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- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
We suggest that this dynamic may have important implications for our understanding of the role of management in the modern, knowledge-based firm, and for the potential revival of manufacturing in the United States. Download working paper: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
breakthrough the company had hoped for, much remained uncertain—most obvious, would consumers accept Reb A as a substitute for sugar or the myriad sweeteners already established in the marketplace? The potential seemed high given... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
that corporate insiders' excess control rights aggravate the potential risks of insider expropriation of outside investors and thereby increase firms' external finance constraints. Cases & Course Materials Woolf Farming and Processing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
using data from the recent redesign of the NYC High School match, which places approximately 90,000 students per year, we document that the extent of potential efficiency loss is substantial. Over 6,800 student applicants in the main... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
respectfully debate the most challenging issues here, and identify potential solutions here. With HBS faculty and students driving the conversations, we are optimistic that HBS and Harvard can be at the forefront of new conversations,... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 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
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
growth requires. This article explores six common mistakes that executives make in this arena: 1) Failing to provide the right kind of oversight. The CEO should spend meaningful time with the team and with potential customers; 2) Not... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
that of the DAX 30 (but not much more) is the exception to the rule. That means potential global investors in such companies will have to deal with actively involved owners or families, rather than managers. For such family-controlled... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
Extensions to our model accommodate the possibilities of multiple voucher purchases and firm price re-optimization. Despite the potential benefits of online discount vouchers to certain firms in certain circumstances, our analysis reveals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
influence their everyday work life, but to date, little is known about how weather affects individual productivity. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we predict and find that bad weather increases individual productivity and that it does so by eliminating View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
pollution control equipment and what would be the potential harm created in the event that that equipment is not installed. For example, a board of directors might feel ethically compelled to install $5 million worth of pollution control... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
Scorecard, Rockwater managers took the somewhat unusual step of actually going out to talk to its existing and potential customers, the large integrated oil and gas companies. Rockwater learned that most of its customers did choose the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
entrepreneurs knew something, as much as anyone knew, about the Internet, for example. The coaches, while some of them are extremely sophisticated technically, had more knowledge on how you grow a business. So, there was potential for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne