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- 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27
attractive as it initially seems. In the B and C cases, students must decide whether their view of the appropriate pricing changes, when the apparent mispricing worsens. A final additional teaching point relates to the formation of a synthetic short position using the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
and also examples of companies who understood this problem and created an effective product mix? A: There are clearly domains where consumers face overchoice: analgesics, automobile options, mutual funds, upholstered furniture, etc. In these domains, fewer View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
instance where there’s a minor inconvenience to being in person—whether that’s a fear of social interaction or perhaps having to drive more than 30 minutes. That is a huge barrier to in-person interaction, and people will almost always pick the virtual over the... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
ecosystem. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911066-PDF-ENG Cipla 2011 Rohit Deshpandé, Sandra J. Sucher, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 511-050 Dr. Yusuf Hamied, head of the Indian pharma and generics manufacturing company Cipla, is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
using market incentives (Apple's program to draw independent developers to its iPhone/iTouch platform.) We asked Lakhani to discuss in more detail the strategic options available to managing outside innovation. Sean Silverthorne:... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
less helpful if you don't know whether your options will get better or worse. It pays to look for strategic insight from contexts where uncertainty, risk, and change are the only constants. Military science, in particular, offers powerful... View Details
- 26 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations
negotiation. Nearly all research on power and negotiations operationalizes power as an objective feature of what you bring into the negotiation. It's either what your alternative is or it's the number of other options that you have... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
providers within a small radius around the subscriber's ZIP code.) The best payers would be able to recommend effective disease-management options for subscribers with chronic conditions. Competition would shift to providing information... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
our classmates took off her shoes and—WHOA—eyes burning, nose on fire, it was the worst stench you could imagine! When we asked her why she didn’t do anything, she said the current options stunk (pun intended); they either didn’t work,... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
handles that. And can he use those negotiating skills and those communication skills and create shared value skills in a situation where there’s no walk-away option and he doesn’t have the leverage. Command and control management model... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 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
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2.4 Disciplinary Process | MBA
University Chaplain's office. Ombuds The Ombuds is a neutral and confidential third party who can support a student in the following ways if they are involved in a disciplinary process: help the student understand the disciplinary process and the View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009
managing risk in early-stage ventures. The case also addresses issues such as diversification and options preservation as well as the importance of trust and long-term relationships in decision making in entrepreneurial arenas. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008
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 the film rental and return patterns of a sample of online DVD rental customers over a... View Details
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
problem solving may find that an open, collective process generates better, more creative options than a separated, sequential approach. Open negotiations can also enhance feelings of legitimacy and group ownership of an eventual... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
bringing new options to the table for achieving military objectives, too. Baskin: What is the big takeaway? Weinzierl: The biggest changes that have happened in space thus far are on what you might think of as the supply side of a... View Details
- 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
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
utilized his experience from investing to help the company gear up to raise a Series A. “When I spoke with Diego, he shared five problems they were thinking about and gave me the option of what I wanted to work on,” Westphal explained.... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
in potential danger. One of our interviewees noted, “As CEOs in this crisis, we have no option but to become the wartime CEO, however ill equipped or prepared we are.” You can equip yourself better immediately. Here’s what your brain and... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
the case about the trustworthiness of online reviews. It’s remarkable that 85 percent or so of people would make a purchase after reading online reviews. A: Yes. It turns out that if you think about it from a consumer standpoint: what are the available View Details