Real Estate Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015

Gurun, and Scott Kominers Abstract—We develop a theoretical model of, and provide the first large-sample evidence on, the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. Our model shows that NPE... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

finally combine. That will mark the real discontinuity between the economy of the twentieth century and that of the twenty-first. Q: You have drawn on other fields in addition to business, such as history, science, even contemporary... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

illness in Brazil. She and her team of employees and volunteers developed a holistic methodology to address the multidimensional sources of poverty based on the pillars of health, housing, citizenship, income, and education. After... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

in research and development going forward,” Cohen said. Congress has considered more than a dozen bills that seek to control patent trolling by slamming companies that are found to be initiating frivolous suits with higher fees after the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3

historical account of their humble origins, lack of resources, and determined struggle against the odds. We identify two essential dimensions of an underdog biography: external disadvantage, and passion and determination. We demonstrate that a UBB can increase purchase... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

tease out those factors that caused the different solutions. Q: How did the development of the distinctive consumer protections that evolved in each country influence the marketing strategies of producers and the buying decisions of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

take the next-to-last slot. In Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second Price Auction 2 my coauthors and I develop this envy-free condition. In Optimal Auction Design in a Multi-unit Environment 3 my coauthor and I demonstrate that... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

and identity change interacted. We find instances in which urgent focus on design change consumed top management attention and crowded out identity change; in which experimentation in design made it premature to develop a new identity;... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

early-twentieth-century social scientists is what we call "the meaning and organization problem." One of the main trends of modern society was the rise of large formal work organizations. Capitalists and managers encouraged the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

should be able to command more compensation, but never tried to see if that was true. So I decided to collect data on the executives in new ventures and on the ventures themselves, to see what the real story was. My dataset for this... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

23 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

chartered accountants (CAs) who practice in India and around the world. Further, the CAs in India have much more control over the standards than in many other countries, where standard setting and practice are more separated. Additionally, there is no View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

organizations are certainly economic instruments, but they also have an immense impact on human development and the well-being of society. Sustaining research attention on both the ethical and economic responsibilities of business, and on... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

crises like the one that we are experiencing tend to facilitate the development and implementation of changes that break with the existing norms and power hierarchies. We all have the opportunity to participate in the collective effort to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

to manage in the zone. Customer Relationship Management systems often supply the relevant data, but are they used? Activity-based costing methodologies (pioneered over two decades ago by Robert Kaplan and Robin Cooper here at HBS) typically uncover dramatic differences... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

PublicationsKeiei no Ryugi (The Management Ritual) Authors:Mitsuaki Shimaguchi and Hirotaka Takeuchi Publication:Nihon Keizai Shimbun Publishing, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Joint Evaluation as a Real World Tool for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

sense a man makes of himself as a man, which develops in the course of his interactions with others. A man encounters—and learns to anticipate—others' expectations of him as a man; he responds, others react, and through this... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

the various actors in the system are not designed around value, nor is competition reinforcing improvements in value. For example, let's take the prescription drug benefit, the big reform of today that everyone is talking about. This is not a View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

whole energy situation. The US suddenly has a potential surplus of energy through the production of oil and especially natural gas trapped in shale. This development is a potentially transformational asset, and major activities in... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

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