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- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
of options in the future and their subsequent revealed preferences over those options. Using a novel panel data set, we analyze the film rental and return patterns of a sample of online DVD rental customers over a period of four months. We View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
as an acute, fatal disease," Maderis concludes. Hitting the Target When human lives are at stake, the urgency involved in turning such predictions into reality goes beyond the wish to reap financial rewards from years of investment. Steve... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
predicted support for raising the minimum wage, suggesting that attitudes toward inequality may not translate into preferences for redistributive policies. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
that explores the mechanisms’ distinct predictions on the distributions of domestic firms—within-firm productivity improvement shifts the productivity distribution rightward, while selection and market reallocation shifts the revenue and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
ratio and ROE. Applying the model to the cross-section of firms, we find that expected returns and expected profitability are highly persistent and time varying. Our fundamentals-implied estimates of expected returns across time horizons exhibit strong return View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2009 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Emotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count
By: Elie Ofek, Jason Riis and Paul Hamilton
Emotiv is getting ready to launch its innovative brain-computer interfacing (BCI) technology. The company has developed a special headset, called EPOC, and highly sophisticated software that can translate a person's emotions, cognitive thoughts, and facial expressions... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Sales; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Launch; Business Startups; Technology Industry
Ofek, Elie, Jason Riis, and Paul Hamilton. "Emotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count." Harvard Business School Case 510-050, October 2009. (Revised July 2012.)
- December 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Dayton Electric Corp.
Concerns a product redesign decision for one of the company's most successful motor products, its rectified power, medium D-C motor, the RPM. A one-year redesign program has proposed a design that comes close to meeting its stated cost and performance goals, but at the... View Details
Keywords: Product Design; Strategic Planning; Research and Development; Business Divisions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Machinery and Machining; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Dayton Electric Corp." Harvard Business School Case 692-071, December 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
- February 2024
- Supplement
ReNew (B): A New Direction
By: Gunnar Trumbull and Malini Sen
The global renewables sector was in a slump, but the Indian market was booming. India’s largest renewable electricity generator, ReNew, faced a dilemma: it traded on the Nasdaq in New York, but saw huge opportunity in the Indian market. In response, CEO Sumant Sinha... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Trends; Transformation; Private Ownership; Environmental Sustainability; Mission and Purpose; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Energy Industry; Asia; India
Trumbull, Gunnar, and Malini Sen. "ReNew (B): A New Direction." Harvard Business School Supplement 724-032, February 2024.
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
http://www.people.hbs.edu/rchua/JIBS_Intercultural_trust.pdf Evolve (Again) Author:Rosabeth M. Kanter Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2011) Abstract Frenzy over social networks and interactive media can produce equally overhyped View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2010
- Teaching Note
The Southeast Bank of Texas in the Financial Crisis (TN)
By: Robert C. Pozen and Benjamin Greff Schneider
Teaching Note for 310141. View Details
- June 1991 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Takeover of the Norton Co., The
By: Thomas R. Piper
After a decade of mediocre performance, the Norton Co. enters 1990 with the prospect of increased sales in the next few years. Yet Norton is pursuing slow growth industries, and a lower than expected earnings announcement at the beginning of 1990 has depressed earnings... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Goals and Objectives; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance Evaluation; Revenue; Bids and Bidding; Business Processes; Ownership Stake
Piper, Thomas R. "Takeover of the Norton Co., The ." Harvard Business School Case 291-002, June 1991. (Revised December 1997.)
- 2012
- Working Paper
Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns
By: Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson
We show that the credit quality of corporate debt issuers deteriorates during credit booms, and that this deterioration forecasts low excess returns to corporate bondholders. The key insight is that changes in the pricing of credit risk disproportionately affect the... View Details
Keywords: Price; Credit; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction; Bonds; Market Design; Cost of Capital; Mathematical Methods; System Shocks
Greenwood, Robin, and Samuel G. Hanson. "Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-065, January 2011. (Revised September 2012, Internet Appendix Here.)
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
says Luca. He also hopes the research will be helpful for college-bound students. “College choice is a fascinating behavioral economics puzzle, and this is one piece,” he says. “Despite the fact that the school will predictably get safer... View Details
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
iteration to resolve into a problem that can be addressed in a predictable, rules-based way. Diagnostic abilities are the technological enablers of disruption in health care. Precise definition of the problem, in this and in every industry, is a prerequisite to the... View Details
- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
brands, styles, and sizes. Still others are using two- or three-dimensional models to help consumers predict product fit. A firm called TheRightSize recently announced technology called "The Rosetta Stone of Fit" to reduce the... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
reporting is simply common sense, says Ramanna. After all, for the past 30 years accounting scholars have put a lot of effort into building a rigorous set of frameworks and hypotheses to explain and predict financial reporting practice.... View Details
- Web
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog
context broadly. The principal focus is on the context surrounding the human group involved. We examine cognitive, interpersonal, and organizational factors that thwart effective decision making and introduce techniques for diagnosing and overcoming View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
Prize4Life awarded the DREAM-Phil Bowen ALS Prediction Prize4Life, which sought to identify a method for discerning whether an ALS patient has a rapidly progressing form of the disease or a more delayed-progression form. The challenge... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
model for the future?” she asks. Hanging on her office wall is a poster that reads: “The Best Way to Predict the Future Is to Invent It.” That’s exactly what Ivy Ross intends to do. View Details
- March 2017 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Edwin Land: The Art and Science of Innovation
By: Tom Nicholas, Christopher Stanton and Matthew Preble
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Polaroid first invented—and then continuously reinvented—the field of instant photography. Under the leadership of its mercurial founder Edwin Land, the company regularly released new instant cameras and films, often... View Details
Keywords: Instant Photography; Company History; Change Management; Disruption; Forecasting and Prediction; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Intellectual Property; Patents; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Development; Chemical Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Nicholas, Tom, Christopher Stanton, and Matthew Preble. "Edwin Land: The Art and Science of Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 817-107, March 2017. (Revised May 2018.)