[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Most popular articles of 2006

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  Highlights this Week    
   Podcast: What's Behind the Private Equity Boom?  
   Research & Ideas: Most Popular Articles of 2006  
   Views on News: Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting  
   First Look: The latest publications from HBS faculty

==============================   New on the Site  Podcast: What's Behind the Private Equity Boom?  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5577.html
On just one day in November, $52 billion worth of private equity deals were announced, part of $200 billion worth agreed to in all of 2006. They include such major names as Qantas ($8.7 billion), Hertz ($15 billion), and Clear Channel ($18.7 billion). Are public markets being eclipsed? Are investors and employees being victimized? Professor Josh Lerner looks at historical trends and current deals to put it all in perspective. 

  Research & Ideas: Most Popular Articles of 2006  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5584.html
Open source, innovation, and networks were three business issues that busted out in research and reader popularity on HBS Working Knowledge in 2006. Here's a recap of our twenty-five most popular stories from last year.

  Views on News: Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5578.html
What corporations report in profit to the IRS and what they report to shareholders are often two different numbers, sometimes wildly so. That's why the IRS and Securities and Exchange Commission are proposing that companies publicly report taxes paid and Professor Mihir Desai thinks this should be only a first step. 

  First Look: Cutting-Edge Faculty Research  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/firstlook/index.html
Each week First Look summarizes new working papers, case studies, and publications produced by Harvard Business School faculty. Here readers will be able to get a "first look" at cutting-edge ideas before they enter the mainstream of business practice.

  Most Popular Stories  What's Behind the Private Equity Boom?  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5577.html

  Grooming Next-Generation Leaders  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5512.html

  What's to Be Done About Performance Reviews?  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5563.html

  Side Effects: The Case of Propecia  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4503.html

  Future Lock-in: Or, I?ll Agree to Do the Right Thing...Next Week  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5589.html

  Best of Faculty Q&As  What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5315.html
Increased corporate financial reporting may benefit many parties, but not necessarily the companies themselves. Recent research from Harvard Business School professor Romana Autrey and coauthors looks at the relationship between executive performance and public disclosure.

  Working Paper Spotlight  Implementing New Practices: An Empirical Study of Organizational Learning in Hospital Intensive Care Units  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5414.html
by Anita L. Tucker, Ingrid M. Nembhard, and Amy Edmondson
Pdf available for download. How do hospital units, as complex service organizations, successfully implement best practices? Practices involve people and knowledge; people must apply knowledge to particular situations, so changing practices requires changing behavior. This study is a starting point for healthcare organizations to improve work practices.

  Elsewhere at Harvard Business School  Strategic Negotiations: Dealmaking for the Long Term  http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/snwk/index.html
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