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- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
even worse, south. There is no reason to think that bear markets are over. At the same time, this is a country with a very robust and resilient economy. Markets will have their painful moments, no doubt, but I’m optimistic about the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
stock prices had been reached. Despite Fisher's poor prediction on that occasion, he played a neglected, but significant role in the growth of the forecasting industry and in the rise of a class of early business analysts. An... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
long-term engagement and explore the impact of giving self-service consumers the option to interact with a person. Participants engaged in an online investing simulation who are made to feel anxious due to market downturns are less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
boots. Creating variations of these core products, along with expansion into apparel, had sustained Timberland's business for more than 30 years. Timberland's growth in the past six years was due to increased international sales and new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- What Do You Think?
Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?
Summing Up This month's column presented two views of the importance of customer loyalty management, one challenging its feasibility and long-term impact (Michael Treacy, Double Digit Growth) and one concluding that it is one of the most... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
fundamental challenges of science-based businesses: 1) managing and rewarding long-term risk, 2) integrating across technical disciplines, and 3) learning. Whereas these challenges were once managed inside the boundaries of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
with Azure, acquiring LinkedIn in social media and Activision/Blizzard in gaming, and investing in OpenAI to gain control of ChatGPT. Equally important, he transformed the Microsoft culture from an arrogant bureaucracy into an empowered organization focused on View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
Over the past two decades, there has been a tremendous boom in the venture capital industry. The pool of U.S. venture capital funds has grown from less than $1 billion in 1976 (Charles River Associates 1976) to over $60 billion in 1999. This View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
competition can impede the reputational mechanism. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-051.pdf Scale without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
covariance of bond and stock returns. Log bond yields and term premia are quadratic in these state variables, with term premia determined by the nominal-real covariance. The concavity of the yield curve—the level of intermediate-term bond yields relative to the average... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
their companies' CRM initiatives had failed to deliver profitable growth and had damaged long-term customer relationships. Tempting as it may be to point the finger at your CRM technology, that won't help... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
transformation. In accordance with the shift in strategy, Microsoft needed to come up with a viable go-to-market plan that would align its new commercial strategy with sales, partners, products and services, and customers to drive View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
domestic skills market is far more relevant to the future of American workers than potential job losses through expanded trade with other Pacific-rim nations. Signs of distress The long-term structural decline of American jobs began well... View Details
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
does it matter for policy? Q: What can our readers—business people—keep in mind about civil conflict? A: Investing in poverty reduction strategies can lead to political benefits in addition to direct economic benefits. Therefore, the right investment at the right time... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
R&D organizations, a clear relationship emerges: more long-term incentives (e.g., stock options and restricted stock) are associated with more heavily cited patents. These incentives also appear to be associated with more patent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
restructuring opportunities or divestitures or even, more recently, public-to-privates. But I think increasingly what happens in our industry—and in Europe more recently than in the U.S. —is that private equity has become the long-term... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
marketers to communicate with consumers in a format that enhances their lives and offers long-term value. Paper: http://hbr.org/2013/03/for-mobile-devices-think-apps-not-ads/ar/1 The Mobile Banking Payment Revolution Authors:Gupta, Sunil... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
together and unlocked private sector innovation and drove growth opportunities for those living in communities located near train stations, she said. What the country needs today is another long-term... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
obvious and most important is the job-creation machine. For decades, America has been unique among large advanced countries in generating large numbers of jobs steadily over time: roughly 2 percent job growth per year [on a rolling... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
It has opened stores in almost every province in China, acquired some of its competitors, and went public in Hong Kong. However, it has begun to experience a slowdown in growth as sales per-square-meter have declined. The company is now... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace