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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship
studies and primary and secondary data analysis on sectors including food, beverage, apparel, retail, and travel. Suggested search strategy: ("African Americans" or "Black Americans") and industry Statista -...
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- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
estimate the value of the right to determine duration to the buyer, compared to a standard duration. Finally, a counterfactual analysis illustrates why quantifying transaction costs is important for the accurate View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
creative destruction. Dominant incumbent firms, long successful in an existing technology, are often much less successful in new technological eras. This is puzzling, since a cursory analysis would suggest that incumbent firms have the...
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Carmen Nobel
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
workforce is not a quick fix to control costs or improve the quality of care. A poorly planned redesign can even result in increased costs and decreased quality. Changes in skill mix and role definitions should be preceded by a detailed View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
analysis of the organization so that significant changes can be made based on what comes to light." Organizational fitness is based on the premise that an organization is a system. "You can't change all its elements...
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by Judith A. Ross
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
compared to other IPOs and the market at large. The analysis found flips underperformed the S&P 500 by 5 percent in the following three years. Lerner believes that problems with quick flips occur because of the short period that...
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- 15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006
these hypotheses using network analysis and a simple multivariate regression that explains bank connections. I use comparable business directories to create databases with names of directors and financial information for all major...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge
suggest and prioritize. Lakkaraju conducted the analysis with HBS postdoctoral researcher Aounon Kumar. The ability to manipulate product comparison could give some companies an unfair advantage, but it could also level playing fields,...
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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
advice and analysis into decision-ready advice managers can use. Course Content and Organization: Day 1: Overview of the Course Module 1: Contracts -- Basic & Complex Day 2: Contract Basics Day 3: What Does the Contract Say? What Does it...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Responsibility of Power by Edward B. Atkeson (AMP 64, 1972) (Rowman & Littlefield) Beyond Justice (a novel) by Allen Dark (MBA 1972) (CreateSpace) Gaia's Limits Kindle Edition by Rud Istvan (MBA 1974) (Eloquent Books) Patent Valuation: Improving Decision Making through...
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- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
more for crafting negotiation campaigns than for doing solo deals. Analysis of negotiation campaigns builds on familiar concepts such as linkage and coalition building. In many cases, however, the parties relevant to a campaign as well as...
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Carmen Nobel
- 24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
managers’ contest, but the SEC does not allow exclusion, 21% go on to win shareholder or firm support suggesting that managers often seek to exclude legitimate shareholder interests from their proxy statements. Our analysis illuminates...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Fly-by-Night Firms and the Market for Product Reviews
By: Gerald R. Faulhaber and Dennis A. Yao
This paper presents a model that permits third-party information provision in a market characterized by information asymmetries and reputation formation. The model is used to examine how the market for information provision affects prices and supply in the primary...
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Markets;
Reputation;
SWOT Analysis;
Mathematical Methods;
Price Bubble;
Inflation and Deflation;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Cost;
Information;
Quality;
Price;
Competitive Advantage;
Information Industry
Faulhaber, Gerald R., and Dennis A. Yao. "Fly-by-Night Firms and the Market for Product Reviews." Journal of Industrial Economics 38, no. 1 (September 1989): 65–77. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- 12 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 12, 2008
Amazon.com: The Brink of Bankruptcy Harvard Business School Case 809-014 Enables a thorough analysis of the Amazon.com business model and its evolution from 1994 to 2001. The case ends with the company poised on the brink of bankruptcy...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007
US outbound FPI and FDI, this paper analyzes whether the composition of US outbound capital flows reflect efforts to bypass home country tax regimes and weak host country investor protections. The cross-country analysis indicates that a...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
identified disruptive opportunities can, in essence, cut the tail off the returns distribution curve, allowing companies to capture disruptive growth before it becomes fully understood by the marketplace. As an added bonus, this analysis...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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Back to the Future
Three decades ago, Energy Future, a bestseller written at HBS, declared that American energy independence and sustainability were critical to the country’s well-being. Today, the book’s analysis is still compelling and its call to action...
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- January 2002 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Virtualis Systems (Condensed)
By: Michael J. Roberts and Jay O. Light
Focuses on a graduating HBS MBA who has been working part-time with a Web-hosting firm in California. Discusses the question of which of several "business models" make the most sense for the company to pursue.
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Entrepreneurship;
Business Model;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Cost vs Benefits;
SWOT Analysis;
Management Practices and Processes;
Web Services Industry;
California
Roberts, Michael J., and Jay O. Light. "Virtualis Systems (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 802-130, January 2002. (Revised March 2002.)
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
network relations for others. An analysis of the population dynamics of the intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) that are the basis of the interstate networks that influenced global economic relations, peace, and democracy in the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210026-PDF-ENG Using Regression Analysis to Estimate Time Equations F. Asis Martinez-Jerez and Ariel Andres BlumenkrancHarvard Business School Note 111-001 This note presents a simple way to...
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Sean Silverthorne