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- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
churches every three to five years. When that occurs, Parsons and his colleagues found, ministers who "poached" were less likely to be assigned to the highest-paying congregations. In a broader context the method of the... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
had faced in twenty years to become the leading U.S. ice cream producer today, with over 1.5 billion dollars in sales in 2004. Q: What would you like our manager-readers to be aware of as they think about your research and try to apply it to the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
Developing a new context for a new venture is extremely challenging, particularly when the core business remains viable. Managers should therefore consider acquiring an already successful company in the new market environment. That... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
curriculum? PM: Because of the spotlight thrown on entrepreneurship in recent years, people often ask if we still teach general management at Harvard Business School. Yes, especially in the context of The Entrepreneurial Manager. It's a... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
higher empathic concern for a person in need, which, in turn increased intentions to help. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-079.pdf Platform Competition under Asymmetric Information Authors:Hanna Halaburda and Yaron Yehezkel Abstract In the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-064.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsLinkedIn Corporation Francois Brochet and James WeberHarvard Business School Case 112-006 The purpose of this case is to help students critically evaluate the market value of LinkedIn's stock... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
also discussed. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607081 Dollar General Going Private Harvard Business School Case 108-015 Intended to improve students' understanding and encourage their use of financial statement... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
gender, family) in the context of organizational/occupational pressures and personal preferences regarding this identity. We propose that the dual forces of pressures and preferences vary from inclusion (e.g., incorporating the non-work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
and husband moguls Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi. After exploring how they became billionaires through investing in the booming China real estate market in the 1990s, the case discusses their decision to found the Foundation in the context of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital By: McDonald, Rory, Y. Sekou Bermiss, Benjamin J. Hallen, and Emily Cox Pahnke Abstract—This paper investigates the social context of entrepreneurship... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
business in the context of Nigeria's political culture and the predicament of the JV's alleged manager, Albert "Jack" Stanley, after being terminated in 2004 by Halliburton, parent of the U.S. JV partner, for taking kickbacks.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
Steel, India's largest private sector steel company, as it transitions from Indian GAAP to IFRS. It first describes those challenges in the context of the institutional voids that make IFRS adoption difficult in India. The case then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
lines. Study 4 shows that the transaction utility of maximizing profits required greater compensation when resources were distributed across, in contrast to within, social categories. We discuss the ethical implications of these decision-making biases in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
individual and organizational capabilities and presents the theory and research on deep smarts. The six most universally found characteristics of this particular kind of expertise are deep domain knowledge, pattern recognition–based decision making, system perspective,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
Politics and Economics of Accounting for Goodwill at Cisco Systems (A) Harvard Business School Case 109-002 Studies the role of Cisco in setting current U.S. accounting standards for acquisitions and goodwill. Students are asked to analyze an acquisition in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
strategies are discussed in the context of the country's challenging political climate. A replacement of an earlier case done in 2003. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707051 Microsoft... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
conclude that the new function of replication has somehow supplanted the old function of arbitrage. Arbitrage and replication are distinct functions, and their cross-border potential varies from context to context. And more broadly,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018
finite-horizon stochastic dynamic program to study when the value of concealment is positive or negative. We show that when consumers are myopic, the value of concealment is always positive. In contrast, we show that when consumers are strategic, the value of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
and situates land policy in the larger context of China’s reforms and pursuit of economic growth. It argues that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has strengthened the institutions that permit land expropriation—namely, urban/rural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
transition from the 19th century to the 20th century. The second thing to say is that the 20th century should be understood in the context of big wars, as really singular moments in the evolution of the tax structure. That's World War I,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne