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- 12 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 12, 2008
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408003 Offshoring Day in BGIE and Strategy Harvard Business School Note 708-492 Describes a set of activities in which students will participate before and during a day of classes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
that fosters fashion education, research, and training. The fashion industry did not actively co-opt these organizations for their own means, however; the organizations were self-interested, evolved alongside the industry, and acted as... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008
how regulatory enforcement activities influence organizations' decisions to self-police. We created a comprehensive dataset for the "Audit Policy," a United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) program that encourages... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007
analyses by its accountant seem to indicate that small projects are more profitable than large projects. However, analysis of activities using activity-based costing reveals otherwise. With this new information, questions about what to do... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007
report their own violations. In this study, we examine how regulatory enforcement activities influence organizations' decisions to self-police. We created a comprehensive dataset for the "Audit Policy," a United States... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell
following six key activities that achieve, then propel, their success. 1. Planning. They develop a family strategic plan—usually with the help of trusted advisors—to specify their goals and values and clarify how they will achieve those... View Details
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
the value of corporate social responsibility to businesses in economically uncertain times. Martha Lagace: What is corporate social responsibility as you define it? Kash Rangan: Activities undertaken by businesses that enhance their value... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
wallet" by adding new business models—for example, if you currently have a product business, can you add information, services, or solutions? Can you expand into adjacent businesses by either taking over activities that used to be... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53983 Harvard Business School Case 715-017 Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: Argentina vs. Holdout Investors (B) No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016
endogenously limit their leverage as they internalize the costs. Tightening the commercial banks' capital requirement from the status quo leads to safer commercial banks and more shadow banking activity in the economy. While the safety of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016
Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/116038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-026 China Shenhua Energy Company A leading Chinese energy firm, active in coal mining and electric... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8
a comprehensive deal persuasively enough to transform more Iranian skeptics into active supporters-a necessary condition for success if there is an acceptable deal at the next stage. To sway skeptics, I recommend a specific... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20
aspirations for what is to be gained in the current relationship, and these aspirations fuel opportunism. Finally, we show that other parties may fail to anticipate these effects, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation. State Activism... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
There is an active for-profit market for vocational schools. Second, business schools need to look at what differentiates a professional school from a vocational school. There are at least 4 criteria that scholars use to describe a... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 22
location, and nationality, were associated with subgrouping in some, but not all of the teams. Our findings suggest that divisive subgroup dynamics only occurred in teams that also suffered from power contests, suggesting power contests View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
exit the game. Once you've placed the bet, though, you always have to choose one of three broad options, which we'll call Option A, Option B, and Option C. Option A is to stay in the game as an active player until some later time or until... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
a deeply entrenched and ubiquitous activity today that I thought it would be interesting to see how it got started. How did a world of astrology and "sign-reading" turn to one of econometrics and leading indicators? Q: Why did the group... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
Toyota, Canon, and Matsushita are saying the latter system is better. Companies adopting U.S.-style governance, however, are in the minority. Q: Besides case production, what other activities is the JRO involved in that may be of interest... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28
has long been recognized as an engine for economic growth and development. Unlike bank loans, where the entrepreneur receives money and is left alone as long as the payments arrive on the pre-arranged schedule, venture capital investments add the quality of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2
by differences in the information-processing activities associated with each function and apply this insight to refine and extend existing theories of centralization. We also discuss the implications of our results for organizational... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino