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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
man! — Rindge Leaphart (MBA 1997) I am a partner at a small but rapidly growing executive search firm. Back in the spring of 2010 we conducted a client survey that clearly pointed out a strategic imperative (and opportunity) for us to... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
expected film to be in the cards. “Originally, I had planned on going to work for a solar startup, but I decided to pause the startup search after watching Chasing Ice, a visually compelling and beautiful documentary on the melting of... View Details
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
prices, the former implies convexity in the smaller of the two valuations, the latter linearity. In either case, the price is at least their average and hence spiteful. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
U.S. business cycles lead over medium-term fluctuations in Mexico; and (3) why Mexican consumption is not less volatile than output. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-029.pdf Publications Marginality and Problem Solving Effectiveness in Broadcast... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
clubs," we show that 1) fees serve as a signal of price discounts, such that stores that charge fees are perceived as offering better deals for identical items; 2) the presence of fees can increase consumer spending and overall store... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
Lewis Jr. (MBA 1969), George R. “Bob” Price (MBA 1970), and A. Leroy “Roy” Willis (MBA 1969). In commemoration of this milestone, four of AASU’s founders (Price died in 2012) reflect on their time at the School, the creation of the... View Details
- 26 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
How to Approach Your Equity Compensation
I be aware of? These are the same questions that Josh Radman (MBA 2019) wondered when he first received equity grants upon joining the tech industry shortly after graduating from Harvard Business School (HBS). He searched for someone who... View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
network-based technologies, and for the median technology, the frequency of interactions decays by 73% every 1000 kms. Overall, we document the significant role that geography plays in determining technology diffusion across countries. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact
toward smaller, younger companies that were still figuring things out. Can you tell us about where you ended up? One area of focus in my job search was companies working on the electrification of vehicles; currently I’m the operations... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Sanwal of CMI's Engineered Products Division are responsible for formulating a strategy for the new product. A key issue is the price to charge for the pads. The case raises issues of analyzing market potential, aligning View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
of Finance and Banking When searching out the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, Professor Robin Greenwood says one needs to look to the root of nearly every crisis: human behavior. With his focus on behavioral finance, Greenwood wears... View Details
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
future problems and opportunities for innovation. The third is a tendency to fail to probe the root causes of success. Whereas post-mortems after failure are becoming a norm in many organizations, such soul searching rarely occurs after... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Historical Research - India
Collections, Harvard Business School and the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London Library. Full-text searching on more than 12 million pages provides researchers unparalleled access to this vast... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
on IT services in 2018, and the direction of global tech trends, the shortage isn’t going away quickly. Berendt cofounded Talent Alpha in 2018 to fill that gap. The Kraków-based startup is building a marketplace to link central and eastern Europe’s software houses with... View Details
- Profile
Hiroshi Mikitani
literally took an earth-shaking event to convince Mikitani to launch Rakuten. The 1995 Hanshin earthquake, which devastated the Mikitani’s native city of Kobe, affected him deeply and personally. His family still lived in Kobe and Mikitani rushed there to View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
"name your own price" devices, permission marketing, group buying, price comparison engines, car purchase Web sites, mass customization, etc. It is still largely a new way of thinking whose domain and modalities remain to be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
Illustration by Neil Webb Illustration by Neil Webb Josh Hoffman-Senn (MBA 2019) and fellow cofounder of LS, Jimmy Pemberton, launched their initial digital toolkit in 2021, after seeing fellow musicians search out supplemental income... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
people: 1) those who "will never agree with the CEO and are always in the minority," 2) those who help "clean up the decision-making process," and 3) "true 'yes men' ... [who] get the job done." Cheryl Price... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
economics, demonstrating a persistent concern with market fairness—not only fair prices for consumers but also fair competition among businesses. Proponents of fair trade collaborated with regulators to create codes of fair competition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne