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  • 22 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

goal is not to identify the "best" program, but rather to lay out the range of innovations to meet the needs of heterogeneous potential savers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-075.pdf   Cases & Course Materials2006 Hurricane View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

participation in a comparative cost study, management at Springfield Hospital, known for its heavy focus on operational excellence, become aware of opportunities for further improvement. Analysis of the differences in costs, uses, and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

"treated" with electronic monitoring is 13% (40% lower). We convince ourselves that the estimates are causal using peculiarities of the Argentine setting. For example, we have almost as much information as the judges have when deciding on the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

a useful input to assessing risks, allocating quality improvement resources, and making sourcing decisions. This paper examines how the scheduling of inspections risks introducing bias that erodes inspection... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Jan 2011
  • Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

million to $5 million, with most of that money coming from grants from institutions like the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “Funding can be canceled with the stroke of a pen.” The NIH allocates money to researchers whose proposals... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

used as a platform for discussing sources of value and risks associated with distressed investing. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School 218-039 "Capital View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Dec 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

growth targeted. In fact, many kinds of growth offer great returns while requiring little or none of the world’s resources, therefore having seemingly few limits. Fran Henry makes the case for economic growth when she says, "According to the World Health... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

data indicate an increase in the number of initial export episodes in response to reform. These results suggest that the expansion of multinational activity more than offsets any decline in the imitative activity of indigenous firms. PDF not available. Bandwidth View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

classes. While most investors specialize in a single asset class, a handful of generalists can gradually reallocate capital across markets. Upon the arrival of a large supply shock, prices of risk in the directly impacted asset class... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

Such motives spring from the humanitarian values possessed by the organizations or individuals involved. Utilitarian motives, on the other hand, cater to the partners' organizational needs, focusing on issues like risk management or the... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

Office must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments—hedge funds, private equity, real estate, and so forth. Considers the risks and benefits of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

success, for example, leads to an unreasonable fear of failure, a mindset that inhibits risk taking, a focus on past performance rather than potential, and blindness to the role of luck in successes and failures. Managers, therefore, need... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

leaders might say they value inquisitive minds, in reality most stifle curiosity, fearing it will increase risk and inefficiency. Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino elaborates on the benefits of and common barriers to curiosity in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

of the funds—at the state level the Massachusetts Transportation Authority will issue revenue bonds to finance construction. While it is true the cost of the project has risen from $2.2 billion in 1983 (not indexed for inflation) to $14.6 billion today, it is very... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 11 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 11, 2006

to increase investment in its "off eBay" strategy; how to allocate investments between the two sides of its payment network (i.e., consumers and merchants); which consumer segments to target (e.g., existing PayPal account... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2025
  • Teaching Note

Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service

By: George Serafeim, Michael W. Toffel and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-007. The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million, established a large network of restaurant partners, and prevented the use of... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Adoption; Strategy; Performance Productivity; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Retail Industry; Germany; Europe
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  • 14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14

Applied Corporate Finance When One Size Doesn't Fit All: Evolving Directions in the Research and Practice of Enterprise Risk Management By: Mikes, Anette, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Enterprise risk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

the investor's and the investee's countries, affects the asset allocation decisions of global mutual funds. We find that investors tend to underweight investees with greater accounting distance. Using the mandatory adoption of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

design principles and properties for a non-technical audience; reviews its past, present, and future uses; and points out risks and regulatory issues as Bitcoin interacts with the conventional financial system and the real economy.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

traffic are sufficiently improved relative to the offerings of the ad auctions when separate. When there is an insufficient improvement, such mergers can harm advertisers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-055.pdf Investing in Improvement: Strategy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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