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- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
management friendly provisions, we identify the economic determinants of the resulting trade-offs for shareholder value. Consistent with the theory, our empirical analysis shows that provisions that allow managers to delay takeovers have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
the network upgrade costs. The shuffling necessitates re-studies, and the delays continue. Currently in Texas, however, the process can take a quarter of the time. “Interconnection studies can take just 12-18 months in Texas, and network... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
be able to experiment with the economics and logistics of a pizza business and gain firsthand experience of his customers as well. The outlet was an instant hit, but Pujals resisted the temptation to immediately replicate it. He waited a year before opening a second... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 23 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 23, 2016
filing date rather than at patent grant—on the timing of licensing deals in the biomedical industry. We find that post-AIPA U.S. patent applications are significantly more likely to be licensed before patent grant and shortly after 18-month publication. Licensing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
incentives involve delays in compensation that may make a job much less attractive to managers with shorter-term needs or interests. On the other hand, it may serve as a way of sorting out managers with a longer-term view of the job. What... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
resilience and success. Hise O. Gibson is a senior lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. Anita Lynch is an executive fellow at the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard, and a board member of the Nasdaq US Exchanges. You Might Also Like: Why... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 01 May 2009
- What Do You Think?
Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
to innovate and support entrepreneurship? Or are they just delaying the inevitable? Do organization size, innovation, and entrepreneurship have to be incompatible? What do you think? To read more: Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games
the Bowl Championship Series helps to delay bowl matchups until the completion of all the games in the regular season, so that the top teams can more often be matched with each other in a championship game. For doctors, the marketplace... View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
make a big difference The researcher found that, on average, the amount of synchronous communication, such as phone calls and video chats, declined by 11 percent when the time delay between workers increased by an hour. Meanwhile, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
marketplaces are often “winner take all,” and Nomad is not alone in pursuing a technological fix to health care staffing; delaying expansion risks ceding ground to new competitors. Which path should the company take? The Answers: Having... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
Minister Johnson has a decision to make. He apparently has delayed it, perhaps waiting for interest to wane. But he did issue a statement saying that: “We want something that fits the mission and captures the spirit of scientific... View Details
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
early mover regulatory advantages for drugs. I find the opposite for medical devices, where pioneer entrants spend 34% (7.2 months) longer than follow-on entrants in regulatory approval. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that the cost of this View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
batteries. No American battery company comes close to CATL. Under intense political pressure, the project has been delayed and scaled back. A Michigan plant was set to create 2,500 jobs. Ford was to retain 100 percent ownership in a... View Details
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Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
the viewer into the work. As he has stated, “I’m always interested in seducing the viewer and then hitting them on the way out, allowing a delayed response to powerfully charged content.” Gatson, who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York,... View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars
auction may not be a good predictor of the final outcome, because much of the bidding activity takes place just before the end. One good reason for this delay is that early bidding reveals intentions and information that may be exploited... View Details
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Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement
at retail or mail-order pharmacies. The difficulty of access for the general population of all age groups is greatly reduced. There is no delayed rollout, healthy people are not forced to congregate at mass vaccination sites or wait weeks... View Details
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
Conversely, another hospital identified that a medication room was too small for more than one nurse to work in at a time, delaying patient care. Senior managers discussed the issue with staff and they collectively made a plan to move the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
sites, transfer new product lines, update technologies, etc. Another cost of outsourcing is the cost of inventory. A part might be manufactured cheaply in Mexico, but shipping the part involves inventory, not to mention delays and risks.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
were measured by asking people how frequently they felt nervous, anxious, or on edge and were “worrying too much about different things.” To measure presenteeism, participants were asked how often they were unable to concentrate on their jobs or how often they View Details
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1.5 Attendance | MBA
using the event or obligation as the reason for their absence. If a student misses a class because they are traveling with no other obligations on that day or because their travel arrangements were delayed or disrupted, the absence should... View Details