by Tom Quinn - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5

profitability, and learning rates. Our model offers a comprehensive approach to understanding the drivers of firm location choices by modeling not only the impact of location and firm heterogeneity, but also the strategic interaction... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2024
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Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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March 2024
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Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (B)

By: N. Louis Shipley, Stacy Straaberg and Tom Quinn

In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Valuation; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina

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04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

information and instead message to shareholders and analysts something of opposite sign. The data suggest they may be motivated in part by subsequent personal stock-trading opportunities. Publisher's link:... View Details

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

As Japan continues to come to grips with the devastating toll exacted by the earthquake within its borders, the aftershocks are just beginning to be felt within the global economy. Here, several Harvard Business School faculty members... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

02 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

profession and the firm for a long period of time. They develop organizational practices that motivate these outstanding people to serve clients well. Getting this right is what we mean by alignment. Leading Professional Service Firms... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

thinkers formed an impression unbiased by the stereotype, suggesting a bottom-up strategy, whereas conscious thinkers relied on the stereotype, suggesting a top-down strategy. That is, when thinking consciously, participants relied more... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

D. Margolis, Adam M. Grant, and Andrew Molinsky Publication:Chap. 16 in Human Resource Management: Ethics and Employment, edited by Ashly Pinnington, Rob Macklin and Tom Campbell, 15 pages. U.S.: Oxford... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

CEO candidate Tom Shields believe he should reject the offer and focus on building the company into a bigger enterprise. Cosman is attracted to the financial rewards offered by the potential acquirer.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Apr 2012
What Do You Think?

How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?

waiting for the analysts to gain understanding (presumably of the decisions to be made)." (Sean O'Riordain) Rather than concentrating on the data, focus on "being able to formulate the right questions to ask at precisely the right moment." (Edward Hare) That's quite a... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

many users but also multiple types of users. For example, it's not enough that many customers want to book taxis by smartphone. Drivers must also be willing to accept smartphone bookings. Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman has... View Details