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  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

firm pay, we exploit exogenous increases in access to pay information using the SEC 1992 Proxy Disclosure Rule that differentially affected firms. Based on differences-in-differences models, we find increased PRS and decreased pay-performance sensitivity (PPS) after... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

sufficient consumer demand and investor interest. But they did so knowing that if the company could get its product right, grow its sales and geographical footprint, and succeed in its larger vision of... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
  • 20 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

investors tend to hold local stocks and older investors prefer dividend-paying stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for dividends. Firms headquartered in areas in which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2009 (Revised May 2010)
  • Case

Red Tomato: Keeping It Local

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Mary Louise Shelman and Laura Winig
This case describes the operating model and history of Red Tomato, a non-profit organization dedicated to branding and logistical support for locally grown produce farmers in the northeast U.S. The case highlights the challenges involved in making locally grown produce... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Trends; Food; Local Range; Consumer Behavior; Logistics; Supply Chain; Nonprofit Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Northeastern United States
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  • 15 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

emissions, restructuring the urban environment can have an enormous positive impact on the global climate. Within a relatively contained geographic space, a city's "inputs" of water, transportation infrastructure, energy and breathable... View Details
Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 05 Jan 2011
  • Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

field. A typical grant proposal is 25 single-spaced pages and takes months to prepare. The NIH responds in approximately nine months. Because the demand for money exceeds the supply, only 20 percent of the proposals get NIH funding. A... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • 17 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

Publication:Harvard Business Review 86, no. 6 (June 2008) Abstract A multiunit enterprise is a geographically dispersed organization built from standard units (stores, restaurants, or branches) that are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

have often proved highly productive in policy terms, delivering the best ideas from both sides. In the 1840s, for instance, state politicians who were deeply skeptical of government pushed hard for balanced budget amendments while politicians at the other end of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 25, 2016

growing component of many firms' retailing strategies, particularly in the fashion industry. Outlet stores offer attractive prices in locations far from central shopping districts. The main perspectives on why outlet stores exist can be broadly classified into... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53958 Effects of a Tournament Incentive Plan Incorporating Managerial Discretion in a Geographically Dispersed Organization By: Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

challenges, because most projects involve binary "go/no-go" decisions. Esty uses the Euro Tunnel as an example: "You can't build the first 100 yards and learn anything about underlying demand for the tunnel. Instead, you... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 27 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Should I Pay the Bribe?

around the topic of extortion. "The Shakedown" looks at the conflicts faced by the owner of a software development center in Kiev. Pavlo Zhuk, the U.S.-based co-owner, is notified by his partner that their Kiev office has been visited by Ukraine Tax Authority... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell
  • 09 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

differences appear to be associated with different models of development—open, distributed organizations developing systems with smaller cores. We find that core components are often dispersed throughout a system, making their detection... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

demands of city officials, cable operators encountered higher than expected construction costs as they entered urban markets. It proved difficult to lay cable under busy city streets while avoiding disruption to existing power, phone,... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 13 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

in-person operations, sinking demand to near zero. Professional services businesses have fared better, but they have not been spared—just 63 percent say they could weather a four-month public health lockdown. [div class=infogram-embed... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services
  • June 2019 (Revised October 2019)
  • Technical Note

Note on the Future of Commerce

By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and Nathaniel Schwalb
In 2019, the retail and consumer product industries were undergoing a significant transformation. Over the past 50 years, what was once a highly fragmented industry began to consolidate, digitize, and increase convenience while lowering costs. The winning enterprises... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Demand and Consumers; Demographics; Transformation; Global Range; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Model; Leading Change; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

massive cost overruns and delays. Second, the United States captured most of these economic benefits, partially because of its geographical situation and partially because it could leverage its military might to obtain a better agreement... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

increase medical business skills and raise clinical performance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53281 Tournament Incentive Plans Incorporating Objective and Subjective Criteria: Implications for a View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

increased service quality competition lead to customer defection, and which customers are most likely to defect? Our empirical analysis of 82,235 customers exploits the varying competitive dynamics in 644 geographically isolated markets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: December 20

the bonding hypothesis, we analyze markets' reaction to a sudden radical change in the law governing U.S.-listed foreign firms. In March 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court signaled its intention to geographically limit the reach of the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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