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- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
misapplication). We conclude with an outline of future research directions and introduce the special issue papers and essays. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52911 July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
cultural model and undermine their own positions with inappropriate use of symbolic market-creation actions. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50701 Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
included Gap, Apple, Motorola, Armani, and American Express. The business model was structured to benefit partner companies by increasing consumer purchases—of (RED)-branded products such as red iPods and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
Returns By: Greenwood, Robin, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
change. The emphasis is on "us," not "them." At this point, the company's business model and organizational chart might be re-evaluated. Kanter recalled the concept of "kaleidoscope... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
preclude considering the option of knocking down and starting all over again if that's what is best for the business ... (but) Kaplan & Foster [authors of the book] seem to be recommending destruction for its own sake." Readers... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
private firms differs.” So when Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Joan Farre-Mensa learned he'd been granted access to a database of accounting information on tens of thousands of private American firms, he knew it was an... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
competing platforms are better for consumers than a single aggregate platform. About the Author Martha Lagace is a writer based in Boston. [Image: nimis69] Related Reading Is Business Management a... View Details
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
sociology. So we're far removed from the basics. Human behavior doesn't change that much, whereas business models change if you blink. So, I think the place for simulation also is closest to where the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Exchange-Traded Funds at Vanguard (A)
By: Robert C. Pozen and Steven Vickers
Vanguard Group management, led by CEO John Brennan, was considering whether to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in early 2000. ETFs, first created in the early 1990s, combined aspects of traditional mutual funds and closed-end funds. The US ETF industry had reached... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Managerial Roles; Growth and Development Strategy; Experience and Expertise; Market Entry and Exit; Network Effects; Profit; Business and Shareholder Relations; Product Launch; Asset Management; Distribution Channels; Ownership; Financial Services Industry; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Steven Vickers. "Exchange-Traded Funds at Vanguard (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-134, June 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- 05 Nov 2024
- Research & Ideas
AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen
to replicate the unique characteristics of a specific person’s writing style, says Prithwiraj Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “We... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
ideas that have been rejected internally. VCs are adept at crafting business models for emerging technologies, and they can experiment with nascent technologies in emerging markets far more effectively than... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
a key element of the blockbuster strategy. But the competition for the few stars at the top is so severe that the pressure on entertainment businesses is getting pretty intense. The truth is that often they can barely afford to View Details
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
enduring strength of the corporate climate in South Africa, says Eric D. Werker, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. Werker's case study, "Foreign Direct Investment and South Africa," to be published in December,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
your business model and your industry, your company will have a big impact. That will positively affect your future profitability through brand building, cost savings, and employee engagement, which then... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
individual's portfolio to his or her age (young investors should take more risk with stocks) and attitudes toward risk (conservative investors should hold more cash). Research done by Harvard Business School finance professor Luis M.... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
As makers of everything engage in an all-out features war to cram the most services, accessories, and functions into a single product, the real question for many is this: Does the consumer really want an all-in-one digital device? A panel of industry players moderated... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
governance structures and norms in place, businesses could help put people, including their workers, and the planet back at their core. Through a series of essays, the book exposes the fault lines between democracy and capitalism and,... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
change its business model? Could Dubai maintain its independence from Abu Dhabi in the wake of the bailout? And if the emirate's current model was not sustainable, then how exactly should it change? This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
Bureau's Longitudinal Business Database. The comprehensive micro-data allow us to study how both the entry rate and the distribution of entry sizes for new startups responded to changes in banking competition. Moreover, we distinguish the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne