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- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/719020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 719-043 Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background This note provides a brief overview of the history of Saudi Arabia as well as the economic and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
accounting and discuss the intended purposes of the balance sheet and income statement (with particular attention to net income). Students will also have a chance to review the business model of Berkshire Hathaway to debate how to measure... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
in the paper Are Bankers Worth Their Pay? Evidence from a Talent Measure by Boris Vallée, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and Claire Célérier, an assistant professor at the University of Zurich. “What we are saying is... View Details
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
A health care SEC could collect data on prices and outcomes that comply with its measurement standards, and certified, independent appraisers could attest that the numbers comply with accepted measurement... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10
PublicationsHow Will You Measure Your Life? Authors:Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon Publication:HarperBusiness, forthcoming Abstract In 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409054 China Rising: An Economic Snapshot Harvard Business School Note 308-064 "China Rising: An Economic Snapshot" provides readers with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
the Harvard Gazette about China’s economic woes and how they may affect global markets and investors going forward. Christina Pazzanese: Why were so many caught off-guard by this crash? Weren’t there warning signs that this might happen?... View Details
- 14 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It
is crucial to online success. A recent research paper offers insights that carry unexpected implications for advertisers or anyone else trying to capture that attention. The Empirical Economics of Online Attention was written by Andre... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic development specialists also attest to the importance of health care in... View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
brokerages are working on repairing the tarnished image of the sell-side analyst profession while at the same time reconfiguring the economics of that function. Up until brokerage commissions were deregulated on May 1, 1975 (known in the... View Details
- 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007
Trachtman had learned how to manage founders who had strong relationships, but those experiences had not prepared him for the current situation. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807173 Publications View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-art-of-strategic-renewal/ August 2013 Journal of Development Economics Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen D. O'Connell... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15
referring users to all manner of other sites, and in light of striking market concentration among search engines. Read the paper: http://www.nls.ac.in/ojs-2.2.3/index.php/IJLT/article/viewFile/92/72 Measuring the Prevalence of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2008 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Subprime Crisis and Fair-Value Accounting
This case examines the challenges in implementing fair value accounting for mortgage instruments, the role of accounting in the sub-prime crisis, and proposals for revising accounting standards given the crisis. View Details
Healy, Paul M., Krishna G. Palepu, and George Serafeim. "Subprime Crisis and Fair-Value Accounting." Harvard Business School Case 109-031, October 2008. (Revised August 2009.)
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52164 forthcoming Explorations in Economic History Prizes, Patents and the Search for Longitude By: Burton, M. Diane, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—The 1714 Longitude Act created the Board... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 24, 2006
national male circumcision rates for African countries are both a strong predictor of HIV/AIDS prevalence and uncorrelated with other determinants of economic outcomes. Two-stage least squares regressions do not support the hypotheses... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
Measurement & Control Systems for Implementing Strategy, published by Prentice Hall. Q: What's the context for the development of this book? Simons: My colleagues and I in the School's Accounting and Control Unit have spent a lot of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
Moneyball Analytics play a greater role in preparation for management? If so, what should it replace? What do you think? Jim Heskett's latest book,The Culture Cycle, was published in September. Original Article In the past we've discussed the importance of adding... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
entrepreneurship. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54068 January 2018 Journal of Labor Economics Who Gets Hired? The Importance of Competition Among Applicants By: Lazear, Edward P., Kathryn L. Shaw, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
including emerging economies like China, India, and Brazil. This list will continue to grow. A by-product of the intertwining of globalization and technology enabled networks is that events are no longer isolated, the impact of which was on vivid display during the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne