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  • May 16, 2019
  • Article

To Improve Food Inspections, Change the Way They're Scheduled

By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel
Health inspections are an important tool to increase food safety, but there are still 48 million cases of food-borne illnesses and 128,000 hospitalizations every year in the United States. Our research finds that inspectors reported fewer health code violations as they... View Details
Keywords: Inspection; Scheduling; Food; Safety; Health; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance Improvement
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  • 23 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

Fonterra to enhance its competitive position. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517050-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-453 Novartis: A Transformative Deal When Joe Jimenez became CEO of Swiss-based... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Dec 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

unique case, with most of its companies owned by either the state or large families, and lacking checks and balances such as shareholder voting and class action lawsuits that, in the United States and Europe, can help View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

explores the personal motivations and ambitions of Tam Le, who is simultaneously assuming control of the restaurant and exploring a number of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2011
  • Chapter

Innovations in Governance

By: Raymond Fisman and Eric Werker
In this paper we explore the innovations in governance that have promoted investment and growth. Some policymakers have tinkered with their country's institutions, some have undertaken wholesale changes, while others have attempted to influence the rules in other... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Investment; Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Innovation and Invention
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  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

maintaining majority control over its natural resources. Although the mine was nationalized in time, Kennecott emerged in much better condition than similar companies that had mainly limited their bargaining strategies to interpersonal... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
  • September 2024 (Revised October 2024)
  • Case

River Remedy: Navigating Mississippi’s Medical Marijuana Market

By: Robin Greenwood, Richard S. Ruback and Robert Ialenti
MBA student William Chism, the founder of a fully integrated medical marijuana company based in Mississippi, must respond to a significant disruption in the fledgling industry. In late 2023, Rapid Analytics, one of two active licensed testing facilities, has its... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Growth and Maturation; Forecasting and Prediction; Microeconomics; Local Range; Government Legislation; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Competitive Strategy; Governance Controls; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Mississippi
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  • 11 Dec 2014
  • News

Fashion's Retail Revolution

limit. “The growth of interest in fashion and luxury products on campus has been tremendous,” he says. “The vast and rapid changes in retailing and technology are democratizing fashion and luxury,” Alvarez continues. “The age when fashion... View Details
Keywords: April White; fashion; Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Finance
  • 30 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 30

crisis of 2008-2009, emerging-market governments have increasingly restricted foreign capital inflows. The data show a statistically significant drop in cumulative abnormal returns for Brazilian firms following capital View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

And after Compaq adopted it, IBM had no choice, and that made Intel an independent company. As of that moment IBM lost control of that industry. Basically, the industry from... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer
  • August 2001
  • Case

Scios, Inc.

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
Scios, filled with distinguished scientists and experienced managers, nevertheless fails to clear the FDA Phase III process for an important biotechnology drug. This case asks the students to analyze the social costs and benefits of the regulatory process. View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Cost vs Benefits; Social Issues; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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  • 01 Dec 2005
  • News

Baker’s back

itself had become outdated. Two aspects of Baker that needed immediate attention were its lack of climate controls (uncomfortable for patrons, devastating for collections) and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings
  • June 2001
  • Case

GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (A)

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
GE's chief litigation counsel sought to rationalize litigation flow by viewing it as a manufacturing process. By applying the principles of Six Sigma, P.D. Villareal created an Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) system that enabled both lawyers and managers to work... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Lawsuits and Litigation; Six Sigma; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Energy Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

controlling for investment size, stage, and industry. Geographic distance and technological inexperience by the VC increase the probability the investment is taken up by a partner and not the VC. This work contributes to an emerging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2016
  • News

China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer

A venture capitalist with a career spanning three decades and a net worth of $2.6 billion is certain to have had a few big fish escape his hook over the years. For Jim Breyer (MBA 1987) View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
  • 05 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer systems for the Idaho National... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • Blog

Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs

for their next programs in the fall, the lessons learned from this pilot are top of mind. For Corsino, that means being more comfortable with the unknown. "We like to have a lot of View Details
  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

variables within the control of practitioners to outcomes they care about using logic they view as feasible. I provide several suggestions for how scholars can enhance research relevance, including engaging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

foreclosure discounts appear to be related to the threat of vandalism in low-priced neighborhoods. After aggregating to the zip-code level and controlling for regional price trends, the prices View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 23

correctly report that they click fewer advertisements, controlling for the number of advertisements they actually click. Results are most pronounced for commercial searches and for users with low income, low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne