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- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
what’s a manager to do given the uncertainty of both predictions and prophets? Here’s some advice to CEOs, CFOs, sales managers, and others who allocate the major resources in most firms. Whatever else you do in thinking about the future... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
contract from a fixed menu. Then, agents "choose to work" for a principal by selecting one of the available contracts. We find that i) (heterogeneous) social preferences are significant determinants of choices, ii) for both principals and agents, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
recall leads to a one-month reduction in time to major innovation. Our results suggest that product failures influence subsequent innovation but that their impact is dependent upon recall source, proximity, and severity. The strategic and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
terms of strategic negotiation, social entrepreneurship, sustainable tourism, and economic development. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-049.pdf Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
strategic thinking in terms of how you manage these types of projects, how you manage investors’ expectations, and how you manage partners. “I see a lot of great research going on within HBS,” Shih continues. “I’m struck by the... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
of rapid profit improvement. The question facing CEO Thomas J. Wilson was how to maintain the momentum. This case tracks the evolution of Allstate's strategy over 20 years, examining the logic behind the strategic changes, and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Nayana Mawilmada: Transforming Urban Development in Sri Lanka
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Mahima Rao-Kachroo
In February 2018, Nayana Mawilmada (Nayana), investment head for the Sri Lankan government’s ambitious $40 billion Megapolis project, must weigh an attractive job offer to move from the public sector to the private sector. A massive government project aimed at... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Making; Public Sector; Experience and Expertise; Strategic Planning; Work-Life Balance; Transportation; Risk and Uncertainty; Power and Influence; Personal Development and Career; Real Estate Industry; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; South Asia; Sri Lanka; Boston; Virginia; United States
Margolis, Joshua D., and Mahima Rao-Kachroo. "Nayana Mawilmada: Transforming Urban Development in Sri Lanka." Harvard Business School Case 421-065, March 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
latter to price lower and thereby increase total consumer traffic. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-010.pdf Exclusivity and Control Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Robin S. Lee Abstract We analyze platform competition for content in the presence of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
“Leaving Intuit Discussion.” That ended the uncertainty of who was and was not being laid off. Financial support was fair, with layoffs timed to enable employee vesting schedules for company stock and annual bonuses. 3. What message are... View Details
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory and research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 28
firms that historically issued frequent guidance, breaks in guidance following CEO turnovers are relatively permanent and are potentially attributable to firm-initiated changes in guidance policy. Breaks following CFO turnovers, however, likely reflect View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'
Choudhury explores this phenomenon in a paper forthcoming in the Strategic Management Journal, The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders, written with HBS doctoral student Do Yoon Kim.... View Details
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Overview
Jurgen's research focuses on the challenges and opportunites to the energy sector created by technological change and externalities, in particular those associated with greenhouse gas emissons. Specific areas of interest include the development of potential pathways to... View Details
Keywords: Alternative Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy; Disruptive Innovation; Market Design; Strategic Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology Adoption; Sustainable Cities; Business Strategy; Auto Industry; Battery Industry; Energy Industry; Transportation Industry; Utilities Industry
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
Strategic Value Advisors—predict environmental performance. We find that firms that have more KLD Environmental Concerns have slightly, but statistically significantly, more pollution and regulatory violations in later years than firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
invest in the original company could decide whether or not to stick with it. “Space is one of these industries where typical venture capital models struggle with the deep levels of uncertainty and the longer time frames that it requires.”... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
in expenses. As a result, our net operating surplus more than doubled, enabling us to invest in the School’s emerging strategic priorities while maintaining a healthy unrestricted reserves balance to spur new initiatives. In view of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
campaign. Effective fundraising and investor relations is key to the growth of alternative investments. This thorough guide delivers the information, insight, tools, and best practices for strategically marketing alternative investments.... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
Regulation By: Drake, David, Paul R. Kleindorfer, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove Abstract—We study the impact of emissions tax and emissions cap-and-trade regulation on a firm's technology choice and capacity decisions. We show that emissions price View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
in bringing their products to market, yet we know very little about the kinds of strategies they can employ to influence regulatory actor decision making. In this paper, we highlight a firm's strategic use of symbolic signaling in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
with encouragement from faculty mentors, pursued his growing interests in markets and investment. During his tenure at the School he has served as chair of the Finance unit and taken on a number of key administrative roles, including director of faculty planning and... View Details