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- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
increased resource utilization (i.e., longer average length of stay) for both minor and major teaching hospitals, relative to a control group of non-teaching hospitals. We find limited evidence of negative effects on quality as measured... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
having two buildings built with significant leaning away from vertical. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209052 Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209094 Creating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
true performance. We identify key company- and country-level factors that, by intensifying scrutiny on firms and diffusing global norms to their headquarters countries, limit firms' use of selective disclosure. We test our hypotheses... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
capitalization of firms in their coverage portfolio. Our results hold after Regulation Fair Disclosure, suggesting that these relationships are not based on selective disclosure. Overall, the evidence shows both the importance and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
model behind the AKB48 concept and allows students to identify what geographic market—China, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, or South Korea—is more suitable for AKB48’s first move overseas. During the discussion, students also identify the geographic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life By: Glaeser, Edward L., Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca, and Nikhil Naik Abstract—New, "big" data sources allow measurement of city characteristics and outcome... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
only a conscious and concerted effort of group development can harness that strength. Outlines five steps in group development each team must take. Suggests that action learning, the skill the learning group must master to become... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
client-service approach to working with Limited Partners. For the fund, Banks and Yudkoff had intended to raise $1 billion and continue their existing strategy, but potential Limited Partners had indicated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local family-dominated conglomerates. Addresses new venture financing in an asset-intensive business through the assembly of strategic contracts. More... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
standard. We also develop and test two extensions of the earlier model: the presence of provisions mandating royalty-free licensing is negatively associated with disclosure requirements, and when there are only a limited number of SSOs,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
Financial Literacy, Financial Decisions, and the Demand for Financial Services: Evidence from India and Indonesia Authors:Shawn Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Abstract Why is demand for formal financial services low in emerging markets? One view argues that View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
to the special role reinsurers have played in the capitalist system. As the industry developed, it had a vested interest in preventing excessive risks, while also providing complex societies with a mechanism to limit the damage that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
contributing. Probably a greater ability is to deliver materials that can be experienced at different levels. In other words, going back to the gap between novice and master to allow people to find their own place on that continuum and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
mastering three models, the company has built formidable advantages that are difficult for competitors to overcome. Its example has shown how, properly applied, the implementation of multiple business models is not a risk but rather a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
http://hbr.org/product/ge-and-the-industrial-internet/an/614032-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-020 Goldman Sachs: Anchoring Standards After the Financial Crisis Goldman Sachs, a longtime venerable financial institution headquartered in New York City, had a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
MaterialsNote on Direct Selling in Developing Economies Michael Chu and Joel SegreHarvard Business School Case 310-068 Informal and formal direct selling play a particularly important role in developing countries characterized by markets with View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
faced the challenge of convincing buyers to pay a premium price. Their products originated from a wild resource under government regulations which limited the size of the catch by both the industry and Clearwater. In recent years,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
when one has reached a certain age or level of expertise. Concert pianists and Wimbledon champions draw on the expertise of master teachers to guide their practice sessions. One forty-six-year-old senior vice president at Adobe Systems... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
action against banks they deemed "too big to fail." Regulators around the world stepped in to increase capital requirements while the U.S. government passed the Dodd-Frank bill, which improved transparency and accountability, and, with the Volcker Rule, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
Lauder-Železný saga is notable for several reasons. First, it's a cautionary tale for managers about an expropriation in an emerging market where the value of an entity can be diverted to insiders. In this case, the "tunneling" of the enterprise was... View Details