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- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
When private equity (PE) firms buy a company, they typically follow a standard playbook to create value—streamlining operations, restructuring debt, changing management, and cutting costs. However, as digital technologies and artificial intelligence allow companies to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
have meat inspectors stamping each individual steer. The meat packers themselves must make sure that all the product they sell is of good quality, as represented. I believe the regulatory tools we have in place are enough. Considering its... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
clients guard against spreading themselves too thin? A: Given all these new forms there is more ad clutter than ever, and marketers are trying to bypass it. Companies are getting more sophisticated about what they're investing in—shifting to View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
The Corporate Lattice: Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work by Cathleen Benko (MBA ’89) and Molly Anderson (Harvard Business Review Press) The authors argue that a lattice model rather than the corporate ladder is... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
whom resources will flow. Value, of course, is an economic concept, not primarily measured in physical performance attributes, but rather what a buyer will pay for a product or service. A customer can value... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence
self-driving cars to robots mopping up spills at the grocery store. As computer systems increasingly perform tasks that people once did, the implications for business are enormous. Although more than 80 percent of executives believe AI... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
chick” and said she performed surgery “like a girl.” Jurors ultimately awarded her $168 million, the largest judgment for a single victim of workplace harassment in United States history. Years later, sexual harassment remains a problem... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
the context of vehicle emissions testing in a state in which the government has outsourced these inspections to the private sector. Analyzing millions of emissions tests, we find empirical support for our hypotheses that particular View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
developing greener and higher performance insulation materials, is the emphasis on building decarbonization and energy efficiency, especially as it relates to retrofitting existing buildings. Including and welcoming these innovations... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
feasibility of permanent pricing changes, and the feasibility of a new product introduction. The note gives students a foundation for analyzing marketing cases, as well as providing an analytical structure and process for completing a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
trade organization, the Outdoor Industry Association. In 1999 GoLite introduced its first line of products. They consisted of Jardine designs to be used together: backpack, sleeping pad and bag, insulated clothing, tent, umbrella, and other gear. Total weight: about 9... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
indicators but also focus on current cash flow and performance of the small businesses using a broad array of traditional and nontraditional data sources. The new lenders generally fall into three categories. The first wave of tech-based... View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
others—have become “hub firms” because they control access to billions of mobile customers coveted by all kinds of product and service providers. These hubs drive increasing returns to scale and claim a disproportionate share of the value... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
multinationals toward organization-wide rationalization. Efficiencies and commonalities have emerged, particularly with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition, multinationals have been increasingly pressed to move toward international norms in the area of stakeholder relations... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
great reminder to fill every minute with 60 seconds’ worth of distance run.” —Dimitri Dadiomov (MBA 2015), Principal Product Manager, LendingHome Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown “Being an ‘Essentialist’... View Details
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
that information disclosure is particularly likely to spur responses from firms whose legitimacy is threatened (and thus are shamed) and face lower-cost opportunities to respond (and thus are particularly able). Testing this by examining how firms respond when their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2024
- Supplement
Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (B)
By: Joseph Pacelli, ZeSean Ali and Tom Quinn
GlassHouse Research identified accounting red flags at Catalent. Fiat Lux Partners countered most of GlassHouse’s claims. Who was right? This update explores the aftermath of the short seller duel. View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Acquisition; Budgets and Budgeting; Business Earnings; Earnings Management; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Revenue Recognition; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Government Legislation; Conflict of Interests; Announcements; Blogs; Debates; Lawsuits and Litigation; Stocks; Performance Productivity; Pharmaceutical Industry; Accounting Industry; United States
Pacelli, Joseph, ZeSean Ali, and Tom Quinn. "Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 124-055, January 2024.
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
Obviously, when your organization is in the business of saving lives, you can’t intentionally be “bad” at anything. But you can decide to not perform as well in areas that patients care less about, with the understanding that it will give... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; customer service; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
creates three kinds of traps that often impede deep learning. The first is attribution error or the tendency to see superior performance as rooted in one's actions rather than other factors (such as luck). The second is that success feeds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne