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- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Xuan Publication: Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the relation between a borrowing firm's ownership structure and its choice of debt source using a novel, hand-collected data set on corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
thriving economic engine for blacks. With a vision of economic self-sufficiency, she established a newspaper in 1902, chartered the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in 1903, becoming the first woman bank president in the United States, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
together to produce “leaders who make a difference not just in the world but for the world.” Leadership Takes Center Stage Just how to make a difference dominated the leadership discussion that opened the summit on Monday. The topic was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
Dallas Children’s Museum. One of her pressing details involves predicting the future of handheld technology at the museum. “Right now we need to figure out which handheld device people will own when the museum opens in three years,” says... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
rewards can be used to motivate contributions. Drawing on analogies with charitable donations, we theorize that intangible sources of motivation, i.e., (i) direct psychological rewards, (ii) reciprocity, and (iii) social interactions, can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
beat the real thing. Nothing can beat the real thing. But I will say this when I open up my Instagram Live and I’m doing either a takeover, which is when a brand has asked me to perform and engage their audience via their Instagram. That... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
a computer monitor, Associate Professor David M. Upton displayed materials from his course, Designing, Managing, and Improving Operations, available on its World Wide Web home page. Upton first presented an electronic case, featuring both hot links to View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
international order. "We in the developing world have to go out and make our own way," he says. "We can't wait for doors to be opened for us — we must open them ourselves." Taking a Position of Power John W.... View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
small open economy, final goods production is carried out by foreign and domestic firms, which compete for skilled labor, unskilled labor, and intermediate products. To operate a firm in the intermediate goods sector, entrepreneurs must... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
country back to prosperity. Within his first 100 days, Mitsotakis announced to investors the world over that Greece is open for business. And it’s happening, both in the buzz at the Grande Bretagne and on the world stage. Arhodidis, for... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
high-quality candidates, the introduction of various perspectives into the deal-evaluation process, and a new source of deal flow. “When I get an all-Caucasian male team pitching me, one of the questions I ask myself is where is the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
both inside and outside the School. For the past four years, he has managed his family's $1.4 million real-estate and service business, successfully turning the company around by restructuring debt, stabilizing the firm's tenant base, and View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
conditionally decreases global emissions. Three sources of potential welfare improvement realized through carbon tariffs require both foreign comparative advantage and endogenous technology choice, underscoring the importance of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
To remain competitive MySpace had to release its own platform, and now it needs to decide whether to build its own proprietary application platform or join OpenSocial, a Google-sponsored open source... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
between a standalone videogame console and a PC tailored to play videogames. It remained unclear, however, where along the spectrum from dedicated console to PC Microsoft should position the Xbox. Would it be an open platform like the PC... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
clinical trials, and unabashedly forces cooperation, collaboration, and openness in and among fields that are sometimes traditionally slow to do that. “We work to see the big picture and then invest our capital in ways that will best... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
collection and privacy. Finally, we discuss emerging challenges surrounding software-driven medical devices, including open regulatory questions, advancements in underlying digital technology, and the likely necessity of new payment and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
negotiators' focus to aspects of the situation that reliably generate helpful prescriptions. Left to others were careful assessments of the conditions under which his advice applied-and did not. While Fisher's writings are open to various... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
is above average. And in a lot of companies the way the system works is most CEOs want to be at the 75th percentile of the distribution of compensation. Well, you can imagine what happens. You get a ratcheting up effect as that... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
envision personal rapid transit (PRT) systems that achieve these benefits. Such a system opened this week at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, taking passengers between the terminal and a parking lot two miles away. In addition, the city of... View Details