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  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

around the world, the company's current business model (selling Sel-Plex as an ingredient) did not allow it to participate in the value created. Lyons and Alltech's directors must choose between three different options for Sel-Plex, which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

  Publications August 2013 pub Cannibalization and Option Value Effects of Secondary Markets: Evidence from the U.S. Concert Industry By: Bennett, Victor Manuel, Robert Seamans, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how reducing search... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

to take place. Consumers have been put off by these bold claims, and their attitudes betray a great deal of conservatism. After all, even if things can clearly be improved, there is little perceived dissatisfaction with conventional... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

of Employee Stock Options Expensing Authors:Fabrizio Ferri and Tatiana Sandino Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper we examine the economic consequences of over 150 shareholder proposals to expense... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

two tier-2 vendors to work with its primary tier-1 vendor, a large Indian outsourcing firm that it had worked with closely for over a decade. The management of the multi-sourcing arrangement is posing a number of challenges. The chief information officer is considering... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

three-sided platform, connecting Flash game developers, sites that aggregate these games, and advertisers. The case describes the company's history from conception through 2009, when strategic options include broadening beyond Flash games... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

system firm put in place to align innovation. These cases help us to identify the range of outsourcing strategies that system firms could pursue and the factors that appear to influence which one is most appropriate. Read the paper: View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Apr 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

through until you acknowledge your own culpability. If you fire me from my job, I have to look myself in the mirror and ask, "What role did I have in getting fired?" In a CNN interview that I showed in class, Mark puts all the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
  • 12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12

Michael J., Jeronimo Silva, and Amar BhideHarvard Business School Case 813-074 The case describes a Turkish brother-sister team who are evaluating the option of acquiring and operating a franchise of a U.S. bakery/cafe in Turkey. They are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

that include work at home programs, USAA offers the option of a four-day, 40-hour work week. Executives make use of the fifth day for reading, reflection, and planning. Non-executives use some of the time for renewal, including a strong... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
  • 09 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 9

geographic markets while simultaneously growing its corporate account business. Roberts and his task force have narrowed their options to two proposals. The first is an enhancement of the account management model View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009

demonstrating systematic differences between the preferences people anticipate they will have over a series of options in the future and their subsequent revealed preferences over those options. Using a novel panel data set, we analyze... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

policy issue) to the decision-maker. Consequently, when a chosen option has an attribute whose value is extreme (e.g., an extreme policy stance), observers infer—sometimes incorrectly—that this attribute disproportionately motivated the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

preparation offices were given the option to purchase U.S. Savings Bonds in addition to existing Block savings products. The fraction of filers who did any savings at the tax-site was 8.5 times higher at these treatment sites offering... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

information and thus protect IP. We investigate the impact of modularity on IP protection by formally modeling the threat of expropriation by agents. The principal has three options to address this threat: trust, licensing, and paying... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

would continue hedging primarily with forward contracts, but in much higher volumes and at increasingly unfavorable rates, or to break with past practice and begin using foreign exchange option contracts. The decision would have... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 14 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

it may take them some time to get over their financial anxiety even after the shutdown has been settled. In addition, programs like Head Start and nutrition assistance, targeted at the disadvantaged, are put on hold, something that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 09 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?

Other Agencies Influence Approvals In the case of procedural legitimacy, the researchers found a strong influence from an unlikely source—the USDA's sister agency, the Food and Drug Administration. In the process of approving GMOs, companies have the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Biotechnology; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 11 May 2010
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First Look: May 11

with his young family. In October 2009, as they prepare for their departure to India, he reflects on how to spend his time there and whether and how to pursue the several business opportunities that have already emerged. The opportunities present different role View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 19

case:http://hbr.org/search/513058-PDF-ENG Konys, Inc. Lee, Deishin, and Tunay I. TuncaHarvard Business School Case 613-065 This case describes the sourcing policy for a consumer electronics company. The company must decide how to structure contracts with their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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