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- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54301 On the Direct and Indirect Real Effects of Credit Supply Shocks By: Alfaro, Laura, Manuel García-Santana, and Enrique Moral-Benito Abstract—We consider the real effects of bank lending...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
we hope that illuminating these particular cases within the consumer-centric marketing paradigm will shed light on ways in which other organizations may be able to serve the poor profitably. Compelled to Help: Effects of Direct and View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
Health, Carolyn Celebucki, and Gregory N. Connolly, both of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, point out, prior studies provide only indirect evidence that magazine advertising targets youth markets. First, since most...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- Web
Figuring Out Her Mission | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
communications; and 3) strategy work, contributing to the institution’s five-year plans and analyzing business cases for new investments. “As Chief of Staff at Boston Ballet, I have a lot of indirect management,” Ming explains. “I don’t...
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- 15 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Free Software
dynamics that are less investment-oriented than a traditional deal and more oriented toward indirect tools to make money." The Payoff Sometimes the strategies software companies employ are so complex that it isn't immediately evident...
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- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
tied to their competitors via shared intermediary organizations. To test our theory, we examine every relationship between entrepreneurial firms and their venture capital investors in the minimally invasive surgical segment of the medical device industry over a 22-year...
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Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
set goals around creating value faster than costs (his preferred goal)." Deepak Alse reminded us that "the world of business is an unbounded system! The 'Corporation' is in effect an acceptance of the idea that profit seeking should happen through View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 05 Dec 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing
line. Key concepts include: In multisided markets, some customers contribute to a company's bottom line directly while others contribute indirect benefits, which are more difficult to calculate. Businesses must be able to assess the value...
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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
indirect selling efforts and at what phase in the startup's lifecycle should each be employed? How can founders themselves be the most effective sales engine for an early-stage company, even though it clearly does not scale as a go to...
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- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
Clearly, a larger installed base implies that there will be stronger direct and indirect network effects, and this will enhance the value of the operating system to current and potential users. In addition, a larger installed base also...
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- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
of that kind of “information leakage” in a different venue: As doctoral students at Stanford, they had the same advisor. “Each of us knew what the others were working on before we ever talked to each other about our projects,” he says. While that View Details
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
are also becoming more concentrated geographically—for example, Chinese inventors in San Francisco—and appear to play an important role for shifts in the spatial distributions of U.S. innovation. Q: Is there a direct or indirect impact on...
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- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
of both direct and indirect subsidies in industries throughout the world, and careful attention must be paid to the advantages that might accrue to competitors in very subtle ways. Q: To what extent do you think managers can benefit from...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that...
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by Rachel Layne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
proceeded to close an assembly plant last year to take down capacity by 25 percent. We also reduced our indirect workforce by 20 percent, becoming one of the first major Japanese companies to take such a decisive step. Lifetime employment...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
illegal-drug addictions totaled an estimated $700 billion in direct and indirect costs, according to a 2015 report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. DynamiCare developed an app that provides financial rewards via a debit card...
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- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
significant decision making on the part of those involved, with little direct guidance from higher authorities. Silence becomes vocal when embedded in a context rich with many indirect signs on how to behave. For instance, an organization...
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- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
Media Wise That sort of approach isn't possible in today's media-rich world—and probably wouldn't be very effective anyway. "It's more like the Vietnam War now," Deighton continues. "The ideas have to belong to the people you're attempting to engage with, and that's...
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Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change - Course Catalog
governing for excellence. The module concludes with cases that shift towards indirect approaches to scale via policy and mindset shifts. Understanding Complex Challenges & Implementing System Solutions : Tools and frameworks for analyzing...
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- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
effects (on the low bidder) and indirect effects (on others), and we show that most of the incremental revenue from setting reserve price optimally comes from indirect effects. Download the paper:...
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Martha Lagace