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- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
analysts perform is assessing the need for external financing to fund operations. Thus, analysts are already intimately aware of what financing needs a company is likely to have. Accordingly, in periods leading up to a need to go to... View Details
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
ad effectiveness might come down to the size of the brand. eBay may not have experienced as much of a boost from its ads since its brand was widely known long before the ads appeared, whereas highlighting the mere presence of a lesser-known but highly rated mom-and-pop... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
For decades, Shabana Azmi has been a leading actress in Indian cinema. She has starred in many of that country’s most popular and acclaimed films, including the groundbreaking Fire in 1996, about a lesbian relationship between two... View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
also encourage innovation to solve problems that people haven’t solved before.” Regulations that are too loose can lead to confusion. This was the case in Brazil, where the government chose not to establish specific mobile money... View Details
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
reducing corruption. A finance minister who will lead this challenging reform needs to communicate clearly, consistently, and specifically regarding the financial condition and future targets of the country. It's essential to build trust... View Details
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
leading the change is managing the complexity " Serafeim agrees that companies need to constantly rethink and revise their sustainability strategies. "Sustainability is not something that's static," Serafeim says. "It... View Details
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
access to our favorite things will make us keep appreciating them); Buy Time (focusing on time over money yields wiser purchases); Pay Now, Consume Later (delayed consumption leads to increased enjoyment); and Invest in Others (spending... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
transfer increases labor productivity and wages directly. The interesting thing about China and also India is that about half of their populations are still employed in the agricultural sector. In this scenario, technology transfer may View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
understandings of ourselves from our experiences.— Scott A. Snook Within this framework, officer development involves qualitative shifts in how officers make sense of themselves and their experiences. Each shift leads to a progressively... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
done to fix it—in the following interview, first published in Harvard magazine's Can America Compete? report. “That great American job machine started sputtering around 2000” Porter and Rivkin lead the School's U.S. Competitiveness... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
study of business and the global poor. In recent years, there has been ample evidence, both in the literature and in capital markets, of the ability of leading microfinance institutions, particularly in Latin America and Asia, to generate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
for them. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209104 Ocean Tomo: Building a Market for Intellectual Property Harvard Business School Case 709-404 Ocean Tomo's management team sought to turn the company into the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
case:http://hbr.org/search/713020-PDF-ENG Inkaterra Comin, Diego, Rohan Gopaldas, and Diego RehderHarvard Business School Case 713-022 The case presents the unique business model of Inkaterra, a leading eco-tourism organization in Peru,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
building a global position and entering markets where offshore wind is nascent. The case examines the transformations in strategy leading to Ørsted’s success and the challenges of adopting that strategy in order to enter the U.S. market.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
developing leading positions in key markets via localized retailing strategies. Delhaize was committed to offering its customers superior value while maintaining high social, environmental, and ethical standards. For Frans Muller,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
Quality Competition? By: Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei Abstract—When does increased service quality competition lead to customer defection, and which customers are most likely to defect? Our empirical analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
innovations, or selling services—to step up and lead without a hierarchy. Consumer marketing companies are lining up to use these networks to reach their tailored demographics with highly personalized messages. Already they are... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
considered the communication he had just received. It was from Permira, the leading European buyout fund, and concerned its fourth fund, to which Altoona had made a $100 million commitment. The memorandum offered investors a chance to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
McCormack, the founder of leading sports agency IMG, which counts Maria Sharapova as one of its clients, is widely seen as the catalyst behind what has become the sports marketing industry. Legend has it that in 1960, McCormack, a lawyer,... View Details