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- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
of information and perspectives between the two firms, and led to a novel type of agreement. ABB would design and build the plant at a far lower cost than standard. Then, if ABB could reduce the cost even further, it would receive a... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
The rewards of research Do those investments pay off? Researchers examined revenue, stock returns, clinical value, and the population impacted by the novel drug. And they quantified the risk of those... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-117.pdf Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert Townsend, and James Vickery Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity
to make sure applications propose truly novel ideas, and not designs or techniques previously used in other patents—known as prior art. “That means searching through hundreds of thousands of documents,” says Choudhury. The office aims to... View Details
- 20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20
Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance Authors: Dana R. Carney, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Andy J. Yap Publication: Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Humans and other animals express power through open,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015
country-level factors that limit firms' use of selective disclosure by intensifying scrutiny on them and by diffusing global norms to their headquarters countries. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel dataset of 4,750 public... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Western firms sought access to resources, and they faced little political risk due to Western imperialism. The main risks were logistical due to infrastructure and technological inadequacies. During the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8
PublicationsConcentrating on Governance Authors:Dalida Kadyrzhanova, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a novel trade-off view of corporate governance. Using a simple model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
markets (rather than just worse firms). This is true even for the most experienced VCs. Furthermore, our results suggest that the flood of capital in hot markets also plays a causal role in shifting investments to more novel startups-by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Future of IT Consulting
example is the IT product firms that incorporate certification and training for their own consultants, independent consultants, and customer professionals. Microsoft, Sun, and Novell are examples of these kinds of companies. Q: What are... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
offer opportunities for learning they would have to entail enough variety of content to generate novel or problematic situations that trigger the itch of curiosity. It is this itch in the incumbent's mind that activates the drive to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
bankruptcy losses (moral hazard) and are subject to a regulatory capital requirement. In contrast, shadow bank liabilities are subject to runs and credit risk and thus typically less liquid compared to commercial banks. Shadow banks... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?
coordinate on for mediums of exchange, and a lot of the applications are technological in nature and novel (or at least unproven). And so, there’s a lot of uncertainty and a lot of the value of return is downstream, just like with tech... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
to manufacturers of medical devices, she found that the approval process for them was not nearly so straightforward. "I kept hearing how frustrating and non-transparent the process was for getting a novel medical device approved," says... View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
Africa, Italy, France U.K., Germany, South Korea, Canada, China, U.S., Japan, and India) which were all in the midst of battling the novel coronavirus’s surge across the globe, to understand how consumers are responding to brand’s... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
layperson. Jeffrey Bussgang (@bussgang) is a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: China, climate, and courtrooms For summer reading, I like gripping novels but also provocative insights into... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
trust through warmth and understanding. Most leaders today approach their jobs by emphasizing competence, strength, and credentials. But without first building a foundation of trust, they run the risk of eliciting fear, resentment, or... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
articles that journals don’t like, then you won’t get published in top journals and be an academic for long!” Research that targets a specific business problem runs the risk of appearing too narrow in focus to editors of general-purpose... View Details
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The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details
- 24 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 24
further demonstrate that financing risk has the greatest impact on firms with the most real option value. Hence, the mix of projects funded and type of investors who are active varies with the level of financing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne