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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
celebrate during a victory parade in Boston after winning Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005. Despite such steps, inadvertent head blows and hard contact with the ground remain inevitable. Newly emerging research suggests that even sub-concussive... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
contact between the company and its customers. As well as a pricing analysis, the case examines the links between a venture’s product policy, target customers, funding sources, management style, promotional tools, and pricing approach.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
has been shown to improve consumer perceptions of service value, existing theory posits that increased contact between consumers and producers may diminish work performance. Two field and two laboratory experiments in food service... View Details
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton View... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
fraught example, about TraceTogether—a smartphone app to support community-driven contact tracing to slow the spread of COVID-19—that public entrepreneurs leave their office to ask people for feedback. Lagace: How do you hire talent for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
entrant in last year's HBS Business Plan Contest) and several other situations as solid research topics, Darwall and Roberts gathered information and lined up contacts for Katz so that he could "hit the ground running," as Darwall puts... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
resorts and the cruise lines, where the contact between staff and guest remains quite superficial," Giraud says. Tough Competition For decades, Club Med touted itself as "the antidote to civilization." Set in beautiful, unspoiled... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
run a field experiment in which we contact firms that are caught infringing on expensive digital images. Emails to all firms include a link to the licensing page of the infringed image; for treated firms, we add links to a significantly... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
exported into global value chains. During the Great Reversal, the main challenges faced by MNEs were political. Firms needed to build political contacts with assertive host governments and attempt to strengthen their local identities,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30
banking and financial sector. Purchase this note: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809111 KenCall—Can Nik Nesbitt's Venture Succeed in Kenya? Harvard Business School Case 809-114 Nik Nesbitt is preparing a presentation of his Kenyan View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
because of this seemingly senseless tragedy.” —Todd Berkley (MBA '93) Still unable to fly home, Dean Clark, who had been in close contact with the School's administration throughout the week, sent a message of support and encouragement to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
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religious holiday, or personal emergency will be granted only if you contact the instructor and course assistant via email in advance (not right before class starts) . Any other reasons, including missing class because you have another... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
By: Buell, Ryan W. Abstract—Conventional wisdom holds that the more contact an operation has with its customers, the less efficiently it will run. But when customers are partitioned away from the operation, they are less likely to fully... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
aligned in their thinking. Analysts are often in frequent and close contact with management, even though they're not privy to inside information. Examining analysts' sales forecasts in 2008 reveals that analysts—and probably managers... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008
even distributing condoms. It maintained a high standard of corporate ethics. It was effective at building contacts with local business and government elites, primarily through localization of management. Fundamentally Flawed Indexing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
Share your thoughts on these or other cases. Contact us at bulletin@hbs.edu or HBS Alumni Bulletin, Teele Hall 360, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA 02163. NOTE: “Copies Sold” are totals as of December 1, 2004. View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
Hi-R-Me: Making Sales Calls This case study focuses on a professional services firm (“Performance Improvement Consulting”) and its sales calls on Hi-R-Me, a potential client. The case is supplemented by videos showing the initial contact... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
one-on-one contact by her small CCP team had spurred growth from 10 to more than 50 partners. Eisnor and Paige Fitzgerald, CCP’s Program Manager, earned kudos from their Waze colleagues and caught the attention of Waze’s now-parent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016
policy, and the importance of contact capabilities, this study builds on and extends the earlier suggestions that entrepreneurship needs incorporating as an explanatory factor. The article shows that Koç acted as both a Kirznerian and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
impact with Jeannette Wagner, former vice chair of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and member of the HBS Board of Dean's Advisors. Wagner recommended that they send a copy of the case to Leonard Lauder, chairman of Estée Lauder. The chain of personal View Details