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- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
argue that the puzzling combination of high-frequency excess sensitivity and low-frequency decoupling between short- and long-term rates can be understood using a model in which (i) shocks to short-term interest rates lead View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best
who were selling water purifiers, were not told they were part of an experiment; Chung says the four branches were selected far apart to limit any "watercooler effect" of employees comparing notes. Within... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
Scratching the surface
as many people as these two years will allow. Meeting others is by far what I was most looking forward to. Before this, I worked primarily in insulated, small-team environments where opportunities to branch beyond your project or group... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
things to do at the moment such as defend Tripoli. Unless Libya dissolves into chaos, which so far does not appear to be happening, the new government is likely to be favorably... View Details
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
map of New York to drive in Los Angeles. As examples, the authors cite the ongoing movement for a U.S. balanced budget amendment; the IMF's use of the deficit to assess fiscal prudence; the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
core retailing business and AWS. Students are also provided with an opportunity to discuss operational diversification and its limits within the AWS context. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
Sector from 'Preventing Regulatory Capture: Special Interest Influence, and How to Limit It' Authors: Daniel Carpenter, David Moss, and Melanie Wachtell Stinnett Publication: Chap. 3 in The Making of Good... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
experiment to examine the effect of management fiduciary duties on equity‐debt conflicts. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy ruling changed the nature of corporate directors' fiduciary duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
achieve its success—and to identify how those practices could be codified and adopted elsewhere. "Health care started out with largely independent practitioners and a limited body of knowledge," says... View Details
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
and can be decomposed into four types of changes. We then present a simple better-reply dynamics with myopic and boundedly rational agents and identify conditions that ensure that limit outcomes are outcome equivalent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
activity between strategic (operating firms) and financial (private equity) acquirers. What are the economic factors that drive either financial or strategic buyers to dominant positions in M&A activity? We introduce debt market... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
more specific rules. “Regulators should have the temperament that ‘we need to make this thing work,’ but most regulators don’t think about it that way and just want to protect the down side,” Lal says.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
Summing Up Summarizing responses to questions about a topic as complex as thinking slow requires that one think slow. So I wrote this column, slept on it, rewrote it, and still have problems with it. But deadlines, as they so often do,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
Daniel M. Cable, and Bradley R. Staats show the importance of affirming team members’ self-concept prior to team formation. Risk Management: The Revealing Hand Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes explore the role, organization, and View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
work. The case forces the student to choose among the four orders, given limited capacity available, other business likely to come along, and the requirements of each order.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reflecting on AASU50: Advancing African American Business Leadership
Last week, Harvard Business School hosted AASU50, a two-day event commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the African-American Student Union (AASU) with sessions and events focused on advancing African American business leadership. The conference was... View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
lawyers inevitably start to keep work to themselves as the firm navigated an ever-more competitive environment? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/414022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 513-097... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?
be the business person and think about the nuances of that, but there's also a ton of traffic coming by and I don't have limitations on how much money I can make." In other words, musicians today have massive potential View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
couldn't do anything about it until the next harvest," she says. "What they have is already there in a printed can, so they have to sell it in the market it was packed for." “The system builds in quality by making mistakes more costly”... View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
20,000 MW of wind energy, representing a $37 billion investment in 2007. Besides high prices, wind energy represented a solution for consumers seeking an energy source that would not add to the problems associated with global climate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace