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- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
Policy Author:David Moss Publication:Chap. 2 in Shared Responsibility, Shared Risk: Government, Markets and Social Policy in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Jacob Hacker and Ann O'Leary, 22-38. New York:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-003.pdf Preference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Abstract Many labor markets View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
very long trips, he preferred to go by rail. He did not board his first airplane until 1937, flying from an academic meeting in Chicago to Miami for a midwinter vacation. He wrote from Miami that he half-expected the plane to crash during... View Details
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Lights! Camera... Market!
an increased awareness of and preference for the brand immediately following the release and premiere of the film at both the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. “We believe this was the first time a... View Details
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Doba Parushev
Most people prefer to embrace security; Doba Parushev tends to run from it. "My life interests tend to go in two- to four-year stretches," he says. As a ten-year-old in Bulgaria, he competed nationally in math contests. But by... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: scyther5] Related Reading Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation? Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People How Managers Stifle Creativity What's your View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
counselor at a children's center confirmed her interest in family care but also made her realize that she preferred to approach the field "from a business angle." In 1988, she left Leo Burnett to follow her heart. Small soon discovered... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 18 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump
opposing “hatred, bigotry and group supremacy.” He reviewed his resignation with his corporate team and shared it Sunday night with members of his board of directors, who were fully supportive. His announcement Monday morning set off a... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
seek bankruptcy, nevertheless suggested that the situation might require forcing lenders to "absorb the losses," suggesting a fine line between formal and de facto bankruptcy. Sudheer Thaakur was among those suggesting that national bankruptcy might well be... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)
‘Wow, wouldn’t it be amazing to work for this company that is literally saving the world?’ Plus the public and private side approach was one I was very interested in.” Taking Her Shot However, when Llano reviewed the job description, she was certain that Moderna would... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
bicycle with his two sons (ages 16 and 12) and his 7-year-old daughter. He also serves on the board of San Francisco's Jewish Museum. "I view Judaism as being the source code for Western civilization," Ranadivé remarks. Hindu by birth, he View Details
- 14 Sep 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO
feelings and aesthetics rather than ideas, a stronger interest in people rather than things, prefer jobs in social or artistic areas, extraversion expressed as gregariousness rather than assertiveness, and neuroticism, characterized by... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
the conventional financial system and the real economy. Publisher's link: http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.29.2.213 May 2015 Journal of Public Economics De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Heterogeneity in Preferences and Optimal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
positively correlated with the use of e-business practices. However,there is an important distinction between e-buying and e-selling. In e-buying, the likelihood of adoption is increasing in both relative productivity and in market share. By contrast in e-selling, only... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
also preferred to recruit people with an engineering or technical background, while traditionally British managers were chosen on the basis of "character." The firms and entrepreneurs of the United States, Britain, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/aknin%20et%20al%202013.pdf 2006 American Economic Review A Note on Fairness and Redistribution By: Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra Abstract—In an influential paper, Alesina and Angeletos (2005)-henceforth, AA-argued that a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
What Happens When Company Tweets Get Political | Working Knowledge
perceived partisan corporate statements. Could robust consumer boycotts that threaten profits have contributed to declines in shares as opposed to just public or investor reaction to statements? This was the finding we struggled the most... View Details
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
On a journey that began 17 months ago, General Motors entered and emerged from bankruptcy to become a private company with Uncle Sam as its largest shareholder. The company reaches another milestone today by offering an initial public offering, the first time GM View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
failure tolerance has an equilibrium price—in terms of an investor's required share of equity—that increases in the level of radical innovation. Financiers with investment strategies that tolerate early failure will endogenously choose to... View Details