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  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52729 May 2017 Judgment and Decision Making Is Saving Lives Your Task or God's? Religiosity, Belief in God, and Moral Judgment By: Barak-Corren, Netta, and Max Bazerman Abstract—Should a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

In trying to secure financial backing for a new product, independent innovators generally face the question of how much to invest in development before showing it around. Should they create, say, a working prototype (and maybe even... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking
  • 08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008

aggregate demand, the national accounts, and the balance of payments. We find that much aid is consumed, primarily in the form of imported non-capital goods. Some aid is invested and aid has a positive, though statistically imprecise,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

investors. VCs, in particular, often make the assumption that the person who started the company is going to have to be replaced along the way, and may therefore have a quicker "trigger finger" than the founder-CEO wants. But once the founders bring in those... View Details
  • 05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

F. Newman, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—Little is known theoretically, and even less empirically, about the relationship between firm boundaries and the allocation of decision rights within firms. We develop a model in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • October 2001 (Revised March 2006)
  • Case

Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A), The

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman
On June 6, 2000, the World Bank's and IFC's board of directors was scheduled to vote on whether to approve funding for the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline project. Although the project presented a unique opportunity to alleviate poverty in... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Negotiation; Ethics; Social Issues; Economic Sectors; Investment; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Finance; Mining Industry; Chad; Cameroon
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  • 28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016

exploratory units to scale. We also contribute to the strategy literature by showing the importance of multi-level exchange relationships, complementary resources, time effects, and identity dynamics for corporate decisions on whether,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/jlerner/private-equity-jobs-and-productivity-8-march-2014-with-ables-and-figures-clean.pdf August 2013 Strategic Management Journal The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

international scale advantage. As discussed previously, my research shows that once outsiders realize that understanding the accounting is much less of a barrier, they are more likely to invest in a company. By adopting at a country... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services
  • 22 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 22, 2006

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-011.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsCutlass Capital, L.P. Harvard Business School Case 805-075 David Hetz and Jon Osgood are forming a new venture capital fund in 2001 to invest in health care... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

of 102 non-European Union countries, we study variations in the decision to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). There is evidence that more powerful countries are less likely to adopt IFRS, consistent with more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

as a master craftsman, not as an apprentice. Guild members depend on one another to prequalify potential entrepreneurs. Every hour that a guild member spends reviewing an investment risk represents a deposit in the bank. "I could... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
  • 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

collaboration. Second, they didn't organize effectively for collaboration, believing that innovation could be managed much like production and partners treated like "suppliers." And third, they didn't invest in building... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult

come together." The first step, she says, is "treating it as an innovative process. Understand that there's uncertainty and put processes in place to manage it." When firms invest in a new product, for example, they usually have a... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 12 Jan 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

should weigh the decision to change jobs carefully, because their major value is in the company they currently work for and the teammates they work with. If they do change jobs, they should make sure that the new employer is View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports
  • 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

be avoided by using a more deliberative, analytical decision-making process. In this paper, we describe joint evaluation as an effective tool to help decision makers manage their emotional assessments of morality. Bounded Ethicality in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2008
  • Article

Economic Links and Predictable Returns

By: Lauren Cohen and Andrea Frazzini
This paper finds evidence of return predictability across economically linked firms. We test the hypothesis that in the presence of investors subject to attention constraints, stock prices do not promptly incorporate news about economically related firms, generating... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Price; Assets; Analytics and Data Science; Customers; Stocks; Equity; Strategy; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction
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  • April 2009
  • Teaching Note

First National Bank's Golden Opportunity (TN)

By: Shawn A. Cole
Teaching Note for [208072]. View Details
Keywords: Saving; Product; Interest Rates; Personal Finance; Cost vs Benefits; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment; Problems and Challenges; Demand and Consumers; Product Launch; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; South Africa
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  • 16 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

and the consequences of CEO succession and selection decisions for subsequent firm performance and strategic choices. Industry wisdom, company relationships, and technological expertise all matter in our new knowledge-based enterprises.—... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 16 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee

advisable or even necessary to invest in a response. In other cases, you may as well save your money, according to the researchers. The study also concluded that even though high-end customers can be fickle, a company that sustains a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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