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Imprinting: Toward A Multilevel Theory
The concept of imprinting has attracted considerable interest in numerous fields—including organizational ecology, institutional theory, network analysis, and career research—and has been applied at several levels of analysis, from the industry to the individual.... View Details
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How Actors Change Institutions: Towards a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship
By: Julie Battilana, Bernard Leca and Eva Boxenbaum
As well as review the literature on the notion of institutional entrepreneurship introduced by Paul DiMaggio in 1988, we propose a model of the process of institutional entrepreneurship. We first present theoretical and definitional issues associated with the concept... View Details
Keywords: Change; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Framework; Research; Theory; Organizations; Management Practices and Processes
Battilana, Julie, Bernard Leca, and Eva Boxenbaum. "How Actors Change Institutions: Towards a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship." Academy of Management Annals 3 (2009): 65–107.
- April 2016 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Reimagining Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Change
By: Rebecca Henderson, Tony L. He and Brian Tomlinson
Henderson, Rebecca, Tony L. He, and Brian Tomlinson. "Reimagining Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Change." Harvard Business School Case 316-162, April 2016. (Revised April 2017.)
- 1998
- Chapter
A Theory of the Firm's Knowledge-Creation Dynamics
By: Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi
- December 1998 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
Mind of the Market: Eliciting Hidden Knowledge, Primer Ten
By: Gerald Zaltman and Kathryn A. Braun
Zaltman, Gerald, and Kathryn A. Braun. "Mind of the Market: Eliciting Hidden Knowledge, Primer Ten." Harvard Business School Case 599-010, December 1998. (Revised April 1999.)
- November 1975
- Article
Theory of Finance from the Perspective of Continuous Time
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Theory of Finance from the Perspective of Continuous Time." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 10 (November 1975): 659–674.
- February 1979
- Background Note
Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure
Examines the interrelationship between the maximization of the share value of a firm's common stock and the minimization of the firm's weighted average cost of capital. Presents a revised version of a case by J.W. Mullins, Jr. View Details
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 279-069, February 1979.
- 1984
- Chapter
The Theory of Corporate Finance: A Historical Overview
By: Michael Jensen and Clifford W. Smith Jr.
Jensen, Michael, and Clifford W. Smith Jr. "The Theory of Corporate Finance: A Historical Overview." In The Modern Theory of Corporate Finance, edited by Michael C. Jensen and Clifford H. Smith Jr., pp. 2–20. McGraw-Hill, 1984.
- January 1991
- Article
Game Theory as a Part of Empirical Economics
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Game Theory as a Part of Empirical Economics." Economic Journal 101 (January 1991): 107–114.
- Apr 04 2018
- Testimonial
Opening Your Mind to Possibilities
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
The Mind Speaks, Marketers Listen
been used by the likes of Coca-Cola, General Motors, and AT&T to craft marketing strategies. “Most new products are developed and launched using focus groups and questionnaires,” Zaltman said, “and 60 to 80 percent View Details
- 2010
- Book
Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation
By: Edward J. Balleisen and David A. Moss
After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in the possibility of constructive governance, alongside public calls for new, smarter regulation. Yet there is a real danger that regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Markets; Business and Government Relations; Research
Balleisen, Edward J., and David A. Moss, eds. Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- 2001
- Book
The Theory and Practice of International Financial Management
By: Reid W. Click and Joshua D. Coval
- Teaching Interest
DESIGN THEORY AND PRACTICE ES285
By: Roberto Verganti
Any organization, business or venture grounds its value on how “meaningful” are its products (functionally, symbolically and emotionally). Design Theory and Practice (DTP) empowers students to create products that are meaningful, to people who use them and to... View Details
Keywords: Integrated Design; Leadership; User Experience Design; Design; Strategy; Technology; Product Design
- 2002
- Book
Game Theory in the Tradition of Bob Wilson
By: Bengt Holmstrom, Paul Milgrom and Alvin E Roth
Keywords: Game Theory
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
Not long ago, the senior management of a leading high-tech company was surprised to learn that research showed their R&D groups' creative performance to be in a prolonged slump following a corporate downsizing. The company's... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 6 Aug 2013
- Conference Presentation
Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management
By: Anette Mikes
- Article
Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice
By: N. Gregory Mankiw, Matthew C. Weinzierl and Danny Yagan
We highlight and explain eight lessons from optimal tax theory and compare them to the last few decades of OECD tax policy. As recommended by theory, top marginal income tax rates have declined, marginal income tax schedules have flattened, redistribution has risen... View Details
Mankiw, N. Gregory, Matthew C. Weinzierl, and Danny Yagan. "Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice." Journal of Economic Perspectives 23, no. 4 (Fall 2009): 147–174.
- July–August 1990
- Article
Matrix Management: Not a Structure, a Frame of Mind
By: C. A. Bartlett and S. Ghoshal
Keywords: Management
Bartlett, C. A., and S. Ghoshal. "Matrix Management: Not a Structure, a Frame of Mind." Harvard Business Review 68, no. 4 (July–August 1990): 138–145.