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of the National Retail Federation, the Board of Trustees at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C. the Board of Council for Public Leadership, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and is an independent director on the...
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Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022) - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering...
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Banking System - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Holding Company Y9C Data After peaking during the financial crisis, loan loss provisions as a fraction of loans plummeted and remain low. Note that loan loss provisions in the early period of the financial...
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- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
Ken Frazier right now? Ken Frazier: I have to tell you, it is incredibly hectic. The good news is my family is well. My children are well, my spouse is well. We had our 35th anniversary dinner last night. All of that is good, but I'm...
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- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
market-type dispersion is an important determinant of delegation and the provision of incentives. Using a sample of convenience store chains, we show that market-type dispersion is related to the degree of franchising at the chain level...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2016
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February 23, 2016
of these shortcuts. Specifically, we exploit a regulatory provision wherein a firm’s primary industry is determined by the highest sales segment. Exploiting this regulation, we provide evidence that investors classify operationally nearly...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2005
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Is Business Management a Profession?
professionalism is the idea that, even when serving private clients, professionals are providing a public good. In economics, the provision of public View Details
- 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25
Publications August 2013 Social Psychological & Personality Science Matchmaking Promotes Happiness By: Anik, Lalin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Four studies document and explore the psychology underlying people's proclivity to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2022
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5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
minute, and then builds up creating an asset on the balance sheet,” he says. 3. Companies innovate to have a positive impact on society Leaders who leave legacies head enterprises that make creating public View Details
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Research & Teaching - Creating Emerging Markets
funding for this public goods project, it would be great if you let us know when you cite interviews in published works by sending a brief email to cem@hbs.edu . Here, we feature a few examples of thematic...
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- 02 Apr 2020
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What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?
public and private sectors learn from the events of the past few months? In the public realm, Sandeep Yadav concluded, “It is only by sharing resources globally that we can distribute the burden of fighting...
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by James Heskett
- 19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19
Are Daily Deals Good for Merchants? Gupta, Sunil, Ray Weaver, Timothy Keiningham, and Luke WilliamsHarvard Business School Case 513-059 In the relatively short time since Groupon was founded, the response to "daily...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
and Annette's other research here . Related Themes: Credit Markets, Size & Growth of the Financial Sector More Info Pension Policy and the Financial System By: David S. Scharfstein JAN 2018 How has the growth in public and private pension...
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- 26 May 2022
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Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?
folks there,” said Cook at the time, in defense of Apple’s decisions. A follow-on case written last year as the COVID-19 pandemic raged explores how Cook was presented with another privacy quandary: Public health officials wanted to use...
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by Avery Forman
- 22 Nov 2023
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So You Want to Join a Startup
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel...
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- 20 Jul 2011
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Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators
possibilities, and directions. We found that innovators consistently demonstrate a high Q/A ratio, where questions (Q) not only outnumber answers (A) in a typical conversation, but are valued at least as highly as good answers. Observing....
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- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
compulsory invention secrecy was effective at keeping affected technology out of the public domain, but it appears to have reduced and delayed follow-on invention, reduced entry into patenting, and restricted commercialization. The...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6
Publications The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Harvard Business Press Books, 2012 Abstract Innovation is a much-used buzzword these days, but when it comes to creating...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008
and vertical mergers. Our model highlights a collective action problem: what is good for an individual firm is often not good for the cluster. We speculate that this conflict may be a source of strategic...
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Martha Lagace
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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
Highlights The Problem with Retail Work Breaking the Cycle The Good Jobs Strategy Show Hide Details Concepts Talent Linking Productivity and Customer Delight Competing on Flexibility Compensation Policy Featured Exercises Create an...
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