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  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

of bank leverage and risk exposures contributes to a form of systemic risk. We compute bank exposures to system-wide deleveraging, as well as the spillover of a single bank's deleveraging onto other banks. We show how our model can be used to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 22

Cooke, Mario D. Parrilli, and José L. Curbelo. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012 Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=US&id=14530 Evaluating the Impact of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

leaders on the central problem of increasing the achievement levels of all students by making the elements of large districts work in concert with the strategy. The framework can be useful when evaluating or changing an existing strategy,... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education
  • 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

and how the way Loews is managed contributes to the results-a tripling of market value in five years. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/309004-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-100 Assured Guaranty Nate Katz at Yokun Ridge Capital Management is View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

implications they have for the other brands (such as Clorox Bleach, 409, and Hidden Valley). The company has set aggressive financial targets in light of its upcoming centennial in 2013. Students need to evaluate whether sustainability is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

is capital intensive and when it is difficult for headquarters to identify the value-maximizing investment strategy for the business unit. In evaluating the performance of profit centers, rate-of-return measures like ROA are likely to be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Sep 2019
  • News

Hollywood Ending

have to pivot from. This whole bet is unique,” he says. “Yet I don’t think anyone here could promise this will be a home run.” Nonetheless, Meg Whitman is putting all her chips on the table. Over her decades in Silicon Valley, she developed a checklist to View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo
  • 02 Mar 2016
  • News

The New Space Race

“Everything we consider precious on earth is available in limitless quantities in space.” More than 700 asteroids are estimated to be worth $100 trillion, according to Asterank, which tracks and evaluates 1 million of the largest... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
  • August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
  • Supplement

Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)

By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal
The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The... View Details
Keywords: Dairy Industry; Earnings Management; Environmental Accounting; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decisions; Voting; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Pollution; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Financial Strategy; Price; Profit; Revenue; Food; Geopolitical Units; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Cooperative Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Natural Environment; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercial Banking; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; European Union; Denmark; Sweden; Luxembourg; Belgium
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  • September 2023 (Revised September 2024)
  • Technical Note

Measuring and Managing Social Impact

By: Brian Trelstad, Gerald Chertavian and Susan Pinckney
A brief overview of how to measure social impact at nonprofits, social organizations, and impact investments. View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Change; Transformation; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Entrepreneurial Finance; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Innovation and Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Resource Allocation; Measurement and Metrics; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Mission and Purpose; Success; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Strategic Planning; Programs; Risk and Uncertainty; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; United States
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  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

article mainly evaluates Roger Fisher's core contributions to the content or substance of negotiation research, theory, teaching, and practice. The discussion is organized around five thematic prescriptions: 1) focus on the other party's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

evaluate their theory by looking at the design evolution of two software product platforms through the modeling lens of design structure matrices (DSMs) and design rule theory. Our analysis shows that DSM models and options theory can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

is superior in all attributes. In a world with variance in individuals' needs and valuations, these dimensions are evaluated idiosyncratically, allowing both models to coexist. Legal considerations play an important role as a number of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

humility. Multinationals want to exploit the tremendous opportunities in emerging markets, but they need to carefully evaluate the extent to which they have the local knowledge and capacity to fully exploit those opportunities. Segmenting... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 20 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

itself had access to the full internal information. Q: What does the BP case show managers elsewhere about evaluating different types of external information and possibly having that information influence the firm's operational and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

Growing Together

performance. The process helps these organizations measure the volume of services they deliver, determine customer satisfaction, apply special analytic techniques to evaluate performance, and keep the public abreast of the results.... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

This note is designed to provide an understanding of brand management strategies firms use to build, sustain, and leverage their brands. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509041   PublicationsThe Impact of Add-On... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

successful redevelopment of the surrounding area. Further, we have created a chart that we think can be used to evaluate the risk level of Olympic sites becoming white elephants soon after their Games end. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

deliver, and evaluate Sullivan's sales calls on two important retail buyers, Sam Cartwright of Mothercare and Anthony Pierce of John Lewis. The main case provides relevant background information about Faraway's market opportunity,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

information about how to switch to export crops, makes in-kind loans for the purchase of the agricultural inputs, and provides marketing services by facilitating the transaction with exporters. The experimental evaluation design randomly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace