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  • 11 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Four Ways to Create Lasting Change

was a firm undergoing a very interesting transformation. The company had been run by its founders for many years and had a very distinct entrepreneurial culture. Then, the founders retired, and the firm hired an outsider as its CEO. He introduced much more disciplined... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

S&P and Moody's, but has become a peer over the last decade or so. We use the appearance of Fitch as a way to test for the effect of competition on ratings. When Fitch has a higher market share in issuing ratings for the securities of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • December 2019 (Revised June 2024)
  • Supplement

The Dutch East India Company in 1612 (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci
The case relates the decision made in the A case and what happened in the aftermath. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Laws and Statutes; Financial Markets; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business History; Shipping Industry; Netherlands
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  • December 2019 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

The Dutch East India Company in 1612 (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci
The Dutch East India Company’s board of directors must decide what to do about an impending legal requirement to liquidate the company’s assets and return to shareholders their capital and any profits earned during a ten-year lock-up period. The charter granted to the... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Laws and Statutes; Financial Markets; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business History; Shipping Industry; Netherlands
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  • 21 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. "In an organization, all the employees already have some of this, in varying degrees." “Altruistic capital is the idea that every individual has... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities
  • 12 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 12, 2016

Case 815-042 The Structure and Functioning of Art Markets The production, valuation, and consumption of contemporary art are guided by cultural and economic forces that play out in primary and secondary... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

organized systems for improvement. Traditional structures and cultures within AHCs, although well suited to the tripartite missions of teaching, research, and clinical care, are not easily adaptable to the tasks of measuring, reporting,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

doctoral candidate Lisa R. Klein and MIT professor Ernst R. Berndt, offer some important insights. The researchers begin by identifying forces both inside and outside the media industry that are influencing its rapid evolution. Then, within the context of these... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising
  • 18 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 18

both organizations and employees benefit by emphasizing newcomers' authentic best selves. Paper: http://www.francescagino.com/publications.html First-Party Content and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets Authors:Hagiu, Andrei, and Daniel... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

or "shepherds," rather than micro-managers of the creative process. How the market interacts with creativity and the impact of this interaction on creativity in organizations. The relationship between creativity and... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

the pass-through of both gas prices and nominal exchange rate fluctuations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54935 forthcoming Consumption, Markets & Culture Big Data By: Deighton, John A. Abstract—Big... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

integrating global market and local technical knowledge. We refer to this type of firm as a Knowledge Integrator and discuss how its strategy supports the competitiveness of localized suppliers. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 1

and build technological and market capabilities? Does it matter to whom the firm supplies? Is involvement in product design important, or is manufacturing the key locus of learning? How does a supplier's initial resource endowment play... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

influence how investors diversify their portfolios; the organizational and ownership decisions firms make; firm investment[PDF] decisions; and myriad financing decisions, including capital structure and repatriation. Perhaps, the biggest... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jan 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

term cultural changes (she cited reduced education, greater dependence on drugs, and entitlement programs) are the basis for many of the disparities in employment. Productivity is necessary where not enough skills are available at the level required within a specific... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

months. Marketing for the program was also eliminated. While all banks sell bonds, the $.50 to $.85 they earn for each transaction gives them little financial incentive to make the process easy for consumers. Finally, the Treasury's... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 16 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 16

IEEE Security & Privacy Accountable? The Problems and Solutions of Online Ad Optimization By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Online advertising might seem to be the most measurable form of marketing ever invented. Comprehensive records... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 7

2015 Journal of Financial Economics The Ownership and Trading of Debt Claims in Chapter 11 Restructurings By: Ivashina, Victoria, Benjamin Iverson, and David C. Smith Abstract—What is the ownership structure of bankrupt debt claims? How... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 11

our sample). August 2013 Marketing Letters To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts By: Edelman, Benjamin, Sonia Jaffe, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We examine the profitability and implications of online... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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