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  • 08 Mar 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem

Its market capitalization represents a larger portion of the ecosystem—typical for a keystone because of its powerful position—but it has never been higher than 0.4 percent. Even in the much smaller software ecosystem, in which the... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

an established cost accounting method, time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC), to assess the costs of performing an abdomen and pelvis computed tomography (AP CT) in an academic radiology department. We then identified opportunities for improved View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 22

based on the costs of using efficient processes and contingent on achieving superior outcomes. The end result will be a more effective and more productive health care sector. The paper concludes with suggestions for accounting research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

but real differences in corporate finance and investment through two different channels: a "more money" effect arising from the debt coinsurance feature of conglomerates and a "smarter money" effect arising from more View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

so-called impact funds, or funds that hope to create positive social or environmental impact. In Anchors Aweigh: Analysis of Anchor Limited Partner Investors in Impact Investment Funds, the authors describe anchors as “generally the first investor to make a substantial... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 28 Jun 2022
  • Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-034.pdf Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad Authors:Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Abstract Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-009.pdf The Need for (long) Chains in Kidney Exchange Authors:Itai Ashlagi, David Gamarnik, Michael A. Rees, and Alvin E. Roth Abstract It has been previously shown that for sufficiently large pools of patient-donor pairs, (almost)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

countries with universal health care have struggled to regulate. If done right, establishing a mechanism for deciding whether a treatment’s benefit-to-cost ratio is high enough to merit inclusion in the basic bundle could provide a carrot for more View Details
Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health
  • 24 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 24

  Publications February 2015 University of Chicago Press Political Standards By: Ramanna, Karthik Abstract—There are certain institutions underlying our modern market-capitalist system that are largely outside the interest and understanding of the general public-e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

Authors:David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/11/kfcs-radical-approach-to-china/ar/1 Tax Policy and the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

methods. Myth Number 1: Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs reduce returns on capital and long-run shareholder value. Reality: Companies committed to ESG are finding competitive advantages in product, labor, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement

By: Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—providing a theory that explains when each of these methods is likely to be the most efficient. The... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Business Headquarters; Decisions; Cost; Investment; Investment Return; Profit; Revenue; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Managerial Roles; Performance Efficiency; Strategy
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  • 16 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

lengthening of value chains, has allowed for a finer division of labor and greater gains from specialization—hyper-specialization—across countries. Just-in-time management practices also dictate holding minimal inventories to improve profits. These outcomes are View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

transformation of the very nature of the innovation search process. We find intermediate disclosure has the advantage of efficiently steering development towards improving existing solution approaches, but also the effect of limiting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

their single-segment peers is higher in countries with less efficient capital and labor markets, but find no evidence that product market efficiency affects the relative value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

managers? How have your own views changed? Christopher Bartlett: Well, fortunately, the basic argument has held up. But the world has evolved and we do see some new patterns emerging. But first let's focus on the things that have stayed constant. Companies have still... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

evolved from a prepayment or capitation model that focuses the organization around the efficiency of care and the health of the population it serves. This financial model is in stark contrast to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset

Finance II, students learn about the Rule of One Price, or why two people do not always pay the same. Students learn what professor Peter Tufano calls the "Matrix of Imperfections" in the capital markets, such as transaction... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Construction; Real Estate
  • 20 Oct 2010
  • Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

They are critical but without an efficient transmission system of local industries, their value generation does not translate into a high standard of living for the broader population. While both parts of the economy are important, they... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels

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