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- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
as common enemies, hostile mediators cause adversaries in conflict to feel more connected and become more willing to reach agreement (Experiments 3 and 4). Finally, we manipulate the target of mediators’ hostility to document the...
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Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
address the need for virtual health care. Laura Huang (@LauraHuangLA) is the MBA Class of 1954 Associate Professor of Business Administration. Robert S. Kaplan: Physician time will be used more efficiently Telehealth and telemedicine will...
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by Danielle Kost
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
Profitability Around the World Authors:Paul M. Healy, George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu Abstract We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, labor market competition, and government efficiency affect the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Prior stock price peaks of targets affect several aspects of merger and acquisition activity. Offer prices are biased toward recent peak prices although they are economically unremarkable. An...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
and M. Utku Ünver Abstract Many markets have "unraveled" and experienced inefficient, early, dispersed transactions, and subsequently developed institutions to delay transaction timing. However, it has previously proved difficult to measure and identify the...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
from real reform of the health care delivery system. The "cost savings" a public plan might achieve through volume discounts due to its scale are one-time savings and not true ongoing outcome or efficiency improvements. Instead, costs are...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
good ROI.” Diniz began to brainstorm with Paulo Puterman, a friend studying to get his PhD in biotechnology at the University of São Paulo who also happened to be focused on the highly efficient elephant grass/electricity equation. “After...
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- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process....
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by Joseph B. Fuller
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
"True North." The book offers methods for personal reflection and includes targeted exercises that help leaders hone in on the purpose of their leadership and develop their authentic leadership skills. Publisher's site:...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
the cost and schedule overruns. In general, I think the project would have benefited from more "for-profit" incentives—if there's not clear incentives to be efficient and make profits, people won't. To address this concern in...
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- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
Online Advertising Authors: Benjamin Edelman Publication: HBR Now, HBR Voices (December 2009) Abstract The Internet is sold to advertisers as a highly measurable medium that is the most efficient way to View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
by a factor of five to achieve the mitigation and adaptation targets needed to keep warming below 1.5 degrees. Adaptation is particularly underfunded, receiving less than 10% of all funds when 20% would be required. When funding is...
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- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
GMC Sierra EV. Five GM assembly plants in the U.S. Canada and Mexico will be building EVs. Japan's Mazda Motor Corp unveiled a $10.6 billion spending plan to electrify its vehicles and said it was also considering investing in battery production.The company also raised...
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- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
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...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
program’ systematically to improve the efficiency of marketing beyond the borders of the home country. Instead, he shouts: ‘Wake up!’ ” Throughout his career, in different ways, Levitt kept shouting. When HBS Dean John McArthur appointed...
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- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
“display set” of visible but unavailable options can exert these same types of influences on whether or not to choose a single (target) item. Across a series of experiments, purchase intent is increased when the display set and target are...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
Consider the other side of influence, i.e., how targets of influence might defend against the tactics herein considered; and (5) Consider some of the ethical issues surrounding the use of psychological influence in negotiation. Download...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
fills a previously unmet need. Executive Education, for instance, presents a one-week course in the United States and in Europe targeting CEO-level managers (Leading High-Performance Healthcare Organizations). In addition, University...
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- 21 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect
susceptibility to competition. How to repair the rift? Two HBS faculty developed a CD-based program called Measuring Marketing Performance targeted at senior executives—namely CEOs, COOs, and CMOs. The tutorial helps execs understand how...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
have a similar issue. In fact, the global recession has made that issue more visible: production efficiencies have reduced the cost of goods sold at S&P 500 companies, while SG&A as a percentage of sales has not decreased. If you...
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by Sean Silverthorne