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- 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13
the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1625503 The Determinants of National Competitiveness Authors:Mercedes Delgado, Christian Ketels, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern Abstract We define foundational competitiveness as the expected level... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
assumptions that countries can accumulate reserves and borrow internationally using their own currency. As opposed to traditional sovereign-debt models, asset-valuation effects occasioned by currency fluctuations act to absorb global... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- February 2023
- Supplement
Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A) Courseware
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield
In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details
- 27 May 2014
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First Look: May 27
argues Mikołaj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy, he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by original research, data, and case studies from companies such as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18
novel proposals. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2184791 IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property Authors:Henkel, Joachim, Carliss Y. Baldwin, and Willy View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711412-PDF-ENG Corporate Reform Elements of the Dodd-Frank Act Robert C. Pozen, Phillip Andrews, and David LaneHarvard Business School Case Note 311-091 This note summarizes the four major... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
Hassell, and Michael D. Kimbrough Periodical:Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (forthcoming) Abstract The 1990s were characterized by substantial increases in the performance of an investor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25
Organizational Learning from Error Authors:Lucy H. MacPhail and Amy C. Edmondson Publication:In Errors in Organizations, edited by D. Hoffman and M. Frese. Routledge, forthcoming An abstract is not available... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11
painful, difficult journey. It's trial and error, endless effort, and slowly acquired personal insight. Many managers never complete the journey. At best, they just learn to get by. At worst, they become terrible bosses. This new book explains how to avoid that fate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 14, 2007
Working PapersHedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers Authors:Robin Greenwood and Michael Schor Abstract We examine long-horizon stock returns around hedge fund activism in a comprehensive sample of 13D filings View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2010
- Working Paper
Integrity: A Positive Model That Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics, and Legality Abridged
By: Werner H. Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and Steve Zaffron
We present a positive model of integrity that, as we distinguish and define integrity, provides powerful access to increased performance for individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. Our model reveals the causal link between integrity and increased... View Details
Keywords: Trust; Performance Productivity; Information Technology; Knowledge; Moral Sensibility; Opportunities; Competitive Advantage; Legal Liability; Cost vs Benefits
Erhard, Werner H., Michael C. Jensen, and Steve Zaffron. "Integrity: A Positive Model That Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics, and Legality Abridged." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-061, February 2010.
- 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20
attaining quotas; and (3) quarterly bonuses help improve performance of the weak performers by serving as pacers to keep the sales force on track to achieve their annual sales quotas. The paper also introduces two main methodological... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
investors shapes information diffusion in the stock market. We exploit trade-level data to show that central brokers gather information by executing informed trades, which is then leaked to their best clients. We show that after large... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- February 2023 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Value Creation; Supply and Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North America
Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 223-009, February 2023. (Revised March 2025.)
- 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54036 August 23, 2018 NEJM Catalyst Using a New EHR System to Increase Patient Engagement, Improve Efficiency, and Decrease Cost By: French, Katy, Barbra Bryce Speer, Alexis B. Guzman, Tayab Andrabi, Iris Recinos, Keith... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 9
Working PapersSocial Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs Authors:Pierre Azoulay, Christopher C. Liu, and Toby E. Stuart Abstract Actors often match with associates... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2012
- Chapter
Creating Leaders: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model
By: Michael C. Jensen, Werner Erhard and Kari L. Granger
The sole objective of our ontological/phenomenological approach to creating leaders is to leave students actually being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression. By "natural self-expression" we mean a way of being and acting in any... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Attitudes; Behavior; Experience and Expertise; Knowledge Acquisition
Jensen, Michael C., Werner Erhard, and Kari L. Granger. "Creating Leaders: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model." Chap. 16 in The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being, edited by Scott Snook, Nitin Nohria, and Rakesh Khurana. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2012.
- 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010
Leadership—An Ontological Model' Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, and Kari L. Granger Abstract This course is designed to leave students being leaders and exercising leadership... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2001 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Chase's Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
In late 1999, the Walt Disney Co. and the Hong Kong government agreed to develop Hong Kong Disneyland, a HK$28 (U.S.$3.6) billion theme park and resort complex planned to open in late 2005. As part of the total financing package, the sponsors decided to raise HK$3.3... View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Project Finance; Relationships; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Tourism Industry; Hong Kong
Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Chase's Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 201-072, March 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game
By: Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen
Putting an end to the "earnings game" requires that CEOs reclaim the initiative by avoiding earnings guidance and managing expectations in such a way that their stocks trade reasonably close to their intrinsic value. In place of earnings forecasts, management should... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Performance Expectations; Goals and Objectives; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Risk Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Value; Projects
Fuller, Joseph, and Michael C. Jensen. "Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-090, April 2010.