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- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
at the individual level. We discuss the implications of our results for the study of learning as well as for providers and consumers of outsourced services. Preference Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation Authors:Golosov,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
Girls Arise, an innovative negotiation skills training program designed specifically to help Sub-Saharan African women communicate effectively in high-pressure situations with complex power dynamics. “It is, in many ways, a typical... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
citing the examples of Motorola, Southwest Airlines, Revlon cosmetics, Hewlett-Packard, and MTV. Good ideas are not hard to come by. The more complicated part is to harness the diminishing supply of capital. But capital can still find its... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
the Crowd: The Visibility-Enhancing Effects of IPO-related Signals on Alliance Formation by Entrepreneurial Firms Authors:Tim Pollock and Ranjay Gulati Periodical:Strategic Organizations 5, no. 4 (November 2007). (A shorter version of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
in alliance with hedge fund activist Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management. In the unprecedented arrangement between an acquirer and a hedge fund activist, Pershing Square had quietly amassed a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 7, 2015
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/714426-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-462 The Columbus Partnership The Columbus Partnership, a civic alliance bringing together the heads of roughly 50 leading organizations in central... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
celebrities including Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Oprah Winfrey, was drawn to Bono's commitment to conscious capitalism and to the question of what made Bono, well, Bono. "It so clicked for me," she says. "I hadn't listened to U2 in 10... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718030 Harvard Business School Case 317-082 Corey Thomas and the IPO Corey Thomas, the African American CEO of the company Rapid7, must decide if it is the right time to take the 15-year-old... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
mailing address, their capital needs are minimal. People are intimately aware of the fact that too much structure will disenfranchise the very people who make the most successful open source projects possible. —Siobhán O'Mahony Second is... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 13 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?
its thirty years of performance, yet fresh capital continues to flow in. Why the discrepancy? A: Great, great question. It's a puzzle. Investors have been very patient. Maybe they are lured by the possibility of owning stock in the next... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
"mountain of treasure." Dresser sought Komatsu's design technology and a cash infusion for plant modernization and capital expenditures. Komatsu hoped to become a successful global player, so it wanted better North American... View Details
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
through turbulence. In particular, she and her family emphasized maintaining strong capital equity structures to deal with currency volatility, seeking reliable local partners, and never forgetting long-term opportunities. "For managers... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
Abstract Theories of the firm have been dominated by a legacy of ideas from early industrialization that pose zero-sum opposition between capital and labor (or capital and nearly everything else),... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
many African nations were gaining independence. British businesses operating there created a publicity strategy that couched their presence in less developed countries in terms of a commitment and a positive contribution to the progress... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
what is happening currently in the US. As deficits mount, interest rates remain low in part because of a good credit rating relative to other countries, a strong currency, and the ready flow of capital into the country. Inflation is held... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
outsourcers, and alliance partners are reflected in business unit strategies. Corporate support: The strategies of the local business support units reflect the priorities of the corporate support unit. Using these eight checkpoints as a... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
sustain competitive advantage: learning by doing, learning by exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we focus attention on another locus of learning that has received less attention from... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
second tier market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), it aimed to provide Chinese entrepreneurs with equity capital and to facilitate the exits of venture capital firms and other investors that had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
We exploit households’ portfolio weights in previous years as an instrument for actual capital gains and dividends payments. We find that unrealized capital gains lead to a marginal propensity to consume... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About It Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Princeton University Press, forthcoming Abstract In response to the financial crisis, governments are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace