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- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
dictate people should be treated preferentially. We first use a scenario study to establish that individuals expect leniency on their birthday. We then show that, compared to other days, transgressors are penalized more severely when it's their birthday, both by law... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
opportunistic traders are local non-senior insiders, who come from geographically concentrated, poorly governed firms. Lastly, opportunistic traders are significantly more likely to have SEC enforcement View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
voluntary programs-such as certification regimes, codes of conduct, and social monitoring-that seek to enforce global standards governing business practices. But little is known about the conditions under which companies are more likely... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
generate significant returns? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze Perry's decision to invest in NEC Electronics. In doing so, it asks for the reasons that NEC might take actions that destroy value and shift value... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
intricacies of coding, algorithms, AI, machine learning, robotics, and who-knows-what’s-next. That’s not the case. You can develop a digital mindset, and this book shows you how. It introduces three approaches—collaboration, computation, and change—and the perspectives... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
affiliate marketing programs in which merchants oversee thousands of affiliates they have never met. Some merchants hire outside specialists to set and enforce policies for affiliates, while other merchants ask their ordinary marketing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
big firms’ appetite for technology, but also of their aversion at the time to acquiring it through potentially risky partnerships with innovative upstarts. And in part it was because B2B fintech, which is where much of the action in New... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
numerous conversations about race, social justice, and racism, CEO and Chief Rioter of Rioting.co Sarah Endline (MBA 2001) was eager to broaden the discussion, share the resources she’d been gathering, and promote action. “Words and statements matter, but View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
procurement relationships for manufacturers and that this effect is partially mediated by the level of joint action and the quality of information exchange between the partners. Decomposing dependence asymmetry into the conditions of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
effectiveness; 2) the challenges of building a values-based organization; 3) the complexities of managing talent in a young industry, particularly within an emerging market; and 4) the final decision by CEO Man Jit Singh and the subsequent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
are witnessing the dawn of a new model of corporate power: The coordination of actions and decisions on the front lines now appears to stem from widely shared values and a sturdy platform of common processes and technology, not from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
change initiatives-Predictability, Teaming and Open Communication, and Results Only Work Environment-that alter the structure and culture of work in ways that enable better work and better lives. August 2013 Tax Administration Review Randomized Tax View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
required the Patriots to play in the stadium through 2001. Most real-estate investors wouldn't have cared about that latter clause; they would value the lease for its guaranteed rent, regardless of where the team actually played. But Kraft had his eye on eventually... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
If you don't know where you're going, any map will do.1 This conventional wisdom sounds right to many managers. It highlights the safety of having a clear objective for your management actions. It implies that all management actions are... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Actions That Benefit Others Authors: F. Gino, S. Ayal, and D. Ariely Publication: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (forthcoming) Abstract In three experiments, we propose and find that individuals cheat more when others can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
China) in multilateral negotiations, notably in the World Trade Organization's Doha Round. Yet Brazil's actions to enforce a compulsory license of a patented therapy for HIV/AIDS and its victory in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
protection through anti-dumping measures, especially given that both industries face the full force of the global economy? We argue that the patterning of anti-dumping actions is best explained in terms of industrial structures, inclusive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
pronounced in banks, and with higher pre-adoption information asymmetry, consistent with investors expecting net information quality benefits from IFRS adoption. We also find that the reaction is less positive for firms domiciled in code law countries, consistent with... View Details
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
authority. This three-level structure closely parallels that of all organized team sports. The play on the field is like the markets of capitalism, and the actions of the players are regulated by referees who View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace