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- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per Strömberg Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures of dispersed shareholders, or whether LBO funds... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
current one? A: As I mentioned earlier, CSR should be viewed as a business discipline and practiced with the same rigor as other aspects of a firm's strategy. Remember, however, that rigor does not always equate to short-term financial... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
he made the decision to continue investing in longer-term research rather than short-term profit after Merck took its blockbuster drug Vioxx off the market in September 2004. "He believed that the only way for Merck to recover was to... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
right focus and priorities," he says. Without the restriction of large short-term revenue expectations, the Aurora team rejected the idea of becoming a low-cost solution for the high-end market. Instead, it chose to create an... View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
is negative in the short-term and positive only in (the) long-term, and many companies are too focused on the short-term.” Robert added that candor is the honest and open exchange of ideas, “but the techniques must be learned and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
tended to have narrower provider networks and broader care management strategies. Many more, however, still need to hone unique strategies for the public exchanges that can both improve short-term financial performance and ensure... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
thus subject to the same phenomenon of language. "While we might hope that companies do good for the community because it's the right thing to do, in general they think of it as making a short-term trade-off for a long-term return. It... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
(with) better-run stores, more satisfied customers and an increase in sales and profits," according to one report. Investors didn't approve. As usual, they took the short-term view, immediately knocking down the price of the... View Details
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
confronted, not avoided, (3) a climate of straight talk where truth can be spoken to power has to be encouraged, (4) leadership behaviors such as listening are essential, (5) behaviors designed to optimize the short-term that may... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
the long-term vision and short-term realities of the need for performance. Mike Flanagan asked, "Why have goals that are strived for in 10 years when the CEO and others will be gone?" And Kathryn Alexander asked why, in those... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
planning for the long term, however, good judo strategists must also be prepared to "pivot," as Rob Glaser (chairman and CEO of RealNetworks) says. "When we make trade-offs between short-term gain and long-term... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
suppliers of assets for rent, physical products, or services with customers demanding them. Among the most notable two-sided platforms in terms of their tremendous early growth were Airbnb, Etsy, and Uber. They offered short-term property... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
Abstract—An essential element of capitalism is corporate reporting. Today’s capitalism is supported by financial reporting. Critics of today’s capitalism argue that it is too short-term oriented and rewards companies for creating negative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
integration and degree of structural differentiation together affect a firm's ability to explore and exploit. We suggest that the senior team's ability to attend to and deal with contradictory internal architectures is a crucial determinant of a firm's ability to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
Mercadona's focus on long-term profitability is clear in how the company makes decisions. "Mercadona does not even consider short-term profit maximization. The company always considers the impact of a decision on the customer, the... View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
measured by the covariation of bond returns with stock returns and with consumption growth, and in the volatility of bond returns. A robust stylized fact in empirical finance is that the spread between the yield on long-term bonds and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?
discourage IP owners from selling and trading it in ways that may provide short-term business benefits but damage long-term international competition. For example, companies wishing access to China’s huge markets often have to enter into... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
restructuring opportunities or divestitures or even, more recently, public-to-privates. But I think increasingly what happens in our industry—and in Europe more recently than in the U.S. —is that private equity has become the long-term funder of these businesses."... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
December 4, 2017 Harvard Business Review How a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success By: Cespedes, Frank V., and David Mattson Abstract—It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne