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  • 12 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

Invitations to recruiting events Beyond the basics: Seek examples of job descriptions (JDs) and critiques of those you’ve written. Most investors were operators once and have a good sense of how to write a good JD. Investors may also have a recruiting arm at their... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 1

capitalists at a firm and its success. When the individual investment professionals are highly specialized themselves, the marginal effect of increasing overall firm specialization is much weaker. The poorer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

  Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated (revised) Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

  Working PapersSecuring Jobs or the New Protectionism? Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms Author:Mihir A. Desai Publication:(Forthcoming in Tax Notes) Abstract Tax policy toward American multinational View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

From Bench to Board: Gender Differences in University Scientists' Participation in Commercial Science

This paper examines gender differences in the participation of university life science faculty in commercial science. Based on theory and field interviews, we develop hypotheses regarding how scientists' productivity, co-authorship networks, and institutional... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; For-Profit Firms; Gender Characteristics; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Governing and Advisory Boards; Science-Based Business; Nonprofit Organizations; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1

Value Approach By: Lyle, Matthew R., and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We provide a tractable model of firm-level expected holding period returns using two firm fundamentals-book-to-market ratio and ROE-and study the cross-sectional... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

firms to go private, but research shows these were primarily organizations that were smaller, less liquid, and more fraud-prone. "Yes, SOX may have cut off public market financing to these companies,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accounting; Banking
  • 26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

evidence to challenge a common misperception about internalization theory. The theory has often been criticized for maintaining that it assumes a hierarchically organized MNE based on knowledge flowing from the home country. This is not... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

As a result, new technological opportunities inconsistent with that identity may be missed. Second, since identity becomes embedded in the routines and procedures of both the organization and external constituents, explicit efforts to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

metaphor. In the blink of an eye, self-care for leaders of organizations has transformed from a feel-good nostrum to a strategic first priority. Companies cannot afford to lose leadership right now: The blunt fact is that 40 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 19 May 2016
  • Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). SEAS is relocating its campus across the street from the business school in a few years, and the two organizations are discussing collaboration opportunities. Seeking answers from... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
  • July 2012
  • Case

Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee

By: Linda A. Hill and Mark Rennella
Johannes Linden is the Director of the Washer and Dryer division of Fluss, a large Swiss appliance manufacturer. Soon after the company completes its revenue projections and bonus targets for the upcoming year, Linden shares some good news with his leadership team, the... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Multinational Firms and Management; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland
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  • 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting negative earnings reconciliation. Although the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 11

Overlapping firm interactions yield agglomeration clusters that are much larger than the underlying agglomerative forces themselves. Empirically, we demonstrate that our model's assumptions are present in the structure of technology and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?

asking that question through research on the controversial issue of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), agricultural products that are genetically altered to increase yield, incorporate pesticide properties, or exhibit other beneficial... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Biotechnology; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 30 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

them." In July 2009, the Indian government invited Nandan Nilekani, cofounder and cochairman OR cofounder and former CEO of the global technology services firm Infosys and a champion of private-sector entrepreneurship, to lead the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

inductively shows that consumers deem information flows acceptable (or not) based on whether their personal information was: 1) obtained within versus outside of the website on which the ad appears and 2) stated by the consumer versus inferred by the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor insurance mechanisms. Venture capital and private equity investors are especially sensitive to these labor adjustment costs.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007

  Working PapersDo Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States Authors:David H. Autor, William R. Kerr, and Adriana D. Kugler Abstract Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

Rangan brought together veterans of the retail world to share strategies for cashing in on what could be a new wave of organized retail in India. The discussion took place April 4 at the India Business Conference at HBS. Kishore Biyani... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

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