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- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
companies while US doesn’t have these types of companies and therefore the industry-specific materiality map may not be applicable. Another challenge is the lack of data and company disclosure in Asia makes quantitative analysis very... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
inventory losses by alerting retailers when items are given free-of-charge to friends and family by purposely not being scanned by a clerk (called “sweethearting”), when barcodes are covered, when items are left in a shopping cart, or when scales are circumvented. The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
each time we added seats, average attendance and contributions increased. I made a cash-flow analysis and revenue projections that helped lenders understand our business model. We’re now able to negotiate and secure reasonable financial... View Details
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
experience this way: “I took away the self-confidence to approach complex problems that did not lend themselves to 240 characters worth of analysis or 2 minutes worth of attention. In other words, the types of problems that management... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light
suing for infringement on patents that are worthless—and that is damning” Not only do the researchers' findings support the conclusion that NPEs on average act as patent trolls, but one analysis of the data shows that NPEs are actually... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
invest only a small proportion of total R&D money. They therefore charge higher prices and pay lower average wages. An analysis of census data by economists Erik Hurst and Benjamin Pugsley found that companies employing fewer than 20... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
disadvantages of establishing an in-house advertising resource? A: The make or buy decision relating to advertising services is a complex one. The primary considerations involve issues of cost and control. The make or buy decision calls for a comparative View Details
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
company's strategy but with intimate knowledge of how to get things done inside the organization? Bower's analysis of the leadership and performance of S&P 500 companies in the U.S. leads him to conclude that "insiders perform... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
the present. Q: One of the payoffs in your book for global strategists is an analysis of the top ten countries in terms of economic development and potential trajectories. Obviously each situation is different, but which countries would... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
Rawi Abdelal and Laura Alfaro: Four key themes emerge from an analysis of this struggle between two firms and their governments. The first is how managers can use international organizations, in this case the World Trade Organization, as... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
gear up to raise a Series A. “When I spoke with Diego, he shared five problems they were thinking about and gave me the option of what I wanted to work on,” Westphal explained. “The project I chose allowed me to spend 90% of my time working with Diego. I did a bunch of... View Details
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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
would be trained in "the thorough analysis of and in the administrative control of a manufacturing company....taken up not only from the standpoint of a man who has to reach decisions and carry them out, but also from the standpoint of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Hikma Health + HBS MBAs Crowdsource Largest County-Level COVID-19 Dataset
in the US, results that can be applied to this pandemic or any future public health crisis. Other research groups at Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia Universities have notified us they are finding correlations previously unseen with state-level policy View Details
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
analysis shows a global IP environment that leaves much to be desired. Despite these challenges, there are successful strategies to capture value from know-how and reputation by leveraging an array of IP tools. These strategies have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
went to Washington, I saw a tremendous need for fact-based analysis to inform policymaking” Last spring, Toffel sought to change that by taking the unusual step of convening academics and government regulators in the same room for a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
seeks to avoid an MGM MIRAGE bankruptcy. The (D) case presents Murren with the choice of selling the Borgata casino in New Jersey or receiving an ownership stake in CityCenter itself. Students will draw on EBITDA comparables and projections to complete a simple... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
of field re-emergence. In addition, I offer data and analysis to illustrate that re-emergence is a viable empirical phenomenon. Focusing on Swiss watchmaking from 1970 to 2008, I present various institutionalization processes, inflection... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
Quality Competition? By: Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei Abstract—When does increased service quality competition lead to customer defection, and which customers are most likely to defect? Our empirical analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
how and why, has advanced greatly in the last twenty years. Low-cost data analysis enables marketers to understand what level and mix of incentives will produce behavior change, even down to the level of the individual consumer. Marketers... View Details
- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
jobs while re-credentialing herself as a nurse.” After high school, Mbanusi earned his Associates degree at Collin County Community College before transferring to Cornell University where he majored in policy analysis and was exposed to... View Details