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- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
Sports Illustrated, created the largest media company in the world by the mid-20th century. Luce's flagship magazine, Time, was able to gross over $20 million in sales during its first decade of publication and over $400 million by the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
calculated so that directional recommendations can be made. 'What if' analysis or simulations: A small number of marketing plans are considered by simulating their effects on sales and profit. The best plan can then be chosen from this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
how they can contribute to successful strategy implementation. Leaders use many different channels to communicate the strategic message. The strategy map and Balanced Scorecard are communicated in newsletters, brochures, bulletin boards,... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
Our results thus identify a causal effect of poverty on crime. They also lend credence to a large literature on the effects of weather shocks on crime and conflict, which has usually assumed that the income channel is the most relevant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
sovereign default induced by legal rulings in the case of Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital. We find that a 10% increase in the probability of default causes a 6% decline in the value of Argentine equities and a 1% depreciation of a measure of the exchange rate. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
countries for the period 2001–2010. We uncover the following stylized facts: In emerging Asia, real depreciations are associated with faster growth of firm-level total factor productivity (TFP), sales and cash-flow, higher probabilities... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
course before leaving for California in the morning, she arrives carrying a pile of books and papers. She’s considered one of the School’s preeminent management “gurus,” a title that has inevitably attached itself to her ability to View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
compromise. Disappointment can be channeled to reach a more satisfactory outcome. Before disappointment becomes regret, ask plenty of questions to assure yourself that you’ve explored all options. And don’t close the deal too early; you... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy producer, distributor, and marketer, with a large portfolio of branded dairy products, juices, bakery goods, and infant formula and a sales presence across the Gulf region, Jordan, and Egypt. Almarai employed... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50575 Trade Creditors' Information Advantage By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Benjamin Iverson Abstract—Using information on the sales of debt claims for 132 U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
eligible for a discount on the purchase price conditional on their achieving the sales targets set by the franchisor. We show that car dealers (franchisees) who exclusively deal in cars of the brand offered by the franchisor receive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
entrepreneurial channel using data from the Longitudinal Business Database of the U.S. Census Bureau. The marginal effect of taxation for growth for a state at the 10th or 25th percentile of corruption is significantly positive; on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
reallocation accounts for the majority of aggregate productivity gains, suggesting that ignoring this channel could lead to substantial bias in understanding the nature of gains from multinational production. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
take a company rooted in its history, in one kind of business, and develop a strategy and execution around migrating that experience from the traditional venue of our retail stores into new business areas and channels of distribution,"... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
These new establishments were concentrated in industries where women entrepreneurs have been traditionally active and the entry was mainly found among household-based establishments. We measure and discuss the extent to which this heightened entrepreneurship is due to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
a page or Slack channel for sharing recipes, articles, and snapshots. The leveling effect of remote work may make this a good time for cross-team collaboration, assignment rotations, or peer mentorship opportunities. The fact that View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
a page or Slack channel for sharing recipes, articles, and snapshots. The leveling effect of remote work may make this a good time for cross-team collaboration, assignment rotations, or peer mentorship opportunities. The fact that View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and control, and getting everyone to pull in the same direction. How do you accomplish all this? Continually ask the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
reserves and channeling them (until very recently) almost exclusively into U.S. government securities, China has kept nominal and real long-term interest rates artificially low. In our view, it is this wedge between returns on capital and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
demarcation. Now the workers are on the floor, delivering orders or helping customers with the new kiosks; Karavites has updated his employee training to include a focus on customer interaction. Average customer count is up at this location, he says, outpacing his... View Details