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- 18 Nov 1992
- Lecture
Key Issues in U.S. Boardrooms: The Current Debate and Possible Directions for Reform
By: W. Carl Kester
Kester, W. Carl. "Key Issues in U.S. Boardrooms: The Current Debate and Possible Directions for Reform." Lecture at the Conference on Wither Corporate Governance, Henley Management College, London, November 18, 1992. (Jointly sponsored by the Strategic Management Society.
Invited Speaker.)
- April 1984
- Teaching Note
France (A): From Liberation to the Debate on the Common Market, Teaching Note
By: Bruce R. Scott
Keywords: France
- 2001
- Book
Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate about the Benefits of the Arts
By: Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth A. Ondaatje, Laura Zakaras and Arthur C. Brooks
This study offers a new framework for understanding how the arts create private and public value, highlights the importance of the arts' intrinsic benefits and identifies how both instrumental and intrinsic benefits are created. View Details
McCarthy, Kevin F., Elizabeth A. Ondaatje, Laura Zakaras, and Arthur C. Brooks. Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate about the Benefits of the Arts. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2001.
- 04 Dec 2023
- Podcast
Entrepreneur Harsh Shah Debates the Exit Strategy: Is it Selling Out or Building Value?
Harsh Shah and his firm’s co-founders faced a once-in-a-lifetime quandary: should they sell the incredibly successful e-commerce venture they worked so hard to build to a big conglomerate? Reflecting on the circumstances surrounding their acquisition offer, Shah... View Details
- June 2002
- Article
The Influence of Anti-Takeover Statutes on Incorporation Choice: Evidence on the 'Race' Debate and Antitakeover Overreaching
Subramanian, Guhan. "The Influence of Anti-Takeover Statutes on Incorporation Choice: Evidence on the 'Race' Debate and Antitakeover Overreaching." University of Pennsylvania Law Review 150, no. 6 (June 2002).
- spring 2000
- Article
Recent Debates in the Field of Business History: What They Mean for China Historians
By: Elisabeth Koll
Koll, Elisabeth. "Recent Debates in the Field of Business History: What They Mean for China Historians." Chinese Business History 10, no. 1 (spring 2000): 1–2.
- Article
Invisible Monuments and the Costs of Pharmaceutical Regulation: Twenty-Five Years of Drug Lag Debate
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
Daemmrich, Arthur A. "Invisible Monuments and the Costs of Pharmaceutical Regulation: Twenty-Five Years of Drug Lag Debate." Pharmacy in History 45, no. 1 (2003): 3–17.
- 2010
- Chapter
Política de clústers: guia per a l'Estat del Debat (Cluster Policy: The State of the Debate)
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The chapter provides an overview of the recent literature discussing the pros and cons of cluster policy View Details
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Política de clústers: guia per a l'Estat del Debat (Cluster Policy: The State of the Debate)." In Clusters i competitivitat: el cas de Catalunya (1993-2010), edited by Joan Miquel Hernandez Gascon, Alberto Pezzi, and Antoni Soy I Casals, 129 – 150. Papers d'economia industrial. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Innovació, Universitats i Empresa, 2010, Spanish ed.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Does Social Media Cause Polarization? Evidence from Access to Twitter Echo Chambers during the 2019 Argentine Presidential Debate
By: Rafael Di Tella, Ramiro H. Gálvez and Ernesto Schargrodsky
We study how two groups, those inside vs. those outside echo chambers, react to a political event when we vary social media status (Twitter). Our treatments mimic two strategies often suggested as a way to limit polarization on social media: they expose people to... View Details
Keywords: Political Polarization; Political Elections; Internet and the Web; Attitudes; Social Media; Argentina
Di Tella, Rafael, Ramiro H. Gálvez, and Ernesto Schargrodsky. "Does Social Media Cause Polarization? Evidence from Access to Twitter Echo Chambers during the 2019 Argentine Presidential Debate." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29458, November 2021.
- 1999
- Chapter
Moralische Erwägungen in der Demokratie: Der Streit um lokal unerwünschte Anlagen [Moral Considerations in a Democracy: The Debate on Locally Unwanted Facilities]
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Moralische Erwägungen in der Demokratie: Der Streit um lokal unerwünschte Anlagen [Moral Considerations in a Democracy: The Debate on Locally Unwanted Facilities]." In Angewandte Ethik in der pluralistischen Gesellschaft, edited by Klaus Peter Rippe, 37–52. Freiburg: Universitätsverlag Freiburg Schweiz, 1999, German ed.
- 04 Jan 2017
- What Do You Think?
How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?
Summing Up: Are Bureaucracies Worth Improving? Several messages emerge from responses to this month’s column on the worthiness of bureaucracies. In general, there is a wide range of thinking about the value of bureaucracies and work done by bureaucrats; it leads some... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 03 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact
A new study of startups sharing a coworking space offers a new wrinkle in the debate over work-from-anywhere: Proximity matters, especially close proximity, to spread knowledge between disparate enterprises. “The more different the... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 11 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains
debate in Congress has been clogged into stasis. And the problem is, US policymakers have not been able to separate the semi-skilled and unskilled immigration policy reform from skilled reform. For that reason, they've not been able to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 05 Feb 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
leaders: 1. How much information should be shared inside the organization? 2. Do we have a choice? A recent example suggests that the disclosure debate might well be extended to information that generally has been considered off-limits:... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails
Early COVID-19 lockdowns sparked a contentious debate that rages on in the workplace: Can businesses thrive if employees continue to work remotely? Skeptical CEOs, such as the leaders of Goldman Sachs and Starbucks, say they need workers... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand