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- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
experimentation ex-post and one that funds experimental projects ex-ante. In equilibrium it is possible that all competing financiers choose to offer failure-tolerant contracts to attract entrepreneurs, leaving no capital to fund the most... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
1930s, where it was noticed that direct labor costs tended to decrease by a constant percentage as the cumulative quantity of aircraft produced doubled. Learning effects figured prominently in wartime production planning efforts. World... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
because of this seemingly senseless tragedy.” —Todd Berkley (MBA '93) Still unable to fly home, Dean Clark, who had been in close contact with the School's administration throughout the week, sent a message of support and encouragement to the HBS community on September... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
When information is asymmetric (the quality of a potential partner is known only to himself), it may seem that partner choice is not possible without signaling. Many mutualisms, however, exist without signaling, and the mechanisms by... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
With its abundance of complex management issues in a rapidly changing environment, Latin America offers a rich landscape for in-depth academic investigation. Some of the research work currently underway by HBS faculty is already earmarked... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up
if the ultimate enforcement mechanism seems so far-fetched? “By understanding why people make mistakes, it may help you creatively design an approach to resolve these disputes” Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Hong Luo looks at... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The VC Quandary: Too Much Money
It might be hard for the ordinary business owner or consumer to imagine having "too much" money. But that's exactly where the venture capital industry finds itself: with too much money available for the number of emerging enterprises able to View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
is considering launching a COVID relief van program to help carry oxygen and basic medicines to those in need. MAY 20 Students Fight COVID was started by 250+ MBA/MS 2023 admits from across the world, including HBS, with the aim to fight COVID in India. The initiative... View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
themselves. The authors offer what they call the three imperatives for every manager who seeks to avoid this stagnation: Manage yourself. Who you are as a person, the beliefs and values that drive your actions, and especially how you... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
negotiation scholars—can be taught to physicians in a one-hour lecture. We found evidence that even this minimal intervention can decrease overtreatment of patients with low-risk prostate cancer. Our novel approach offers a framework to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
respond to a revised proposal from two private equity firms to take the company private. In November of 2006, the Board had unanimously approved an offer of $37.60 per share after going through intense negotiations with numerous firms,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
circumstances, including human purposes, evolved. While the invisible hand of the pricing mechanism can balance supply and demand on a global basis, or in subunits thereof, the visible hand of political authority is essential to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
commences with an overview of why industry research is relevant, then offers detailed guidelines on how to approach and what to consider when investigating an industry as part of the analysis necessary to make a decision about investing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
Commission and uses AI to determine whether a donor’s last name was of South Asian descent. Now we’re running an analysis on how South Asians finance campaigns—to understand where people are putting their dollars—that offers more nuance... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
borrower protections for small businesses. If offering a national regulation option to fintech players is the proverbial carrot, compliance with commonsense borrower protections could be the stick. This is important as the lack of rules... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
age by adapting a current business model to the new marketplace. The book offers critical insights into responding to disruptive shock with three value propositions: repositioning today’s business to maximize resilience; creating a new... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
what products or services to offer by first looking inside. Contrary to most companies that begin by looking at markets and competition, these CEOs looked inside to define "who" the company was—where was the most powerful intersection... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
distribution services (GDSs)—such as SABRE—to reach travel agents. But GDSs held significant tactical advantages. For example, GDSs had signed long-term exclusive contracts with the corporate customers who were American's best customers. Furthermore, travel agents... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
and understanding. To begin with, the structure of the task forces—how they operate and who is on them—immerses executive sponsors in the specific challenges faced by the employee constituency groups. The groups are a formal mechanism for... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
life insurance practices led to an investigation in New York State that threatened to curtail growth in the industry. Charles Evans Hughes guided the four-month-long Armstrong Investigation, which made startling revelations and offered a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace