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  • 17 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 17

Samuel G., and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We develop a novel methodology to infer the amount of capital allocated to quantitative equity arbitrage strategies. Using this methodology, which exploits time-variation in the cross section of short... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?

comparative consumer product reviews since 1936. The publication ranks competitive brands according to quality, based on in-house testing and customer surveys, and publishes the products' retail prices. "Decades of data, just staring at you," Sheen says.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products
  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

to increase the transparency of options repurchases. The case describes the methodology used to value the warrants. Students have the opportunity to value warrants issued by 10 of the largest banks and to evaluate whether the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207019 CMM versus Agile: Methodology Wars in Software Development Harvard Business School Case 607-084 A CIO decides whether to adopt the "Capability Maturity Model"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Ownership (OWN): Define Success, Create Advantage, Build to Last, Engage Effectively - Course Catalog

be good at ownership (vs. management)? Course Content and Organization: The course is divided into four main modules: Defining success. The objectives of most companies are far more complex than a focus on maximizing shareholder value. Students will learn a View Details
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

Making It Count

it, by establishing accounting methodologies for the valuation of impacts that a company has on society—e.g., carbon emissions generated, water withdrawal from water-scarce locations, employee wages, job creation in areas of high... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right

their social conscience. To them, doing good is just table stakes. Scratch has developed a proprietary methodology examining “brand love” to decode the science of brand affinity across generations. We found that millennials assume that... View Details
  • 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10

reflect fundamental values in the current environment. After announcing the alternative valuation methodology in September 2009, he must convince industry participants—ship owners, appraisers, and bankers—to adopt the new valuation View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

Abstract—Objectives: To apply time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) methodology to determine emergency medicine physician documentation costs with and without scribes. Methods: Two research assistants shadowed attending physicians... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

corporate governance literature of the past decade has focused on identifying drivers of superior or deficient corporate governance. One of the most rigorous methodologies uses firms' reactions to industry shocks to characterize the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a sunk-cost effect. We develop a methodology for separating these two effects. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Pricing Paradise

eliminated; a 20 percent loss due to budget cuts was deemed a realistic possibility.) The researchers adopted the “willingness-to-pay” methodology that federal agencies such as OSHA and the FDA use to determine how much people would pay... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Magician Turns HBS Upside Down

insights to execute a more compelling product or service is a best practice we’ve studied in cases about certain companies, and it is definitely one of Randal’s strengths,” Martin said. Thomke described what he calls Randal’s “3Ms of innovation”: View Details
Keywords: magic; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

able to bridge science and business,” says HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. “We aim to provide graduates of this new program with tools to understand the most modern biomedical science issues, as well as knowledge of scientific methodologies and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 05 Jan 2017
  • Blog Post

Simple Ways to Take Gender Bias Out of Your Jobs

assessment methodology and business certification standard for gender equality, and Anka Wittenberg, chief diversity officer of technology giant SAP. In addition to becoming one of the first companies to receive EDGE certification, SAP... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 17 Sep 2024
  • HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

companies had already begun using this methodology to calculate their emissions in three categories. Carbon accounting Scope 1: GHG emissions that come directly from sources that a firm or group controls or owns, such as vehicles or... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 15 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture

opportunities to leverage technology to help people experience their healthcare in a better way. Driven by her own personal health experiences in where she constantly used a guess and check methodology to improve her health, she sought to... View Details
  • 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

experimenter who had made them wait, or not interrupting at all. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44857 Measurement Errors of Expected Returns Proxies and the Implied Cost of Capital By: Wang, Charles C.Y. Abstract—This paper presents a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 9

corporate governance in emerging economies, and we think the conventional wisdom about the economically important topics of tunneling and business groups will need to be significantly questioned and reformulated in light of new findings, data, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

business, and how the growing ahistorical nature of much management and economics literature has seriously compromised its legitimacy. In a well-documented process, the spread of quantitative and standardized social science methodologies... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne