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    John A. Deighton

    John Deighton is The Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is an authority on consumer behavior and marketing, with a focus on digital and direct marketing. He teaches in the area of Big Data in Marketing,... View Details

    Keywords: advertising; banking; beverage; communications; computer; consumer products; credit card; e-commerce industry; financial services; grocery; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; marketing industry; music; pharmaceuticals; professional services
    • 31 Mar 2022
    • Op-Ed

    Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

    profitability for its partners. And then we have the multinational Magic Circle firm Linklaters, which offers seamless, cross-jurisdictional, cross-practice legal services to its clients, the opportunity to work on complex matters with... View Details
    Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
    • 06 Feb 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

    previously in our analysis of his Amazon shareholder letters. 4. Jeff Bezos’ patents are customer-centric For a more granular look at Bezos’ inventions, we performed a word frequency analysis using the... View Details
    Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail
    • 30 Sep 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: September 30

    operational measures of social enterprise success. Finally, we identify present trends along both dimensions that contribute to changing the research infrastructure for empirical social enterprise research. Originality/value: Our analysis... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Apr 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: April 7, 2009

    paper addresses these questions by analyzing the available evidence on two related claims: (1) that the current U.S. policy of deferring taxation of foreign profits represents a subsidy to American firms and (2) that activity abroad by... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 21 Dec 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: December 21

      PublicationsHas the Shift to Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Promoted Technology Transfer, FDI, and Industrial Development? Authors:Lee Branstetter, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi Publication:The WIPO Journal: Analysis and Debate... View Details
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    Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

    decisions Value a venture, project, or investment opportunity and perform a sensitivity analysis Who Will Benefit College Students and Recent Graduates Those Considering an MBA Mid-Career Professionals Learn the language of business... View Details
    • 26 May 2015
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    First Look: May 26

    iPad vs. Amazon's Kindle By: Adner, Ron, Jianqing Chen, and Feng Zhu Abstract— We study the compatibility decisions of two competing platforms that generate profits through both hardware sales and royalties from content sales. We consider... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

    Online Research Interests : balanced scorecard , boards of directors , customer profitability analysis , incentives , inter-organizational control Interviews Narayanan Vaghul Hemendra Kothari Y.V. Reddy... View Details
    • 23 Aug 2016
    • First Look

    August 23, 2016

    of longer-term shareholders. Myth Number 4: ESG data for fundamental analysis is scarce and unreliable. Reality: Thanks to the efforts of reporting and investor organizations such as SASB and Ceres, as well as CDP data providers like... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 10 Oct 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: First Look: October 10

    by 7.5 percent relative to private firms. We interpret this as evidence of investor belief of policy irreversibility, where reforms may reach a stage beyond which future regimes have difficulty reversing those policies. Further analysis... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Curriculum - Business & Environment

    Key concepts: Business and Society, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership Patagonia's change of ownership from a privately held company to a perpetual purpose trust and 501(c)(4) nonprofit in order to use the company's View Details
    • 28 Mar 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

    “The findings of our study suggest that regulatory innovation can support more efficient drug development—in particular, in settings where we have unmet medical needs. ” In the first comprehensive analysis of its kind, Harvard Business... View Details
    Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical
    • 07 Jun 2016
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    June 7, 2016

    discontinuity design that facilitates sharper identification of treatment effects, we find a significant and discontinuous increase in tax avoidance following Russell 2000 inclusion. The tax avoidance involves the use of tax shelters, and immediate benefits include... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 05 Mar 2013
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    First Look: March 5

      PublicationsHow to Identify the Best Customers for Your Business Authors:Cespedes, Frank V., James P. Dougherty, and Ben S. Skinner III Publication:MIT Sloan Management Review Abstract How can businesses achieve profitable growth so... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 13 Jan 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

    firms often hunt for target companies they see as undervalued. By cutting costs or reorganizing, the acquirer can improve productivity and position the firm for profitable operations or a future sale. In some quarters, fears persist that... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking
    • 01 Oct 2013
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    First Look: October 1

    by managers facing intertemporal decisions. We assess the association between different types of performance measures and the time horizon of business unit managers who have profit responsibility. Our results, based on a sample of 105... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

    Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Understand the key financial levers that drive financial performance Discover how and why finance is concerned with cash flow versus profits and why that matters for your business and budget Identify... View Details
    • 10 Feb 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

    competitive as well as customer pressure. This demands confidence, not bravado; astute analysis not raw aggression; and requires careful, empathetic focus on the other players in the marketplace. Competitors, in an attempt to gain market... View Details
    Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
    • 01 Aug 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

    contemporary circumstances so as to be relevant for managers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52977 Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis By: Alfaro, Laura, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor, and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne