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- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
across and within those markets. Recent changes in the economics of unconventional natural gas extraction-"the shale revolution"-could potentially remake those markets, steering the world toward the "golden age" of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
inversely related to income earned. This result holds even when the conventional model accurately describes the average individual, and it suggests one potential resolution to the puzzle of why observed redistribution is in some cases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
Cummings saw the potential of the city dwindling. The change was partially economic—the city’s credit rating, which had improved by the end of the 1990s, slipped again in the 2000s—and partially personal: Cumming’s children had graduated... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Counterfactual simulations of our structural model show large gains from screening potential hires via psychometric measurement and training to improve managerial practices. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
is that fiscal risk and social risk interact in complex ways. When considering many potential projects, government cost-benefit analysis thus acquires the flavor of a portfolio choice problem. We use the model to explore how the relative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Pittsburgh had a second act (or third, counting the city's reversal from untenable air and water pollution levels in the 1940s). Pittsburgh's recovery offers a potential model for Detroit. It went on to become a technology hub, anchored... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
automatically consider the potentially dubious motives of agents who cause harm indirectly. Experiment 4 demonstrates an effect of indirect agency on purchase intentions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-012.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
standard-deviation increase in both bank-relationship strength and cross-selling potential is associated with a 16 basis point (5%) decrease in spread and a 0.4 point (7%) increase in the Maximum debt to EBITDA covenant. This translates... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
work? A: Many firms adopt what we call a "production outsourcing" mindset to collaboration. This is typified by a focus on lowering cost at the expense of other potentially more valuable benefits. These firms view collaboration as a form... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
fashion e-commerce company, Peach. It’s also a challenge to an industry where a company’s potential is often predicted based on its similarity to other successful ventures, most often led by CEOs who look a whole lot like Mark Zuckerberg.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
That’s when the courage to take risks came out—because I was so excited about what I was doing.” —JH Ganesh Natarajan Unleashing Employee Potential “It’s not really a textbook leadership style,” Natarajan concedes, but treating employees... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
one end are the Altruistic Motives aimed at benefiting others rather than the partners themselves. At the other extreme are the Utilitarian Motives that focus on the benefit to the partner rather than others.1 In either case, there is the View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
comparative benefit of moral rules versus cost-benefit analysis (CBA). Many of their specific comments are accurate, useful, and insightful. At the same time, we believe they have misrepresented CBA and have reached a set of conclusions that are misguided and, if... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
intelligence-augmented ‘we appreciate you’ note will never replace a manager with a #smile and a warm #heart.” Several suggested that the trend toward remote work will increase the middle manager’s role with potentially damaging... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
which Huang calls “checklist investors,” focus first on quantitative information, including financials, markets, and intellectual property. Once satisfied that a company has checked all of those boxes, the potential investor takes the... View Details
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
have the potential to become frenemies, however. Microsoft and Sony still compete bitterly to persuade video game producers to create exclusive content for their gaming consoles—Xbox and PlayStation, respectively. In that case, the two... View Details
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
potential profit drivers rather than the first troops to cut in a downturn. Ton's working paper, "The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality", examines how mundane activities such as stocking shelves, setting up displays,... View Details
- 17 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the Artful Sidestep
unnoticed) veering. Q: If one of us is in a position in which we are potentially susceptible to conversational blindness, how can we get the information we really need? A: I think the key is to vigilantly remember the question you asked.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
potentially controversial business activities—outsourcing, for example—understate their earnings if it might boost a candidate's chances of election. The research by HBS professor Karthik Ramanna and a colleague from MIT, Professor Sugata... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
firms aim to replicate success, and how they find, foster, and sell potential blockbuster products. Also illustrates how similar efforts by competitors increase each firm's dependence on a handful of hits. Contains detailed unique... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne