Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (151) Arrow Down

Show Results For

← Page 7 of 151 Results →
  • 28 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

does not seem to explain the higher level of firm diversification. However, we find that Chinese state-owned enterprises diversify their operations more aggressively than other Chinese firms. Research limitations/implications—Ownership data and business group View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 21

Standard Setters in Standard Setting Authors: Abigail M. Allen and Karthik Ramanna Abstract We investigate the idiosyncratic influence of standard setters in standard setting. In particular, we examine how FASB members' and SEC commissioners' length of tenure, past... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

studies of men and masculinity on offshore oil platforms, the impact of racial diversity on retail bank performance, and the design and delivery of women’s leadership development programs. For the past several years, Professor Ely has maintained an active faculty View Details
  • 18 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

large informed trades, a significantly higher volume of other institutional investors execute similar trades through the same broker, allowing them to capture higher returns in the first few days after the initial trade. In contrast, we find that when the informed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

among those who think they have nothing to lose. Western governments have also come to appreciate that the world's financial system, which came close to meltdown on several occasions in the 1990s, depends on political stability to sustain... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

foreign countries, the model predicts growth in the number of source-country firms engaging in foreign direct investment, growth in the size of affiliates that are active in reforming countries both before and after the tariff reduction,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 19

Navalny the right figure for business leaders in Russia to organize around? What were the risks of getting involved with a politically volatile activist? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112033-PDF-ENG McKesson... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

Team MBA

Long-standing obsession: cricket. (He supports Pakistan’s national team.) Amyn helped organize the first trek to Pakistan and also participated in the Alpha Fund, a student-run hedge fund affiliated with the HBS Investment Club. What’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

$how Me the Money

been met would substantially curtail illicit financial flows,” says Baker. “I believe in the power of the signature.” For its part, the World Bank cites five elements as key to reducing corruption: increasing political accountability;... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

Accounting Research (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the accrual choices of outsourcing firms with links to U.S. congressional candidates during the 2004 elections, when corporate outsourcing was a major campaign issue. We find that View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

masculinity on offshore oil platforms, the impact of racial diversity on retail bank performance, and the design and delivery of women’s leadership development programs. For the past several years, Professor Ely has maintained an active faculty View Details
  • Web

2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

groups, university and system-wide initiatives. She is also affiliate faculty of the George Washington School of International Affairs in Leadership Studies and faculty emeritus for the RISE San Diego Urban Leadership Program that trains... View Details
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract We examine the accrual choices of outsourcing firms with links to U.S. congressional candidates during the 2004 elections, when corporate outsourcing was a major campaign issue. We find that politically... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

distribution company in its own right. On October 30, 2006, it relaunched its Website—and, in effect, its business. With its new, consumer-facing home page, and with new offerings for advertisers and affiliates as well as video... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

Innovation: Evidence from China By: Fang, Lily, Josh Lerner, Chaopeng Wu, and Qi Zhang Abstract—: Governments are important financiers of private sector innovation. While these public funds can ease capital constraints and information asymmetries, they can also... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

allocation decisions when they preside over multi-divisional firms. I find that, after CEO turnover, divisions not previously affiliated with the new CEO receive significantly more capital expenditures than divisions through which the new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

2018 New York: Cambridge University Press American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition', 1890–1940 By: Phillips Sawyer, Laura Abstract—American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

investors' initial reactions to the IPO, analyst coverage and affiliations with experienced venture capitalists and prominent underwriters combine to enhance the IPO firm's visibility and reduce uncertainty, thereby influencing its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Terms of Use - HBS Online

5. Profane, pornographic, obscene, indecent or unlawful content; 6. Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation; 7. Content related to partisan political activities; and 8. Content that contains intentionally inaccurate information... View Details
  • Web

Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. While completing his medical residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, he maintained a faculty appointment at the Harvard Business School and remains affiliated as a senior institute associate at the... View Details