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- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50422 forthcoming Ethical Innovation in Business and the Economy Managerial Responsibility and the Purpose of Business: Doing One's Job Well By: Hsieh, Nien-hê... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
There are three ways to differentiate in retailing: location, location, and location. The problem is that as markets mature, location becomes less potent as a competitive advantage because the consumer has a growing abundance of... View Details
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Driving Profitable Growth - Course Catalog
examined in this course. One of the primary objectives of the course is to get you to think strategically about growth. Growth involves a series of choices about rate (e.g. how fast to grow?), direction (scale vs. scope), View Details
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
that this deterrence effect is stronger for smaller companies and in institutional contexts featuring stronger activist pressures and stronger norms of corporate transparency. Examining the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Anja Anliker
experiences, Anja reflects, “What ties the decisions I make in the military and the choices we face in case studies? It’s that our decisions... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
Business School Note 511-028 Pricing is one of the most difficult decisions marketers make and the one with the most direct and immediate impact on the firm's financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
across space? Why does the law of gravity apply? How do the costs of transporting goods, tasks, and technologies influence firms’ decisions to separate tasks geographically and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
Journal: Economic Policy The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying By: Kerr, William R., William F. Lincoln, and Prachi Mishra Abstract—How is economic policy made? In this paper we study a key determinant of the answer to the question: lobbying by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
when organizations identify a set of morally sustaining ideals. Ideals animate and help direct decision making in an organization or a society. These ideals are never fully realized. We all recognize that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
is that fiscal risk and social risk interact in complex ways. When considering many potential projects, government cost-benefit analysis thus acquires the flavor of a portfolio choice problem. We use the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
to increase significantly, with income from fees and other direct compensations growing from 23 percent in 1987 to 65 percent by 2007. What happened? The paper presents an economic model of an agency's View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
a binary choice of build or buy, today's advertisers frequently pursue hybrid policies of build and buy to procure the customized bundle required to develop, produce, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
duties, it is wise, as part of its selection process, to seek inputs from those who will 'live' daily with the next leader." Mike Flanagan commented: "The more buy-in from a broader range of people the better (the) choice View Details
- 04 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley
personal ones. Leaders shared their career journeys, professional regrets, and the complexities of balancing work and life. One particularly impactful moment was meeting Qasar Younis (MBA 2008), CEO of... View Details
Keywords: Technology
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Raja Bobbili
this dominant idea that business leaders make important decisions with imperfect information. As an investor, that is exactly what I have to do – exercise sound judgment in the context of significant uncertainty View Details
Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
that the choice women make to leave and re-enter the workforce is just one of many gender-related issues that has long needed understanding. Though it's not unique to executives, it is a particularly... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
hosts who have never had an African-American guest, suggesting only a subset of hosts discriminate. While rental markets have achieved significant reductions in discrimination in recent decades, our results suggest that Airbnb’s current design View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
innovation-driven economy. In Producing Prosperity, Harvard Business School professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih show the disastrous consequences of years of poor sourcing decisions View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
manager faced decisions that could have derailed the performer's career. A new case by Associate Professor Anita Elberse examines the strategic marketing choices that instead created a global brand. Why... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
empirical evidence that multi-homing advertisers are larger than single-homing advertisers. We then link our model to search engine market conditions: we derive comparative statics on consumer choice parameters, presenting relationships... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne