow 'The Road Untraveled' and share with anyone who may be interested. If you know of someone who would be a great guest on the show, please... View Details

29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing

rises from mediocre to great on the gridiron, applications increase by 17.7 percent. To attain similar effects, a school has to either lower tuition by 3.8 percent or increase View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Advertising; Sports

05 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Reflecting on the Section Experience at HBS

his reaction when we told him what we had done. The section is a place where you will find your closest friends at HBS, and it’s a pretty great place to “have” to go every day in your RC year. View Details

07 May 2015
Blog Post

Career Change: From the Military to Consulting

you planning to do after HBS? After HBS I will work as a management consultant at Bain & Company in New York. I knew I wanted to move into the private sector, and consulting is a great way to gain... View Details

November 2011
Article

Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation

By: Chen Lin, Yue Ma and Yuhai Xuan

This article examines the impact of the divergence between corporate insiders' control rights and cash-flow rights on firms' external finance constraints via generalized method of moments estimation of an investment Euler equation. Using a large sample of U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Ownership; Social Enterprise; Reputation; Cash Flow; Annuities; Investment; Investment Funds; Financial Reporting; Accounting Audits; Financial Services Industry; United States

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26 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

could possibly remember and convey. In other words, one should not jump to the conclusion that because the Internet appears cheaper it can solve a company's go-to-market problem. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Attending HBS to Grow the Family Business

As a kid, Lauren Derse (MBA 2010) hit the family business jackpot. Her mom was the CEO and founder of—you guessed it—a chain of toy store franchises. After growing up in small town Massachusetts (and... View Details

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Aveeram WindBeing Responsible Towards the Environment Is a Great Financial Investment+Jennifer Tisdel Schorsch (MBA 1992) President, Water.orgIntegrate Water Strategy into Business Strategy+Michael Skelly... View Details

24 Jul 2018
Blog Post

The Global Classroom: From Boston to Jakarta

to a global partner. So what did my FGI look like? I went to Jakarta, Indonesia, was partnered with a great group of people, and assigned to an interesting problem for a non-profit called the Tanoto... View Details

25 Oct 2006
Op-Ed

Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance

adjust the details of grants (e.g., "I think now is a great time to load up on my option compensations so let's do a big grant now ") or to respond opportunistically to those details (e.g., "I... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis

30 Sep 2014
News

Life Lessons on the Open Seas

Paul Callahan (MBA 1992) is the captain of his own fate. A freak accident at age 21 left him a quadriplegic. That transformative moment led him, ultimately, to take the helm of Sail to Prevail, a nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

14 May 2007
Research & Ideas

The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team

themselves as well as their managers believe that top performance in this industry is due to individual talent. This could be one reason that there is a great deal of mobility in this labor market. Stars are treated as free agents who can... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2017
News

Transforming the “Misery Towns” of Buenos Aires

edge of the slum. “Instead we will build a great park,” he enthuses, comparing the idea with the High Line in Manhattan, View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

19 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Moving to the U.S. With a Family

when my wife and I have a date night, and section retreats have also been a great opportunity to combine family time with classmates. Living on campus This is one of the best decisions we ever made. View Details

31 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

conflicts people have," she says. "But there's also a contrasting narrative that talks about how great it is when you can bring your whole self to work and you're completely integrated. And there are positive things that happen... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

J.C. Cuddy. 10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture Published: December 22, 2008 Organizations with strong, adaptive cultures enjoy labor cost advantages, great employee and customer loyalty, and a smoother on-ramp in leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

September 2016
Case

Truly Human Leadership at Barry-Wehmiller

By: Dylan Minor and Jan Rivkin

The chief executive of Barry-Wehmiller, a large maker of industrial equipment, has resolved to run the company via “truly human leadership” in which “success is measured by the way we touch the lives of people.” With unusual people practices and a distinctive strategy,... View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Values and Beliefs; Organizational Culture; Employees; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

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17 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

Values, and Damages Great Companies Performance hacking means overzealous advocacy of positive interpretations to the point of detachment from actuals. In business as in research there are strong incentives... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

and execute truly creative solutions. Perhaps the traditional image of the creative genius working alone to create great breakthroughs is not so accurate after all. To shatter... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

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