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- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
implementing a fleet management system in the construction industry. Fleet management would involve a shift from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. For Hilti, it represented an entirely new business model, which would... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
benefits of the strong economy." The initiative, which some activists viewed as a challenge for other universities and institutions to emulate, will not only help local nonprofit housing groups directly but will also leverage far greater amounts of federal funding and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
well as our video-based facial expression sentiment variables, we conducted factor analysis to construct four distinct CEO oral communication “styles,” which we label Expressive, Stern, Dour, and Contented. We also reveal that CEOs who... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries By: Cavallo, Alberto, Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer Abstract—We show that online prices can be... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Serafeim Abstract—We construct a measure of corporate purpose within a sample of U.S. companies based on approximately 500,000 survey responses of worker perceptions about their employers. We find that this measure of purpose is not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
developing the concept of organizations for competitiveness in a subnational region and the elements of constructing an economic strategy. The case also outlines the adopted cluster vision of development for the state and the various task... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
China, whether over trade, Taiwan, Tibet, or some other as yet subliminal issue. The scenario may seem implausible. Yet it is easy to see how future historians could retrospectively construct plausible chains of causation to explain such... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
and the design and construction of leading-edge buildings. I have identified the leadership practices that make successful cross-industry teams work: fostering an adaptable vision, promoting psychological safety, enabling knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
investigates the effect of social ties between acquirers and targets on merger performance. Using data on educational background and past employment, we construct a measure of the extent of cross-firm social connection between directors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
costs, fossil fuel prices, possible regulatory or other delays in constructing the reactors, and possible future restrictions on carbon dioxide. CEO Jim Rogers believes that nuclear power makes sense from a social standpoint but must also... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
covered in the designs constructed by each member of the team, five pieces of white paper covered in Post-it notes in every color of the rainbow, and flow charts exhibiting varying degrees of artistic ability and detail. For nearly an... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
this paper we theorize effects of using the knowledge stored in an organizational repository on performance for teams working in dynamic and challenging conditions. We first examine performance effects of team use, a construct assessed by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
Working PapersThe Global Networks of Multinational Firms Authors:Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen Abstract In this paper we characterize the topology of global multinational networks and examine the macro and micro patterns of multinational activity. We View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
emergency phase, 230 trained miners from FIBA's lignite mining subsidiary, Polyak, spent 10 days searching under the rubble and rescuing 30 people. FIBA CP, the Group's commercial property management subsidiary's shopping malls, as well as the schools and dormitories... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
Business School’s case method compresses many hundreds of real-life decision-making constructs into a two-year academic experience. HBS students learn to build decision-making teams, assess problems, gather information, debate, and... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
Investment Group is deciding whether or not to recapitalize an equity investment in a Residencial Los Andes, a residential project in Santiago, Chile, or take a substantial loss. The project did not meet its sales goals, and the bank pressured the investors to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1
stimulate private-sector demand for similar products and the supply of complementary inputs. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
predicted by an agency perspective on corporate tax avoidance. An exogenous change in tax regulations that affected the ability of some firms to avoid taxes is used to construct instruments for tax avoidance activity. The IV estimates... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life is the subject of a new... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
wings that cover four city blocks. Whether it's eking out extra room from unused air shafts, building up, or renovating existing gallery space to make more efficient use of it, construction at the Met is almost nonstop, a fact that is... View Details