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- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
incumbents with complementary assets is common in many industries. In such settings, small new entrants have the additional option to be acquired in a “market for technology.” Using data from the U.S. medical device industry, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
on average, firms' self-reported anticorruption efforts reflect real efforts to combat corruption and are not merely cheap talk. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2229039 When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
Abstract This paper decomposes the excess return predictability in inflation-indexed and nominal government bonds into effects from liquidity, market segmentation, real interest rate risk, and inflation risk. We estimate a large and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
displays) at the fiscal year-end. Firms also engage in similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. Furthermore, our results confirm managers' stated willingness to sacrifice long-term value in order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries By: Cavallo, Alberto, Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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It Takes a Village: Global Field Courses at Harvard Business School - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Vijay Govindarajan (MBA 1976, DBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Leaders understand that creating a new business and optimizing an already existing one are two fundamentally different management challenges. The real problem for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
magnate is as filled with plot twists as a good adventure novel. Engineer to Entrepreneur Rogers took a winding road to entrepreneurship. A self-described “geeky” kid, he graduated with an engineering degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and had no View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
to intransigence and denial. Once-incipient threats are now full-blown, and combined with newly emerging dangers, options and solutions have narrowed. For the contemporary reader, there is between the lines of Energy Future a haunting... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
Seattle cable television company, and in 1969 sold the enterprise -- by then a multimillion-dollar business -- to CBS. He then "dabbled in real estate" and during a trip to the South Pacific to explore potential investment opportunities,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
the fiscal quarter end when they have greater incentive to boost earnings. Our results confirm managers' stated willingness to sacrifice long-term value in order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey, and Rajgopal, 2005) and their stated preference to use View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
anything. “He can’t possibly mean our students,” says Light. “Just go talk to them. They know what leadership is. In our classrooms we have plenty of students who have had real positions of leadership and know what it’s about.” The View Details
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
their returns. They believe that companies must select among binary options of serving shareholders or serving society. This is a wrong-headed idea because companies with clarity about their purpose actually perform better in the long... View Details
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
more and more cases, when leaders make critical decisions, they are not choosing among specific, detailed options, each supported by in-depth analysis, nor are they expecting to implement the option they choose in a familiar, predictable,... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 02 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?
answers depend on the platform. Some products help those who need the most help. Some help only those who have little trouble interacting in the real world anyway. And some platforms offer certain features that help those who need it... View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
Shi, Thales S. Teixeira, and Michel Wedel Abstract—Consumers have an increasingly wide variety of options available to entertain themselves. This poses a challenge for content aggregators who want to effectively promote their video... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
over a short lunch, set aside an entire morning—remember, you've already decided that these talks are important. If someone catches you off guard and launches into discussions on the fly, ask to reschedule the conversation for a later time or date. View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
Matsubara clinic also has 18 beds for in-patient services, an option that Sato-san has exercised for one week each month since July, mainly to ease the burden of his care on his wife. Dr. Umeda and the nurse eventually set a date for... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
job.” Says Bremer, “Repairing the damage inflicted by Saddam — the material, human, and psychological damage — is a huge task. We will only succeed at if we have a real partnership between the coalition, the international community, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
be cutting-edge, but we’re testing some options now.” Houston describes her job as “constantly pushing the ball forward,” a task that relies on the collaboration of a stellar team of building and landscape architects, technology experts,... View Details