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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
in on a treatment for age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. In October 2009 the company entered into licensing and purchase option agreements with Alcon, which is now taking Potentia’s drug candidate through... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
Prevention-focused and older individuals—who engage in processing that shifts reference points to less extreme instances—show a decreased sensitivity to variance. We discuss the marketing implications of preferences for variance. Adding Bricks to Clicks: The View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
interests of the corporation. Contrary to popular belief, this does not mean maximizing shareholder value without regard for the effect on employees, customers, suppliers, the environment, or the communities in which the corporation does... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
global work. My predecessor, Dean Kim B. Clark, adopted a strategy in the 1990s predicated on the belief that strengthening our international research was the most effective way of globalizing the School. He launched a number of regional... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
literature on disability insurance does not account for this intertemporal channel, it may underestimate the total work-disincentive effect of SSDI. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49390 Working Papers... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
business). Despite how Scott's restructuring was often portrayed in the news media, however, the treatment of the affected workers was by and large pretty humane. Moreover, Dunlap's compensation for the restructuring, while very large in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
persistence in offering SARA’s hard data—and solutions—to craft effective legislation. Langford is a frequent presence at Georgia’s state capitol, working to influence policy addressing the opioid epidemic. “We’re going to be running... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
focus was the physical campus, on which he had a huge impact — expanding the Morgan Hall office building from 53,000 to 116,000 square feet, adding the Shad Hall fitness center, and completing the Class of 1959 Chapel. He also effectively... View Details
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
property rights institutions that restrain the state can be more important as they provide the foundation for contractual institutions. In short, the ability to contract effectively between private parties is meaningless unless you can be... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
effective and hazardous pesticides. Treated farmers also sow a significantly larger quantity of cumin, a lucrative but risky crop. Interestingly, use of the service is increasing in the level of farmer education, but education levels do... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
and complementary effects across channels to provide sales forecasting, promotion planning, and customer relationship management guidance to multichannel managers. We investigate three contingencies in a sales analysis of a leading U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Videos - Advancing Racial Equity
Resources Videos Managing Diversity Speaker Series Professor Jim Cash: Basketball then and now Professor Jim Cash: Basketball then and now 16 Oct 2020 Professor Cash talks about the differences in society’s treatment of Black players like... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- News
Management Matters In Health Care, Too
The key finding is that improving hospital management practices is a highly effective way to increase quality and efficiency of care. Management improvements can come as relatively small innovations, like the “checklist system”... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2
heterogeneous impacts of a common network characteristic across votes. We find that the effect of alumni networks is close to 60% as large as the effect of state-level... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
Professor emeritus, William A. Sahlman, the conversation covered the range of leadership challenges that Mango and Bingham faced while managing both private sector and government partners on an expedited timeline, while searching for an View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
decision strategic and what makes strategy valuable, the paper considers the effect of commitment, reliability, and irreversibility of a decision; the presence of uncertainty (and the type of uncertainty); the number and strength of its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
revolutionary egg freezing science that gives women the option to effectively slow down the biological clock. EyeView Tal Riesenfeld, MBA 2008 EyeView is transforming online conversion through the use of online video. EyeView’s solutions... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
research on complex organizations. Yet, the behaviors of top executives are frequently featured as an important determinant in historical treatments of strategic change inside large firms. Theories of organizational ecology,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
drew large crowds of shoppers who came to see the entrepreneur, have a makeover, and sample her products. She had learned early on that touching her customers was a very effective way of establishing a connection with them. Photograph... View Details