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- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
of the development was strong, with the exception of the art museum, which posted losses. Also, the branding efforts by Mori were at odds with other tenants and he needed to manage "the town." Lastly, another competing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
governance are the most daunting because the very foundations of governance—vote allocation proportionate to economy, representation by finance ministries, absence of parliamentary scrutiny, and the relative voicelessness of the poorest and most affected actors—are at... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
future existed. It seemed odd to Mustafa that finding a financial partner capable of providing tens, even hundreds of millions of dollars to reshape an industry was proving to be remarkably easy, while finding a single individual capable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
worth more. But often these contracts have sharp points at which the curve changes direction all at once, which can produce odd incentives. Even more strikingly, many of the compensation functions have jumps—sell just one more unit and... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
hit-or-miss at most firms. Tackling the problem systematically, of course, will improve the odds of success. Traditional ways of framing this search examine competencies, customer needs, and shifts in the landscape. This article proposes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
resilience and transformation against extraordinary odds and war. Risks and Returns: Creating Success in Business and Life By Wilbur Ross (MBA 1961) Regnery Before being named President Trump’s Secretary of Commerce in 2017, Wilbur Ross... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
channels instead persist, with strong odds against upstream suppliers waging a successful defense of material interests. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-042.pdf Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations Authors:Ufuk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
First, these ancient civilizations may have been at odds since 1962, but for 2,000 years before that, they enjoyed close economic, cultural, and religious ties. Second, neighbors trade more than non-neighbors do, research suggests. Third,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
things seem impossible. Professor Malhotra draws out lessons using behind-the-scenes stories of real-life negotiations, including drafting the U.S. Constitution, resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, ending bitter disputes in the NFL and NHL, and beating the View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
was,” she says. “Our goal is to raise $150 million and help fund 5,500 homes over the next five years.” In an odd twist, the real estate foreclosure crisis has made it possible for Habitat to serve more families. “The biggest barrier to... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
their businesses to shareholders through stock buybacks and dividends rather than invest for the long term, undermining job growth and putting the country’s economic future at risk, often pointing to the high ratio of shareholder payouts to net income. These claims are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
you stay focused on something at which you're incredibly good, the odds are always going to be in your favor to succeed. That's the advice I would have wanted in the beginning. I believe that if you do too many things and change jobs too... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
directly correlated with, for instance, how non-Pakistani your English accent was. Speaking Punjabi was considered backwards. Within my “native” country, my seemingly homogenous identity was somehow at odds with social capital. My school... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
Fragmented upstream and downstream channels instead persist, with strong odds against upstream suppliers waging a successful defense of material interests. Such distinctive industrial structures, we show, were a direct result of whether... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
transportation industry 33 alumni work for a railroad 1908 Railroad Organization and Finance course offered at HBS 1915 James J. Hill Professorship of Transportation endowed 1935 "Railroad weekend" workshops held for business leaders; continue until start of WWII Omaha... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
rates for 2,159 infant patients, but only after two years. In the shorter term, using these activities is associated with worse performance. By the third year, the positive impact of using deliberate learning activities is similar to the benefit of cumulative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
energy and make a profit." "The challenge was to find ways to conserve energy and make a profit." Few industries would seem to be more at odds with resource conservation issues than the electric utility business, where profitability has... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
of working odd jobs to realize I needed a career and stability if I was ever to reach my full potential. I decided to start that journey by enlisting in the Navy because the men and women in the Navy are tasked with taking ships to sea,... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
consumers to not only back teams to win, but also to lay odds for other punters to back. This business model allows punters to cut out the middleman of the bookmaker and leads to a much more efficient two-sided market. Betfair.com's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details