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- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
global business, with international stars such as soccer players Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry as well as tennis star Roger Federer being particularly sought-after endorsers. Q: What was the evolution of using athletes to promote... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
positions ranged from lawyer, judge, preacher, entrepreneur to the first African American commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and to the head of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
for truly independent regulators is of considerable importance. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fulfills that function in the United States, but regulatory bodies abroad lack the clout of subpoena power and can be swayed by... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
Security and Exchange Commission mandated that publicly traded companies had to disclose all material information to their investors at the same time. The researchers found that after the introduction of that rule, the return spread of... View Details
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
also present a panoply of challenges for communities and states. Surprisingly, federal laws are chief among those challenges despite the fact that online marketplaces facilitate transactions traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/x/56113 Working Papers The Federal Reserve's Abandonment of Its 1923 Principles By: Rotemberg, Julio J. Abstract—This paper studies the persistence and some of the consequences of the eventual abandonment by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
ongoing state support and federal emergency aid will be required to avoid a crisis.” Telepsychiatry may increase patient access David Theobald (HBS MBA 1991)’s interest in mental health technology commercialization has led him to Genoa... View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
determine whether firms followed what they call the “timely disclosure hypothesis,” the idea that managers accurately release their private post-quarter information at announcement time. What they found instead was that managers were “leaning against the wind,” View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51347 Harvard Business School Case 118-061 The Whistleblower at International Game Technology Robert Mayhem, a senior manager at International Game Technology, had filed a whistleblower report with the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
innovations also present a panoply of challenges for communities and states. Surprisingly, federal laws are chief among those challenges despite the fact that online marketplaces facilitate transactions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/416032-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-034 Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Challenging Situations at Work: Managing Communication No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
Gap? Government Subsidized Lending and Access to Capital By: Lerner, Josh, and Kristle Romero-Cortes Abstract—The consequences of providing public funds to financial institutions remain controversial. We examine the Community Development... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
Chairman and CEO of KPMG, the firm made a number of changes in compensation, governance, and culture in order to address the underlying reasons for actions that occurred prior to him becoming CEO that led to the accounting giant paying $456 million to the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
the government should not be in the business of helping some small businesses and not others. The editorial writers reinforced their view of SBA by pointing to President Obama’s proposed reorganization of federal economic agencies in... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
2013 elections in Kenya, the Electoral Commission sent 11 million nonpartisan text messages to registered voters in an effort to boost electoral participation. The messages had a positive effect on turnout but also decreased trust in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
work together to create all aspects of the urban environment. Also necessary are new systems and processes for helping cities operate efficiently and effectively, including the use of new information and communication technologies already... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research Event
What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?
racial, sexual, or otherwise.” She noted that in Silicon Valley, which is dominated by wealthy, white males, major technology firms are creating positions like “chief diversity officer” and are commissioning reports on the state of the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
through which U.S. doctors get their first jobs and auctions through which the Federal Communications Commission sells licenses for parts of the radio broadcast spectrum. They... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
infighting, and allegations of corruption. The district was by far the lowest performing in the state, and nearly half of its 125 schools failed to meet their adequate yearly progress goals in 2004 as required by the federal No Child Left... View Details