Theory Of The Firm - Publications - Faculty & Research

Fiscal Risk and the Portfolio of Government Programs

This paper proposes a new approach to social cost-benefit analysis using a model in which a benevolent government chooses risky projects in the presence of market failures and tax distortions. The government internalizes market failures and therefore perceives project... View Details

16 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

compare to the networks of line workers within those divisions. If theory is correct, corporate staff networks should be larger and more centralized than those View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan

best way to catalyze lasting change is to support people who are entrenched in local communities and will be there for the long term,” says Wasim, a managing director at the private equity View Details

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

you're trying to achieve," he states. "That's affected by two things: your theory of change and your operational strategy." A theory of change is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

29 Jul 2019
News

Compensation Consultants and the Level, Composition and Complexity of CEO Pay

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

the world's foremost commercializer of products of new technologies in consumer electronics including the Walkman, Triton Color TV, View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

08 May 2006
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Cutting in Line

No one likes to waste time standing in line. So why don't more people try to bribe their way to the front? Should companies allow some customers to move to the front of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Dec 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe

Keywords: by Christopher S. Armstrong, Mary E. Barth, Alan D. Jagolinzer & Edward J. Riedl; Banking

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

astonished," said an engineer interviewed after the announcement. "Many Rakuten employees are allergic to English." “If they don't have a language strategy, they'll regret it” In a company where just 10 percent View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

Research Summary

Building Bridges: The Social Structure of Interdependent Innovation

Multidivisional firms often fail to take advantage of innovations that involve combining resources from distinct divisions. This failure of cross-line-of-business innovation is a consequence of design choices employed to execute the firm’s strategy: in organizing... View Details

December 2013
Case

Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home

By: Frank V. Cespedes and James Kindley

The Clique Pens Writing Implements division of U.S. Home is a manufacturer of a full line of pens, pencils, markers, and art supplies. Despite solid sales, division president Elise Ferguson has seen gross margins drop from 42% in 2010 to just over 36% in 2012 as a... View Details

Keywords: Production; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Compensation and Benefits; Sales; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

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November 2009 (Revised December 2009)
Case

GTC Biotherapeutics: Developing Medicines in the Milk of Goats

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Sarah Morton

GTC is the first company in the animal world to receive FDA approval of a transgenic pharmaceutical. What are the implications for other firms in plants and animals and their opportunities to produce new medicines in an economical and safe fashion? View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Science-Based Business; Medical Specialties; Product; Technological Innovation; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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03 Dec 2014
News

The Internet of Things to bring a new economic boom

01 Dec 1997
News

A Piece of the Action

summer, others will just use it as a satellite office for a day or two. Assistant Professor Jeffrey L. Bradach, for example, is currently studying the use of temporary personnel as high-level employees, and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

17 May 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim

01 Sep 2016
News

The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

Jakarta has a reputation as an impenetrable place. Viewed from atop one of the many business hotels in the center of View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

Source: guvendemir Courage is the quality that distinguishes great leaders from excellent managers. Over the past decade, I have worked with and studied more than 200 CEOs of... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

08 Aug 2017
Working Paper Summaries

The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate Performance and Economic Growth

Keywords: by Urooj Khan, Suresh Nallareddy, and Ethan Rouen

01 Dec 2010
News

The Father of Modern Advertising

lifelong bouts of depression. In 1942, Lasker unexpectedly sold the firm to three senior partners and withdrew from advertising. At the book’s... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

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