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- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
2010-2011, edited by Augusto López-Carlos, 103-107. Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 Abstract This report provides a comprehensive look at the role of innovation in promoting economic and social development. It examines the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
raise funds from outside investors. The relationship appears not to be causal but instead driven by selection effects across heterogeneous teams with varying degrees of inequality aversion. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
dampen competition online and enable price discrimination in-store. Its effectiveness in these respects depends on the decision-making stage of consumers and the heterogeneity...
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- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
this choice and increases the chance that governments will under-invest. Policy suggestions that may alleviate this problem are discussed. Download the HBS working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-040.pdf The Impact View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
luxury goods, and beverages. He has also had an impact on tens of thousands of blood cancer patients by facilitating bone marrow transplants....
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- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
Fitbit’s suite of products allowed users to track the number of steps taken, calories burned, and heart rate activity. Fitbit devices were marketed to individual consumers as...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
drawn from decided cases that explore the following: a classic test of loyalty when one partner elects to take advantage of an opportunity the partnership may also be able to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation....
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- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
shareholders and analysts. When meeting with them at the road shows, for example, Total focuses on its long-term plans, being honest, and never disappointing them. To address its growing retail investor base, most View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
mergers are likely to put more pressure on vendors. "You'll see, ultimately, a shakeout in consolidation on the vendors' side," he said. "I think it will...
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- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
a firm's headquarters—for the presence of large, non-managerial individual shareholders in firms. These shareholders have a large impact on firms, controlling for selection...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
in particular and its impact on perinatal indicators and outcomes. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/712495-PDF-ENG Colbún and the Future of Chile's Power Reinhardt,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Business Firsthand in South Korea
MBA students interview consumers in Seoul, Korea, to help inform the marketing strategies they developed for Orion Snack International. The project was the culmination of a required first-year course...
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- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
health," one health advocate said. Consisting of a small barrel-shaped design that mimics an actual cigarette, the devices vaporize a liquid nicotine solution, which is then inhaled without the tar and...
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- 06 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales
the best chance of ringing in a sale if the considered product is surrounded by related items in the same category, rather than a mishmash of random, unrelated items, Karmarkar says. In other words, if a...
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- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
many firms, however, this technology now has a much deeper impact on the transformation of their operations than could have been conceived several decades ago. The chapter...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
mark-plans backfire, consumer preferences shift, or tried-and-true practices fail to work in a new context. So is innovation just a low-odds crapshoot? In The Architecture of Innovation, Harvard Business...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
while reading the New York Times. An article on the front page of the Business section about an innovative Brazilian retailer prompted an immediate e-mail to Gustavo Herrero (MBA ’76), executive director...
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- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
they focus on the main price component and mistakenly discount smaller fees. Alternatively, consumers might assume that something is discouragingly expensive just because it has several fees attached to it....
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
Murch: from high-tech success to hands-on development (photo courtesy of Steven Murch) Murch: from high-tech success to hands-on development (photo courtesy of Steven Murch) Another in a series View Details