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  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

small set of high priority ones for solution efforts. The theory is that soliciting a large number of ideas from employees will surface a set of higher priority problems than would have been identified with a less extensive search. Scarce... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

firms shifting display promotions away from smaller revenue brands toward larger ones following periods of poor financial performance. This indicates the behavior is determined by parties above brand... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

extensive (turnover) margin as opposed to asymmetric effort responses on the intensive margin. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54422 Harvard Business School Case 718-039 Lisbon Revisited No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 10, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207020 Li Ning-Anything Is Possible Harvard Business School Case 507-024 A leading sporting goods company in China competes aggressively against global brands Nike and Adidas,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Read All About It!

collisions with other trains, loose rails, and fires in wooden cars occurred with some frequency in the first decades of the railroads. But the industry soon grew more organized and invested in extensive track and bridge construction.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 27 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 27

far more attention. In this compelling and authoritative new book, the authors document a rising chorus of concerns about business schools gleaned from extensive interviews with deans and executives as well as from a detailed analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

spark organizational change. But because Muzak was a franchise organization, Kahn had to convince independent affiliates to pay for what turned out to be an extensive re-branding. This case can be used to teach how View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

not photoshopped to perfection but are flawed, vulnerable, and in-your-face. This total transparency generates a level of authenticity and intimacy with audiences that traditional marketing tactics cannot match. He also discusses the people, products, and View Details
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

of the development was strong, with the exception of the art museum, which posted losses. Also, the branding efforts by Mori were at odds with other tenants and he needed to manage "the town." Lastly, another competing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

market share, but Knight's marketing approach had revolutionized the industry, his company had developed several ground-breaking shoe technologies, and Nike's brand had become one of the most recognizable in the world. In 1980, the same... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Books of 2016

and extraordinarily detailed maps. Leading YOU: The Power of Self-Leadership to Build your Executive Brand and Drive Career Success by Brenda Bence (MBA 1991) (Global Insight Communications, LLC) The most important driver of overall... View Details
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract We examine the accrual choices of outsourcing firms with links to U.S. congressional candidates during the 2004 elections, when corporate outsourcing was a major campaign issue. We find that politically connected firms with more View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016

increased enrollment by 3–5 percentage points. Newly eligible households were also 20% more likely to own a business, with larger effects for incorporated firms. I find large increases in labor supply on the extensive and intensive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

http://hbr.org/product/indispensable-when-leaders-really-matter/an/11129-HBK-ENG Unconscious Thought Reduces Intrusion Development: A Replication and Extension Authors:Julie Krans, Dorte Janecko, and Maarten W. Bos Publication:Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

four different segments—food services, industry, retail, and beverages—and exported 17% of its production, mostly to the United States, Europe, and Japan. El Rey needed to grow, but Redmond wondered how to achieve growth and how to market the "El Rey" View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

"Will we make something strong and good and wise out of all the destruction of the past two years?" Koehn is an authority on entrepreneurial leadership and history. Her previous books include Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News
  • 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

powerful instruments a manager can use to influence the take-up of her product, especially in a subsidized and noncompetitive market as is common for global health products. However, the question of whether and how to price has been the subject of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

so it could charge transaction fees, but they were reluctant to enter what they considered a regulatory minefield. The recently passed JOBS Act was expected to relax constraints around crowdfunding, and Nivi and Ravikant knew that would be a logical View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

decompose the productivity decrease that arises from taxation, we estimate that 40% is due to the lower net wage and the remaining 60% to tax aversion. This tax aversion affects labor supply more on the extensive margin (working less)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

New Zealand grown kiwifruit outside of Australia and New Zealand. Facing growing international competition, Zespri invested in consumer branding and innovation, which has led to new types of kiwifruit that taste better and are protected... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne