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16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

and the development of incremental tradeoffs towards radical moves to create new business models, new forms of satisfying needs that drastically reduce costs and/or raise value perceived by customers. One important enabler of new business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7

couple significantly strengthened the organization's talent, focused on innovation, growth, and provided a learning environment for their employees. Through cost efficiencies and pricing strategies, Elasto Therm was able to achieve higher... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

By implication, the annual deficit is equal to the reported deficit plus the change in the vested, unfunded liabilities incurred in that year (e.g., the change in the Medicare liability) plus the implicit net cost of the annual guarantee... View Details

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Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)

By: Joseph Pacelli, ZeSean Ali and Tom Quinn

Fund manager Janet Curie asked for a recommendation about the pharmaceutical company Catalent. The company seemed like a solid investment. However, a pair of research reports issued over the previous two months complicated this narrative. GlassHouse Research, a short... View Details

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16 Aug 2016
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August 16, 2016

2013, but was re-evaluating the costs and benefits of participating in the SCF program in the summer of 2015. The firm’s treasury group and its U.S. country manager must decide whether to keep using the program and, if so, whether to keep... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

in general is too risky a strategy, and entertainment businesses should vigorously try to save costs in an effort to increase profits. But in my research I have found that betting heavily on the most likely blockbusters and spending... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

patient, few actually engage them in meaningful ways to help with prevention and wellness, shared decision making, provider choice, expectation setting ,and compliance. The problem is that practical skills such as cost accounting and... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

insufficient) risk, forgo profitable projects, and ignore the cost of capital. We describe the causes of the problems associated with widely prevalent executive bonus plans and offer our recommendations for fixing them. We focus on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

capital are also important for the effect of FDI on economic growth. Download working paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W12522 A New Framework for Analyzing and Managing Macrofinancial Risks of an Economy Authors:Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2024
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gWorks (A)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

In January of 2019, Joe Heieck, CEO of gWorks, was deciding whether to proceed with his acquisition of Data Tech, that was a business roughly the same size as gWorks. gWorks, which provided geospatial software to small city and rural county governments, was acquired by... View Details

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03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

alleging that the company had misstatements in its financial reports. Mayhem’s report involved IGT’s practice of refurbishing used parts in one of its reporting segments and then transferring those parts to another reporting segment. Mayhem indicated that IGT’s method... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

“particularly on high cost of failure situations where good information on potential service providers is correspondingly of high value.” Angie's List had a paid subscription model as it charged “members” for access to the information... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

are going well, but when you have to make a decision that comes at a cost to you or your organization," said HBS Professor of Management Practice Bill George, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic. "[They'll say,] 'He's missed his numbers.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007

pre-specified limit. Mr. Sattaiah, managing director of the BASIX's bank, considers a revised insurance policy for the coming season, weighing the costs and potential risks of expanding the product against the potential benefits. Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

performance. So, they're at odds. Q: Is there a trade-off between the costs of learning vs. the benefits of improved performance? A: For the most part, I think it's a false tradeoff. Not learning is an option, of course, but it's not a... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

woes of the 1980s) has been ascribed to some or all of the following: excessive corporate bureaucracy, arrogance, and insularity; union obstinacy; exorbitant healthcare costs and retirement packages; bloated product lines and... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

different manufacturers could not talk to one another. PCs would cost $10,000 because each company would have to design its own software, as well as craft proprietary storage, memory, and display components. But standards do not evolve... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

lower level. Finally, executives can use accounting and control systems to adjust the span of influence. For example, the span will be wider for managers who are forced to bear the burden of indirect cost allocations generated by other... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

various options and contingencies. They strive for certainty in an inherently uncertain world—to turn every maybe into a simple yes or no. Indecision and a lack of closure result if managers cannot recognize the costs of trying to gather... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

Indeed, many of the leaders we've celebrated over the last decade or two made their organizations competitive by instituting fairly linear improvements, such as reengineering, supply chain management, enhanced customer responsiveness, and View Details

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Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

First Look: May 7

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)

August 16, 2016

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

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First Look: October 31, 2006

gWorks (A)

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

First Look: October 30, 2007

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

American Auto’s Troubled Road

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

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