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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
these “dogmas” was that memory was Intel’s “technology driver.” Because memory devices were easier to test than other Intel products, they were traditionally the products that were debugged first. The lessons learned could then be applied... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
architecture. In particular, we draw from modular systems theory to develop a series of hypotheses about how different types of coupling impact the ability to update, remove, or replace the software applications in a firm’s portfolio. We View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
approximation of a fully sequential test for the maximum hazard ratio of the drug over multiple adverse events. A numerical study verifies that our method delivers Type I /II errors that are below pre-specified levels and is robust to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
analysts, but it's not clear that the analysts were actually uncovering fraud. In the twenty-some situations where an analyst was a source, only four or five identified a problem in writing in advance of the fraud. Market tests showed... View Details
- 02 Dec 2016
- News
The Story Behind the Stories
that business is not just about fancy people in fancy rooms and places with water, power, and light and very good infrastructure. That, in fact, some of the most resourceful and savvy entrepreneurs are in the toughest parts of the world because their skills have come... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
pitch a room full of VCs, Draper included. Students also test their mettle by breaking boards with their bare hands, building boats, and competing in paintball. The residential program, which has included visits from entrepreneurs such as... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
available until late 2006, and Herp figured the small turboprop would be a good means of testing his idea in the marketplace. Linear Air began by offering point-to-point service to over 500 cities in the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
few papers that were tardy or exceeded the word limit.” TALES FROM THE CHUTE A Hopeless Cul-de-Sac WAC student Warren McFarlan (MBA ’61) The WAC was the only course that had regular and detailed feedback and thus was considered a litmus View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
from the crowd of more experienced users and are therefore able to better capture value from using the goods. Data on firm contributions to open source software (OSS), an important crowdsourced public good, is used to test the theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
actions characterized by rigidity and repetition. We propose that enacting ritualized actions can enhance subjective feelings of self-discipline, such that rituals can be harnessed to improve behavioral self-control. We test this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
this module by illustrating how to use a profit plan to test a strategy’s viability. This module shows how the profit plan plays a critical role in every business: setting performance goals for employees, communicating expectations to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
GuptaHarvard Business School Case 510-005 In July 2009, Jason Kilar, the chief executive officer of Hulu, is debating online video aggregator should move away from a purely advertising-supported model, and whether it should participate in an industry-wide initiative to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
determining per capita income today. We find technological persistence across long epochs: from 1000 B.C. to 0 A.D., from 0 A.D. to 1500 A.D., and from 1500 A..D to the present. Although the data allow only some suggestive tests of rival... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
revenue.) The exchange and nearby buildings were checked for safety and cleaned up, power was reestablished, and computer systems tested and retested over the weekend. On Monday, September 17, Lhota stood by as the bell rang to open the... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
small cancer diagnostics start-up is deciding whether to acquire a laboratory to make and sell its bladder cancer test or build its own manufacturing and sales team. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811015-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
the companies being rated. We hypothesize that ratings are particularly likely to spur responses from firms that receive poor ratings, and especially those that face lower-cost opportunities to improve or that anticipate greater benefits from doing do. We View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
escalating real estate costs of her hometown and company hub of Austin, Texas, and how developing the first FDA-approved at-home COVID-19 test was not a pivot but a natural extension of EverlyWell’s values and business plan. On the final... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
Nundy, who has a background in nonprofit service and worked as an analyst at Morgan Stanley before coming to HBS. "The fellowship gave me the confidence to try something completely different." "The summer internship program is a great way for students to View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
Abstract Using a sample of U.S. financial institutions, we exploit recent mandatory disclosures of financial instruments designated as fair value level 1, 2, and 3 to test whether greater information risk in financial instrument fair... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
in college." Kapoor puts his time-management skills to the test by playing a leadership role in a host of other HBS activities as well. Interested in the convergence of the various media, in 1995 he spearheaded the formation of an... View Details