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  • 23 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 23

corruption. But a wholesale change to the market, designed under reformist President Obasanjo and pushed forward by President Jonathan, promised greater efficiencies and investment guided by private-sector principles including widespread... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

because external capital markets became more costly, but also because the efficiency of internal capital allocation increased significantly during the crisis. Our analysis provides new evidence on how the diversification discount and its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

zip-code level, this suggests that unforced sales take place at approximately efficient prices, while forced-sales prices reflect time-varying illiquidity in neighborhood housing markets. At a more local level, however, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

increase efficiencies by expanding its scale, diversification, and reach. The acquisition of a large competitor presented the best opportunity to achieve this goal, and, as a result, Belda was particularly intrigued by Canadian rival... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18

a purely social act with economic considerations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-012.pdf Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery Authors:David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Motors John B. Rogers, Jr., MBA 2007 Jeffrey R. Jones, MBA 2007 Local Motors will design, manufacture, and bring to market innovative, lightweight, efficient cars. These cars will revolutionize not only automobiles, but also the very... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

The Producers

to make sure the product gets made efficiently and that it’s marketed effectively. I also have to solve problems every day within a corporate culture that changes with every movie.” “The negotiation courses I took at HBS have been... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

perturbation enables efficient exploration in the midst of intense exploitation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-011.pdf Understanding Inflation-Indexed Bond Markets Authors:John Y. Campbell, Robert J. Shiller, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

chief made the projects sound simple enough - nothing that Singaporean efficiency could not solve. Fellow panelist William Liley, managing director of Asian Infrastructure Fund Advisers Ltd., which manages the Asian Infrastructure Fund,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
  • 09 Sep 2016
  • News

MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

years and when kiteboarding started, I could just see, it was a much more efficient way to cruise around on the water. And bam, I was in. And as each wave of technology has come through Silicon Valley, I get exposed to a lot of people... View Details
  • 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

benefits are at most partially realized. The same institutions and practices that facilitate efficient ad placement can also facilitate fraud. The networks that should be serving advertisers have decidedly mixed incentives, such as cost... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 11

than department-level-performance measures; (2) internal supply department routines that respond to specific patients' needs rather than to predetermined stocking routines; (3) knowledge that is necessary for efficient handoffs of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

Case 510-037 Nanosolar is a start-up company in the clean tech sector. It expects to be one of the first manufacturers to produce thin-film solar panels using copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) technology. Although this technology is less View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

risks that these firms impose on society. Third, creating a receivership process would allow an efficient handling of failed companies. "We really need to insist that no institution is too big to fail," says Moss. "With what I'm... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
  • 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

advantage and market outcomes hence could be more efficient with stronger indirect network effects. We empirically examine the competition between the Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles. We find that Xbox has a small quality advantage over... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

getting proximate to the lived experiences of those most impacted by racism, which for many of us, means identifying and collaborating with local champions and nonprofits who can allow us to efficiently and effectively leverage our skills... View Details
  • 29 Mar 2023
  • News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

recovery workforce across a large geographical region prone to high risks,” he notes. “This product is not available in our sales system, and it is marked with ‘not for sale.’ It is only provided by our logistics system, which is highly View Details
  • 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010

and innovate from. Our efforts thus required an experimental laboratory to discover what will enable us as educators and trainers to efficiently and effectively create leaders. Dean Mark Zupan of the University of Rochester Simon School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

environment, workplace safety, and community involvement, most firms do not provide this information. Second, it is not economically efficient for shareholders with a small stake in a number of companies to ferret out sufficient... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

acquiring new resources. However, as the assets become larger and more strategic, management judgment becomes the determining factor. For assets that enhance operating efficiencies or increase revenue, we review techniques such as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel