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- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
whether media outlets are favoring their own authors because these are the authors that their readers prefer or simply because they are trying to collude. We provide a test to distinguish between these two potential mechanisms and present...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
for Commitment Devices By: Exley, Christine L., and Jeffrey K. Naecker Abstract—Previous research often interprets the choice to restrict one’s future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time inconsistency. We propose an additional View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
cumulative loss of $12.7 million.21 While the radial investment served the interests of long-standing customers, it could hardly be expected to earn an acceptable return. The investment in radials also supported Firestone's relationships...
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- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
second phase involved bringing in lecturers to discuss with employees how to study and manage learning the language. The last phase was encouraging workers to use English in meetings. In line with a do-it-yourself culture, one early problem was that Rakuten View Details
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by Kim Girard
- Web
Teaching Quantitative Material - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
sometimes save time. However, be aware that not every expert is equally adept at explaining the intuition behind the mechanics, and in some cases they may offer comments that are technically impressive but outside the scope of the case....
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
shifting sense of priorities. Born in India, he went to boarding school in England and earned a degree in mechanical engineering at Manchester University. After graduating from HBS with distinction, he worked as a consultant with McKinsey...
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Deborah Blagg
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
particular mechanism to address those voids: minority state ownership. Due to their minority nature, such stakes are less affected by the agency distortions commonly found in full-fledged state-owned firms. Using panel data from publicly...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
by offering input, asking questions, and responding to others based on their experience working together thus far. In the relaunch session, the team can discuss how business goals and strategy may have changed in light of the pandemic....
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by Tsedal Neeley
- Web
Annual Report 2020 - Annual Report 2020
School held its Class Day and Commencement exercises virtually via livestream, with 928 students receiving their MBA degrees. Nearly 90% of students had received a job offer by the time of graduation, and three months later, that number...
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- 20 May 2022
- Blog Post
Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research
or fees. With that, we’ve also all been in the position our cohort members are in: confused, yet curious about entrepreneurship. We’re well connected personally with the faculty members inside many of the university’s we work with, and they are more trusting of us as...
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- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
networks-communities of agents (people or firms) and the ties among them-on corporate behavior and governance. The empirically rich studies in the book are largely concerned with mechanisms for the emergence of governance networks rather...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
Whether their mission is to protect wildlife, help disabled people, or offer financial services in developing countries, nonprofit organizations often believe they need to grow big before they can achieve significant social impact. HBS...
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by Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
(PhDOB 2019) has studied the issues facing local papers from multiple angles. Now, as cofounder and CEO of the National Trust for Local News, she has developed a first-of-its-kind model to preserve local news as a public good. The premise of the National Trust is to...
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- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
rule is feasible despite the limited powers of central authorities. We also offer a framework for the price trajectory of IP addresses. In a world without uncertainty, the unit price of IP addresses is constant until all addresses are in...
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Anna Secino
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
experience working with one another—is one mechanism that helps teams leverage the benefits of variation in team experience by alleviating coordination problems that variation creates. Download the paper:...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
social efficiency, and we argue that implementation of this rule is feasible despite the limited powers of central authorities. We also offer a framework for the price trajectory of IPv4 addresses. In a world without uncertainty, the unit...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
Concepts What Are Power Hierarchies? Why Do Power Hierarchies Persist? Overcoming the Impact of Stereotypes Empowering Smallholder Farmers in India Featured Exercises Identify and describe the mechanisms behind the power hierarchies you...
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- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
treats market share as the result of building better cars more cheaply than its competitors, and not as an objective in and of itself. Its globalization has actually been driven by a complex array of coordination mechanisms across...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
to make the MBA Program coeducational. In 1974, Marshall became a faculty member in the Advanced Management Program and turned his attention to Executive Education. Several years later, he was tapped to teach in the Smaller Company Management Program (SCMP), an...
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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
with some as large as 9,000 square feet, each stocking as many as 25,000 titles. BookHampton owner Carolyn Brody offers just a small selection of games and knickknacks—which offer higher profit margins than...
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April White