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- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
financing institutions, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). We find that developing countries serving on the Board of Executive Directors can expect an approximate View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
literature that suggests firms reduce marketing expenditures in order to boost reported earnings, we find that soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of all marketing promotions (price discounts, feature advertisements, and aisle... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
negotiators interact to influence cooperative behavior of low-power negotiators. Managers from four different cultural groups (Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, and the United States) negotiated face-to-face in a simulated power-asymmetric commons dilemma. Results supported... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
vignette with some of the negative statements about the water privatization that Argentina's president expressed during the nationalization process. Interestingly, the effect of the vignette on households that gained water is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
and complementary effects across channels to provide sales forecasting, promotion planning, and customer relationship management guidance to multichannel managers. We investigate three contingencies in a sales analysis of a leading U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
highlights the process through which diversity initiatives become successful and offers insight into how organizations can more effectively recruit and retain a diverse workforce. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
learned to navigate and still come out strong. Sometimes as HBS students, we have a false sense of security. Remember, nothing has a guarantee. I was an immigrant to the US in 2010 and got my citizenship later, so I had to work double... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
hookup, but that number is expected to double this year and reach 16.6 million within five years. "The creative side, which is what matters in the advertising business, can't be fully explored until the technology has improved," says... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Business School Publishing) This history doubles as a sophisticated account of the opportunities and challenges facing the modern investor. It follows the rise of funded retirement, the evolution of investment vehicles and techniques,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of marketing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
social impact. And the way to magnify that impact is to give away valuable knowledge to anyone who can use it. Bridgespan is unique in another equally important way. It is a pioneer in the application of data-driven strategy and consulting services to enhance the View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
Appliances division—his destination this morning—has piqued the interest of manufacturers worldwide. There is a long call about a potential new hire. The company, which Rogers cofounded in 2007, has almost doubled in size over the past... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
economists—had foreseen. The crisis raises questions about how competently financial institutions, such as mutual funds, managed their global capital investments. It raises questions about how effective the International Monetary Fund's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
conformity comes at a steep price for our careers and personal lives. When we mindlessly accept rules and norms rather than questioning and constructively rebelling against them, we ultimately end up stuck and unfulfilled. As leaders, we are less View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
venture-funded startups in the networking/data communications industry sectors reveals that those startups that participate in an open standards community, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), have a greater likelihood of an initial public offering or... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
was more physical. A former triathlete, he was invited by his investment firm’s partners to a hot yoga class. “I could not believe how I felt afterward,” he recalls. “That halo effect after a good sweat—it opened up my chest, and I got... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
has been growing 30 percent annually since 2006. In the years ahead, athenahealth announced, it would nearly double the size of its workforce, to some 5,000 employees. It would also further redevelop the 29-acre site by adding 150,000... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
widely used would reduce the amount of fossil fuel we ultimately burn. Taken together, these developments perhaps serve as a snapshot of the environmental landscape today. On the one hand, scientific indicators continue to warn of the long-term View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
effectively within the newly merged entities. No PDF is available at this time. Reputation and Competition: Evidence from the Credit Rating Industry Authors:Bo Becker and Todd Milbourn Abstract Fair and accurate credit ratings arguably... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace