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- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
triggered PeopleSoft's poison pill, threatening this maneuver would have given Oracle bargaining power that it could have used to pay a lower price in its negotiated acquisition. The Commentary closes with implications of this analysis... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
is potentially very high. We find that analysts pay little attention to subsidiaries about to be spun off even though these subsidiaries constitute a significant part of the parent company operations. Moreover, while the level of detail... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
wanted to do and what I thought was important, and trying to find people who would think that was something worth paying money for." Somebody who creates at that level, but has all of these difficult characteristics, is clearly not... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
everywhere, they get scared at the same time and all pull out together,” says Viceira. The underlying value of the market, however, may not have changed, rather, investors are selling it at a discount. “For the same set of cash flows, they are willing to View Details
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
solution to this dilemma? I believe we need to restructure large organizations by giving much more responsibility and authority to first-line workers and paying them accordingly—with appropriate performance incentives. We need to trust... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
percentage points less likely to order a free brochure of the competing product if they trusted their supplier. And they were 6 percentage points less likely to order the product. Investments in trust pay off in that they reduce... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
is advocating disclosure of CEO pay packages, including the value of large stock option grants which many might conclude produce similar pressures for short-term performance? What do you think? View Details
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
"presumes two things about corporate life today: That enough corporate executives can be 'deep.' That it pays to be 'smart' in today's corporation." If the presumptions are not correct, as she implies, how do we deal with the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
exposure is not much of an issue. A convertible bond can be viewed as a simple coupon paying corporate bond plus a conversion option. A bond pricing model discounts the promised payments at a rate that compensates for time, risk, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
Kerr: This is important because it means that these are not loans that were taken out to pay for the GQ itself. These are loans in the private sector alongside the roads that are developing. Nanda: This allowed us to understand what was... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
Uber users who were headed in the same direction share a ride and pay substantially lower fares. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617009-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-035 Partners Group: Ain't No... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
HBS model proves successful at achieving its goal is for others to decide. That said, I hope my book will open our model to broader scrutiny and jump-start that conversation. A few conditions are nonetheless needed for vocal silence to prove successful. One key... View Details
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
high levels of employee engagement "turns around and pays back multiple times what you invest in it," Gochnauer said. And sometimes, boards do get it. "I find that boardrooms are filled with people who want to be proud of what they're... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
Cournot-style competition. Meanwhile, each advertiser must pay a participation cost to use each ad platform, and advertiser entry strategies are derived using symmetric Bayes-Nash equilibrium that lead to the VCG outcome of the ad... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
(forthcoming) Abstract This paper analyzes the association between ownership, top management incentives, and expenditures on accounting information. We argue that organizations with privately appointed boards of directors such as for-profit and non-governmental... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
Course MaterialsBASIX Harvard Business School Case 207-099 BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
revenues to fight rebellions and pay off its enemies," Maurer says. "When the World Bank tries to enforce the original agreement—that the money be spent on socially constructive projects—the Chadian government threatens to shut... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
information, and attempting to influence the work of others. An employee with a narrow span of influence does not need to pay much attention to people outside his small area to do his job effectively. An individual with a wide span must... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
or so, I've noticed that the ratio of the average Fortune 500 CEO's pay to that of the first level of employees has gone from about 150:1 to more than 300:1. As an ordinary employee, my view would be that if those guys at the top are... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
"Me-To-You Mindset" initiative that encourages partners to look at the world through their clients' eyes. At the end of the case Hever is reflecting on a proposal he submitted for providing CDC services to one of the largest UK companies. The general counsel... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne