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- 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28
economic trends a central economic activity and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
a vicious cycle of accelerating decline. Our results have important implications for understanding managerial incentives and the internal processes that lead to sustained advantage. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23
that pursue a social mission through the use of market mechanisms. These hybrid organizations, often referred to as social enterprises, combine aspects of both charity and business at their core. In this paper we distinguish between two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
Obstacles facing companies in today's hyper-competitive global markets are seemingly more complex than ever, to the point that managers must rethink many of the basic principles of good operations management, says Robert Hayes. In a new... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
founders faced new internal and external pressures; particularly worrisome was the entry of auction giants Christie's and Sotheby's into the market. The Vaziranis' main challenge now is to consolidate their leading position in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
for auto parts online. Finally, the company is moving its internal processes, such as billing and inventory, online. GM estimates that each of these four undertakings will save an extraordinary amount of money and enable the company to... View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3
substantial information about GMO products, they positively affect approval rates of GMOs by threatening the reputation of the regulatory agency. Our study further shows that firm and product uncertainty increases the impact of the social cues. The Underdog Effect: The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
navigate conflicts both external and internal. Today, more than ever, markets exert continual pressure on organizations to cut costs and return capital to the bottom line, but building value demands that much of that same capital be... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
international competition means we should expect industries to come and go. Even if this is sometimes painful, it is, in fact, a healthy process by which resources flow to their most productive uses. When a commons erodes, however, it... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
agents and to attract solely or primarily good-type agents. Through the savings from excluding rogue agents, the principal can increase its profits while offering increased payments to good agents. I apply the model to online advertising View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up
also make the settlement request conform more closely to standard invoices, providing a smoother path for processing payment, instead of initiating an internal legal review. She says it is interesting to observe the contrast between the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
change and disruption that is going on in the business environment. Indeed, almost 50 percent of the CEOs surveyed in the IBM study said the source of innovation was from changes in the business environment. Less than 20 percent reported that innovation came from View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18
and test its empirical implications using a novel data set from the market for original movie ideas. Consistent with the theoretical results, I find that buyers are reluctant to meet unproven sellers for early-stage ideas, which restricts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015
manufacturing components and processes change, and IT security becomes the job of every function. Companies need different skills and expertise, which creates new imperatives for HR. In the marketing function, the ability to track a... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
keep close watch over them. In 2015, Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, highlighted the problem. “A local food safety problem can rapidly become an international emergency,” she wrote in a statement.... View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
Depression during the financial crisis of 2008, with the failures consisting mostly of community banks. This environment—where troubled local banks appear unable to meet re-emerging small firm credit needs—would be an ideal market for new... View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
the short-term have a more short-term oriented investor base. Moreover, we find that short-term oriented firms have higher stock price volatility, and that this effect is mitigated for firms with more long-term investors. We also find that short-term oriented firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
competitive with someone who is personally advising you, and at a fraction of the cost,” says Luis Viceira, George E. Bates Professor and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business School. Viceira explores... View Details
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
formation, and innovation. He is also a partner of the international management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he is a leader of its Innovation practice. Chakravorti has advised over 30 Fortune 500 companies on innovation,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
2016 New York: Palgrave Macmillan Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia: A Dialogue Across Continents By: Kirby, William C., and Marijk C. van der Wende, eds. Abstract—This book highlights the experiences of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne