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- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
fundamentalist Taliban and the subsequent U.S.-led invasion of the country. Provides a historical overview of Afghanistan and the position of women in the country to explore... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
stagnation!” So are the roles of the US and China in world trade reversing? If President Xi believes, as he says, in free trade, will he be in a position to deliver? In the meantime, is current US talk about... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
Jack Welch emphasized that GE should support only the most profitable businesses in the company's portfolio, a logic that led Welch and GE to phase out GE's consumer electronics division while bolstering the financial View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 1986 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
Pressco, Inc.--1984
A marketing representative of heavy industrial equipment needs to evaluate the net present value of his equipment from the perspective of the buyer under changing tax regulations. View Details
Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Valuation; Product Positioning; Performance Evaluation; Taxation; Price; United States
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Pressco, Inc.--1984." Harvard Business School Case 287-025, September 1986. (Revised August 1987.)
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
and sales for our datasets) is positively correlated with both dispersion among experts' forecasts and scale: the variance increases sublinearly with dispersion View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
When TV Nova launched in 1992 as the first new television channel in post-communist Czechoslovakia, few might have imagined the joint-venture drama unfolding behind the scenes. Distinguished for bringing Baywatch, soccer matches, and sexy... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
who are at the very top of the ability distribution (non-superstars), react positively to increased competition from superstars. For them, we find some evidence of increased effort and no increase in errors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
2016 Random House The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change By: Anand, Bharat Abstract—Companies everywhere face two major challenges today: getting noticed and getting paid. To confront these obstacles, I examine a range... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs
provide an innovative, positive story for the public and cost $6.4 to $8.6 million; and a 100 percent reduction would cost $9.1 to $11.3 million View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2010
- Supplement
Flare Fragrances Company, Inc.: Analyzing Growth Opportunities, Instructor Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)
By: John A. Quelch and Lisa D. Donovan
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
U.S. companies spent a staggering $285 billion on advertising in 2006, according to Advertising Age. That's a lot of dollars and expectations being handed to advertising managers to generate returns. But do marketing managers allocate... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
been to teach students and executives strategies for creating value, or integration. Many negotiation scholars and teachers go one step further, arguing that value creation has a View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
higher and invest abroad when foreign prices are higher. Funds see the industry P/E ratios of their home investments drop in the year after the investment, while they have a positive change in the year after... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
research and shoring up the weakest, all competitors' products take on the same characteristics. As she puts it, "Meanwhile, the very instruments that these managers are relying on to establish and reinforce... View Details
- April 11, 2010
- Article
Solving Jobs Crisis Won't Be a Quick Fix
By: William W. George
George, William W. "Solving Jobs Crisis Won't Be a Quick Fix." Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (April 11, 2010).
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
retention rates over one-, two-, and three-year horizons. The documented relationship between the use of online banking and customer retention remains positive even after... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- March 1995 (Revised June 1995)
- Supplement
The Black & Decker Corporation (B): "Operation Sudden Impact"
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes Black & Decker's strategy for the tradesmen market. View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Competition; Globalization; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Dolan, Robert J. The Black & Decker Corporation (B): "Operation Sudden Impact". Harvard Business School Supplement 595-060, March 1995. (Revised June 1995.)
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America's economy, shaped the country's development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization View Details