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  • 30 Nov 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

charter permitting preemption of state law. The Internet is not bound by any one state, and the market for loans online is no exception—regulation must reflect this new reality. However, regulators should not simply mandate all federal... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services
  • 17 Jun 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

Evian's baby&me features several adults dancing with toddler versions of themselves in the reflection of a store window. Only at the end of the 77-second video do we see a bottle of Evian, along with the slogan "Live young." Since its... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising
  • 30 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 30

while preparing for the future and emerging as a less provincial financial group. In 2012 she reflected on the change efforts and the opportunities and challenges ahead. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/313107-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-034.pdf Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad Authors:Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Abstract Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly characterized as a subsidy to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

competition to play going forward? A: What is a better rating? To an issuer, it's a AAA rating. To an investor who holds a bond, it's a rating that is never reduced. To potential buyers of the bond, it's a rating that accurately reflects... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 30 Mar 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

because American managers typically separate their social and work lives, possibly reflecting the influence of the Protestant work ethic tradition of separating the personal from the professional. Chinese managers have less trouble... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

Wireless Generation Harvard Business School Case 307-049 Reflecting on an innovative joint venture that his company executed with a public school district in 2004, the CEO of Wireless Generation, a five-year-old, privately held... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Oct 2024
  • In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

maintaining a home and raising children. Which spousal actions register as “extra” and inspire gratitude? Which register as “not enough” and inspire resentment? We examined these emotions and the underlying expectations they reflected in... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52096 2016 Financial Market History: Reflections on the Past for Investors Today The Origins of High-Tech Venture Investing in America By: Nicholas, Tom Abstract—The United States has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 22, 2016

and maturity of startups that apply for angel funding (and those that are ultimately funded) is inversely correlated with the entrepreneurship friendliness of the country, which may reflect self-censoring by very early-stage firms that do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

the second. The firm's strategy consists of choosing what level of disclosure to engage in and how to price the service to consumers. These choices reflect the two revenue sources available to the firm, disclosure revenues and price... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products
  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311003-PDF-ENG Harvard Management Company (2010) Andre F. Perold and Erik StaffordHarvard Business School Case 211-004 In February 2010, Jane Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, was View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

business model for decades. Shrewd observers knew it. The company did not transform itself because it could continue to coast along, living in the reflected aura of its past glory. GM's leadership acted in 2008 as if it were 1998 or 1988.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology
  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

Harvard Business School Case 406-033 In 2005, Tad Piper reflects on the successful spin-off from US Bancorp of Piper Jaffray, the investment bank founded by his grandfather. Profiles the development of Piper Jaffray from a Midwestern... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D | Baker Library

aspirations for its artistic potential reflected the manufacturing enterprise’s commitment to innovation and excellence. Georgia O’Keeffe, test photograph by Ansel Adams, November 18, 1956, © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Books of 2016

of the wonders that surround each of us is coupled with Flatt’s candid, empowering reflections on existence and his illness. The CMO’s Social Media Handbook by Peter Friedman (MBA 1983) (LiveWorld) Thirty years of experience informs this... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

"True North." The book offers methods for personal reflection and includes targeted exercises that help leaders hone in on the purpose of their leadership and develop their authentic leadership skills. Publisher's site:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

(forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, I examine the sensitivity of promotion and demotion decisions for lower-level managers to financial and nonfinancial measures of their performance and investigate the extent to which the behavior of lower-level managers View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

reflects the beliefs of the CEO and the management team or not? 2) Does it matter whether the CEO or management team have strong beliefs or not? 3) Why do people tend to develop strategies in line with their background and past successes,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 13

Enforcement By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—I examine whether political pressure by the government as a response to voters' general interest in protecting employment is reflected in the enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne