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equity-investment analysis, IPOs, mergers, short selling opportunities, and hedge fund activist investing strategies. Over the course of the semester, several high-profile guest speakers, such as renowned... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1996
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Class Acts

Leadership, intellect, entrepreneurial savvy, interest in community service, good old-fashioned school spirit - these are some of the defining characteristics of the MBA Class of 1996. And while it's impossible to show the depth and breadth of a class in just a few... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

consumers. One view argues intermediaries provide valuable product education and guide consumers towards suitable products. Consumers understand how commissions affect agents' incentives and make optimal product choices. The second view argues that intermediaries... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

these actors to change established practices and entrenched behaviors within a short timeframe to help Unilever meet its sustainability targets and also to improve the operations of its partners in the value chain? By encouraging... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

Unlimited Potential (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 509-009 This short (B) case provides an update of how Microsoft organized its unlimited potential initiative. Purchase this supplement:... View Details
  • 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016

bundled payments. The stakes are high, and the outcome will define the shape of the health care system for many years to come, for better or for worse. In this article, the authors argue that although capitation may deliver modest savings in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 1998
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Running Up the Score

Mariner (MBA '78), CFO of the 1997 World Series champion Florida Marlins, traces baseball's major turning point to the mid-1970s when several players, supported by a Supreme Court ruling, established their legal claim to "free agency" and the right to View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 01 Mar 2006
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The Producers

audiences to the theater than selling toys and other consumer product tie-ins, which is a significant revenue stream for studios. At Roadside Attractions, Eric d’Arbeloff (MBA 1993) has found a niche as a distributor of independent films... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information
  • 12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

up the next morning and asked, ‘What can we do to help?’ This is a wartime environment, and businesses need to step forward however they can,” said Harl. Originally planning to make and sell units at cost, a shield producer in Maine... View Details
  • 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

trade-off between competitive price discovery and convenience. Evidence from eBay fits the theory: auctions are favored by less experienced sellers and for idiosyncratic products, and auction listings sell at a discount but with higher... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

increased their communication if teammates were also actively participating. Additionally, team performance is uniquely driven by the level of emergent interdependence, as indexed by the diversity of topics discussed and the temporal coordination of activity in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 06 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

the point where Linux is not a threat to the survival of Windows. The model also shows that a "milking strategy" (setting high prices in the short term and leaving the market at some point in the future) is not desirable to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
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1.5 Attendance | MBA

interviews, conferences, sell days, or fundraising for a startup. Students are eligible to miss up to three class sessions for Excused Recruiting Absences in Term 1 of the RC year, no more than 1 per course (some restrictions apply, see... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

to reductions in dividends relative to the reference point set by prior dividends. Managers with strong but unobservable cash earnings separate themselves by paying high dividends but retain enough earnings to be likely not to fall short... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

approximately 7.5% of quarterly net income. Finally, a unique aspect of the research setting allows tests of who is responsible for the earnings management. While firms appear unable to increase the frequency of aisle display promotions in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

brother-in-law. Gordon works with partners like Benedetti and the Kempinski to plan events and conferences at the hotel; today, they are discussing a joint US road show to sell Cuba as a travel destination to luxury and corporate travel... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North