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- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
was struggling to compete with and differentiate itself from industry leader LensCrafters, also owned by Luxottica. Increasing competition from low-price competitors, such as Walmart's optical stores, was adding further competitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
the international shipments of all U.S. publicly traded firms, we show that firms are significantly more likely to trade with countries that have a large resident population near their firm headquarters. We use the formation of World War... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
This Site’s for You
We’ve made a number of changes in the magazine over the past several years, all designed to make it more interesting for you to read. Now we’ve given the Bulletin Web site a much-needed overhaul. While we will continue to post the current... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
readers? Use data science. Make money by doing deals with television and filmmakers and book publishers. The case describes the challenges of matching readers to stories and of helping writers produce better stories by supplying feedback on their chapters as they... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-003.pdf Preference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Abstract Many labor markets share three stylized facts:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1
Publications August 2013 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law Delaware's Choice By: Subramanian, Guhan Abstract—This article first documents the shift to annual elections of all directors at most U.S. corporations and argues that the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
Way too long. Peter Stone: Very, very detailed. I remember Andy got out a whiteboard, and we were going through revenue recognition in his living room. And we were all very intent, very serious about it. Tyler Koop: I remember thinking,... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
Above: photo by Dimitris Papamitsos/ Greek Prime Minister’s Office Nearly all of the low-slung café tables in the Hotel Grande Bretagne’s lounge are already occupied by late in the afternoon on an average Thursday. This is the domain of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
underlying the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, country and industry... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
commit to any single venture. “In my heart, I knew that I had to spread myself around a little bit more,” he recalls. The venture capital industry made that possible. In those first few years, he bummed an office from Technology Venture... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
There's makeup, hair, crew working on lighting, testing the sound. All of that is happening. And you don't have a moment to compose yourself. Then you hear: "5. 4. 3. 2. 1." Then you have to walk down a long hallway to try and deliver a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Last Look
02163. We’ll update you on what we have learned in the next issue. Thank you! LAST ISSUE’S LAST LOOK: Our thanks to MBA ’55 classmates John Cave, Bob Orr, and Walt Pogue and John Eresian (MBA ’56), who identified all the members of Walt... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
of the great aspects of this sport is its element of uncertainty,” says DeWitt. “A losing team still wins about 40 percent of the games it plays, while a winning team wins around 60 percent. That means the team with the worst record can play the one with the best and... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
were definitely slow-lane. So when the firm chose not one but two routes to recovery, Porsche caught industry watchers and Porsche enthusiasts by surprise. In addition to launching a new two-seater, the Boxster, in 1996, it decided to... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
PublicationsWhat to Ask the Person in the Mirror: The Seven Tests of Highly Effective Leaders Authors:Robert Steven Kaplan Publication:Harvard Business Publishing, forthcoming Abstract Successful leaders know that leadership is less often about having View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Operations Management Fall 2024 Q1 1.5 Rebecca Karp Innovating at Scale Strategy Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Michael S. Kaufman Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Matt Kelly Real Estate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
food-safety environment, all food, no matter the source, must be closely regulated, and even barred, if it fails to meet certain standards. But Gumpert calls for greater freedom in "food rights," with stories from the frontlines of this... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
get involved in their communities. “Long-term profitability is driven by bringing long-term value to many, many people,” he said. JULY 20 Amira Polack (MBA 2018), founder and CEO of fitness app Struct Club, recently organized a conversation about systemic racism in the... View Details
- 18 Sep 2008
- News
HBS Olympians
Albertville, France—but I was sure there were more. Who were they? When I saw a list of about 200 Harvard College Olympians, my zeal to compile a list of HBS Olympians was awakened. I turned to the marvelous search engine on the HBS Web site (see the upper right corner... View Details
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
genetic insights. Team: Brandon Chi, MBA 2024; Joseph Swift; Amitesh Pratap; Leonie Luginbuehl. Previous Next President’s Innovation Challenge The President’s Innovation Challenge is an annual competition that celebrates alumni and student founders from View Details