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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

model” used for regulatory reporting purposes would result in a 60% higher probability of being rejected and higher interest rates for those approved. They show that funding loans to these borrowers lead to better economic outcomes for... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9390.html Why You Aren't Buying Venezuelan Chocolate Author:Rohit Deshpandé Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010) Abstract The article discusses the "provenance paradox," wherein consumers are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

authors provide a checklist that managers can use on a daily basis to monitor their progress-enhancing behaviors. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/05/the-power-of-small-wins/ar/1 The Best Way to Name Your Product 2.0 Authors:Marco... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care

By: Amitabh Chandra and Douglas O. Staiger
In medicine, the reasons for variation in treatment rates across hospitals serving similar patients are not well understood. Some interpret this variation as unwarranted and push standardization of care as a way of reducing allocative inefficiency. However, an... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Mathematical Methods
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  • March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
  • Case

ASOS PLC

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world’s largest online fashion specialists in 2018. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 85,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand... View Details
Keywords: ASOS; AsSeenOnScreen; Online Fashion; Online Apparel; Nick Beighton; Nick Robertson; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Social Media; Marketplaces; Shipping; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Age; Gender; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Succession; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; United Kingdom; England; London
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    Reinventing State Capitalism

    In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details

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    Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

    Runs ; Financial Accounting ; Financial Reporting ; Social Media ; Banks and Banking ; Financing and Loans ; Investment Portfolio ; Interest Rates ; Debt Securities ; Risk and Uncertainty ; Financial Statements ; Risk Management ;... View Details
    • May 2020
    • Article

    Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care

    By: Amitabh Chandra and Douglas O. Staiger
    In medicine, the reasons for variation in treatment rates across hospitals serving similar patients are not well understood. Some interpret this variation as unwarranted and push standardization of care as a way of reducing allocative inefficiency. However, an... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Mathematical Methods
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    • 2009
    • Chapter

    Do Private Equity-owned Firms Have Better Management Practices?

    By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
    We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from over 4,000 medium sized manufacturing firms across Asia, Europe and the US. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level performance (e.g. productivity,... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Private Ownership; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity
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    • May 2004
    • Background Note

    56K Modem Battle

    By: David B. Yoffie and Deborah Freier
    Examines the battle to set the standard for the 56K modem. Set in 1996, this case looks at how computers accessed the Internet via a telephone line, or dial-up connection, and a hardware modem. In 1995, there were 18.6 million total modem unit shipments, with market... View Details
    Keywords: Announcements; Revenue; Patents; Product Launch; Network Effects; Standards; Competition; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Technology Industry; Illinois
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    Putting Patients First: Marketing Strategies for Treating HIV in Developing Nations

    It is more than mere coincidence that the highest rates of HIV occur in the world’s poorest countries. Of the over 40 million people currently living with HIV, 95 percent are in the developing world. The first half of this paper explores the economics of HIV and... View Details
    • 16 May 2023
    • HBS Case

    How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

    The incentives were not aligned: Companies wanted faster, more productive work, while workers sought more hours and a chance to earn overtime pay. “My colleagues and I actively tried to hamper the success of the firm because we were so... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 15 May 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better

    Think you’re a better driver than most people? You’re not alone. And you may be one reason self-driving cars haven’t taken off. About 77 percent of participants surveyed in a new study rated themselves superior to automated vehicles,... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation; Auto
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    Finance - Faculty & Research

    capital appears to be limited. Coal power plants owned by firms exposed to exit policies are more likely to retire, translating into lower CO2 emissions. Exit policies have reduced CO2e emissions from energy production by an estimated... View Details
    • 22 Oct 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Strategies to Fight Ad-sponsored Rivals

    Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Feng Zhu; Advertising
    • Web

    Podcast - Business & Environment

    episode of Climate Rising from Harvard Business School, Karen Pflug, Chief Sustainability Officer of Ingka Group (IKEA), shares how IKEA is embedding circularity throughout its business model. She discusses how IKEA is redesigning iconic View Details
    • 09 Dec 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Unilever—A Case Study

    organizational complexity was compounded by Unilever's wide portfolio of products and by the changes in these products over time. Edible fats, such as margarine, and soap and detergents were the historical... View Details
    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products
    • 23 Jul 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Sam Walton: Great From the Start

    Brothers, he did not sell his products at prevailing prices. Instead, he discounted his merchandise, passing the savings he achieved on to the consumer, and made his profit on volume rather than on margin. "Simple enough," as... View Details
    Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Retail
    • 23 Jun 2023
    • HBS Case

    This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

    patients as they see fit. A new Harvard Business School case study explores Buurtzorg’s decentralized model in depth, with lessons for institutions struggling with morale and productivity. Buurtzorg’s approach has yielded patient satisfaction View Details
    Keywords: by Annelena Lobb; Health
    • 19 Oct 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: October 19, 2010

    charitable giving, crowding out intrinsic motivations to give by corrupting a purely social act with economic considerations. Purchase the Book: http://www.psypress.com/the-science-of-giving-9781848728851 Americans Do I.T. Better: U.S. Multinationals and the View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne