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  • 13 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 13

countries have approached the question of gender equity in corporate governance in various ways; which model might best work for France? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412061-PDF-ENG Sykué Bioenergya Shon R.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

little familiarity with the nature of our case writing and research. This poses some challenges that are less of an issue with U.S.-based cases. We have especially found that the decision to allow HBS to write a case about the company... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

understood or utilized in practice. It consists of actions to set up and modify the architecture of the negotiation itself — that is, to determine who takes part under what expectations, the sequence in which they are brought into the process, what View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

to grow beyond Hong Kong and, if so, the approach to take in selecting countries, is a central issue Exline faced at the time of the case. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/811078-PDF-ENG Olam: On a New Course Bell, David E.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 28

firms that historically issued frequent guidance, breaks in guidance following CEO turnovers are relatively permanent and are potentially attributable to firm-initiated changes in guidance policy. Breaks following CFO turnovers, however,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

New Challenges in Leading Professional Services

Professional service firms—law firms, financial services firms, money management firms, private equity firms, hedge funds, management consultants, advertising agencies—are the most challenging and exciting organizations to lead, maintain... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Consulting; Accounting; Legal Services
  • 04 Aug 2014
  • Op-Ed

Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

Assessing creditworthiness of small businesses can be difficult due to information asymmetry. Little, if any, public information exists about the performance of most small businesses because they rarely issue publicly traded View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services
  • 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

analyze conditions under which these attack types are likely to succeed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-104.pdf Unstable Equity? Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing Authors:Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

now the government says they really meant 180. That takes its toll. Q: What about the effect on the financial markets? A: When it comes to the shutdown, I'm less concerned about them. I think that equities respond to a lot of things, and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

population and per capita consumption growth, the limited nature of resources and sinks, and the responsibility and exposure of firms to ensuing ecological risks and costs. We then discuss how an operations management lens contributes to the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

hospital fundraising efforts. An interview with a promising candidate, who is also a digital native, forces her to confront shifting attitudes toward issues of data and privacy across generations against the backdrop of continued... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

"Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment," at the Harvard Business School Möbius Leadership Forum on April 12. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, Emeritus. Domini is president of the Domini... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

U.S. Home Mortgages Author:Robert C. Pozen Publication:Chap. 3 in The Future of Housing Finance, 26-65. Brookings Institution Press, 2011 Abstract This chapter analyzes the various forms of federal programs to support home mortgages-both government-insured mortgages... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios By: Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Terry Burnham Abstract—We examine the optimal weighting of four tilts in U.S. equity markets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

financing proposals to pursue. A straight equity issue will dilute his principal shareholders' ownership, but seems like the safer alternative in an industry that is notorious for its high failure rate. On... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 May 2019
  • Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology
  • 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

and Marketing Services Industry? Myth vs. Realty Authors:Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III Publication:Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising (forthcoming) Abstract We analyze changes in concentration levels in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

co-founders must decide how to deal with certain requests by the Japanese partner. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806090 Warner Bros. Embraces BitTorrent Harvard Business School Case 807-012 Involves the copyright... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”

go elsewhere becomes too great. The corporation, having borne the cost of training the fledgling venture investor, does not get to benefit from the harvest. These issues also manifest themselves when it comes to rewarding the managers of... View Details
Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

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