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  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

processes were already equipped for the challenge. Successful firms, by contrast, developed an explicit strategy for collaboration and made organizational changes to aid performance in these efforts. Ultimately, these actions allowed them to identify and exploit new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

Egyptian Retailers Harvard Business School Case 106-065 CEMEX has pursued an aggressive decommoditization strategy focused on its relationship with small Egyptian retailers. In particular, the strategic role... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 19

this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110052-PDF-ENG ALAC International Richard S. Ruback and Royce YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 211-065 ALAC was a small importer of specialty industrial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

Cases & Course MaterialsDesign: More Than a Cool Chair Harvard Business School Note 607-026 This introduction to the Design industry includes definitions, and industry statistics, as well as descriptions of geographic clustering,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008

such as stable value funds, balanced funds, and life-cycle (or target date) funds. We find that life-cycle funds designed to match the risk tolerance and investment horizon of investors have small welfare costs. All other choices,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

well-regarded multi-sector leader asked to revive Wisconsin’s African-American chamber. This case study examines the lending options that a minority chamber of commerce considers when seeking to maximize value to its constituency. Students learn the challenges minority... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2007
  • Op-Ed

3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk

acting as a catalyst for the creation of these products by banks. Indeed, given the considerable fees involved, banks' business models are being reorientated away from the traditional structuring and holding of individual loans. Instead,... View Details
Keywords: by Mohamed El-Erian; Financial Services; Banking
  • 11 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

To improve any business, managers need to understand how much it costs to produce a profitable product. It seems a simple task, but the process of securing and analyzing the data can be incredibly complex and organizationally taxing. In Time-Driven Activity-Based... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 07 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 7

even small differences in members' status perceptions—differences that may not be apparent to the members themselves—can diminish coordination, generate task conflict, and weaken performance. Survey data from a longitudinal field study of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

simply begin with the direction you want to go and take a small step. Thinking alone will never change your life-you must ACT. Then evaluate the lessons you learn from that first step, build on them, and take another step in your desired... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

attracted the research attention of Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, a professor at Harvard Business School, and Andres Hervas-Drane, a PhD candidate in Economics at the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
  • 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

on small samples. Merits and limitations of the competition method are discussed. Download the paper: http://ie.technion.ac.il/Home/Users/erev/QuantitativeCompetition_Aug_12_2009.pdf Self-regulatory Institutions for Solving Environmental... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

managers may be trying to categorize their firms as small firms when investors favor small firms. Purchase the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13762 Allocating Marketing Resources... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

  Working PapersCompeting Ad Auctions: Multi-homing and Participation Costs Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin Edelman, and Hoan Soo Lee Abstract We model competing auctions for online advertising, with attention to the participation costs that limit advertisers' interest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

  • 10 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 10

their appeal and bundles offered by producers with a strong reputation suffer less from the negative impact of the shift to mixed bundling in online channels. What Would Peter Say? The Continuing Relevance of the Drucker Perspective Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

seems inevitable—a natural part of "creative destruction." But closer examination reveals a disturbing truth: companies large and small are shuttering more quickly than ever. What does it take to buck this trend? One answer is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Nov 2015
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November 17, 2015

Societal and Political Dimensions of Innovation Innovation and Business Growth By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Innovation and the pursuit of new business opportunities are essential for growth at the firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016

small association with violations in the unauthorized channel. Last, we link our results to the literatures on agency theory, transaction cost analysis, and theories of price obfuscation. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

picking fruit from tall trees, height taxation would seem natural. But in our economy the gain from taxing height is too small relative to its costs. Q: What are some problems with the current tax policy that most concern you? Does the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace