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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
energy conservation alone. And this is all in a world in which we are spending a ridiculously small amount of money on clean energy research, and the private sector has only minimal incentives to invest. In 2014, for example, the... View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
systems. The links between multinational firms form a distinct type of international system for the private sector—one that is simultaneously enmeshed in geopolitics and international markets even as it is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
applying to business schools. And not just any business schools, but Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and Kellogg. I was working anywhere from 80 to 95 hours per week in private equity. I was the only female at the View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
accelerated sharply in the U.S. economy. In this paper, we identify several other industry-level changes that have occurred during the same time and argue that they are consistent with an increased use of information technology (IT). We use case studies to illustrate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
to those funds. An alternative in more recent times is what Viceira calls “private equity in public markets.” In these cases, investment funds adopt processes similar to private equity firms but without... View Details
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Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021
contracts required the payment of bribes, something Abi Chaker refused to do. “We took a firm decision that under no circumstances would we engage in any kind of corruption,” Abi Chaker told Hsieh. “This is a core value that is central to... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
is about experimentation: the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed, and unknowable until an investment is made. At a macro level, experimentation by new firms underlies the Schumpeterian notion of creative destruction.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
and field hospitals). In 13 years it developed from a start-up garage business into a successful firm of global reach and reputation. In 2010 its founder and CEO Philippe Prévost must decide the product and market strategy for the next... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
formation, and innovation. He is also a partner of the international management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he is a leader of its Innovation practice. Chakravorti has advised over 30 Fortune 500 companies on innovation,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
limited quantity. The competition has no comparable model. Which price should the company choose? Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54489 Come Together: Firm Boundaries and Delegation By: Alfaro, Laura,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
village, she went to Johannesburg to live with a white family while spending a postgraduate high school year at an otherwise all-boys, mostly white private school. Formal apartheid had been recently abolished, but nonetheless, Mahlare... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
potential. Research output will include papers in economics, finance, and computer science, and new case studies, data, and white papers. DIGITAL RESKILLING LAB As companies think about preparing their workforce for the digital age, Raffaella Sadun and Jorge Tamayo... View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
privately or in multiple non-bankruptcy courts. The American-US Airways deal is part of American's plan of reorganization and will have to be approved by its creditors and shareholders. However voting rules in Chapter 11 require only a... View Details
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
private firms are well-documented and clearly sought after in practice. The implications of such monopolies are less clear, however, for non-corporate entities such as individuals and regions. One of our... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
regulation, consumer preferences, or technology change, managers in successful firms often respond with more of what worked in the past — a trap the author refers to as “active inertia.” When new realities call for new approaches, some... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration, have long studied how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the competitive landscape, but the example they explore in their “Moderna” case study is perhaps the most dramatic. The case takes students inside the biotech... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Firm in a Nascent Industry By: Zuzul, Tiona, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—This paper explores how entrepreneurs' efforts to legitimate a firm and a nascent industry affect the internal development of the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Publications October 2014 Journal of International Economics The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
regulatory regimes rests on the validity of the information third-party monitors provide to regulators. The challenge in designing third-party monitoring regimes is that profit-driven private monitors, typically selected and paid by the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel