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  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

they also induced large spillovers of technical knowledge in prefectures adjacent to those with prizes, relative to distant control prefectures without prizes. Linking competition expenditures with the expected market value of patents induced by the prizes permits a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

body," and establishes an "objective means to assess competence." As a result, business schools provide the business world, in his view, with no more than an "effective, albeit expensive, recruiting service." In... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 07 Oct 2002
  • Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

of society depends on trust. So the zone of sustainable action for a business should be the overlap between ethics and economics. The role of the organization is to ensure that all activity occurs within that overlap; the role of leadership is to expand the overlap. Q:... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
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Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

conversations on talent and organizational structure . Directors also advise on everything from go-to- market strategies and how to ramp up growth to enterprise risk management and leveraging AI. Joining a startup board, either as an... View Details
  • 05 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

that Rival would complement their existing portfolio of products and it was the perfect time to buy due to a depressed stock price caused by declining earnings. The investment team at Berkshire now had to decide if the possible returns from an investment in Rival were... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1

direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the company's use of derivative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 27

external sourcing may vary across situations. Our framework also proves useful for assessing the possible estimation biases in transaction level make-or-buy studies arising from ignoring complementarities and constraints. Where Do Brokers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

Fleet management is expensive; so is wireless technology. But in the end Immediate Response is a cost saver for Progressive. The staffer may write the customer a check on the spot and such quick assessments end up reducing lawyer fees. It... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sometimes Success Begins at Failure

don't have processes for managing them. A more valuable approach would be to acknowledge the risk of measurement errors in evaluating early-stage projects, and then develop practices for addressing those errors. So, what processes might... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • 12 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

generally. Paper: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/convergence_in_position_auctions.pdf Assessing Potential Carbon Revenues from Reduced Forest Cover Loss in Liberia Authors:Donovan, Jessica, Keith Lawrence, Christopher Neyor,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

Principles Guide You by Bill Barnett (MBA 1971) (Stanford Business Books) Barnett approaches the construction of a long-term career plan by looking at the main challenges professionals will face: developing and reaching long-term targets, surfacing opportunities, View Details
  • 02 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

perceived "seller's market," says Jim Heskett. As we select and train future leaders for all levels of our organizations, how much effort do we really spend assessing executive intelligence as opposed to personality and style?... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

responsibilities—including product management, marketing, growth, and sales—to help you figure out if you want to join a startup and what to expect if you do. You'll gain insight into how successful startups operate and learn to assess... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

business school, in my view, faces the challenge of deciding whether it's going to be a professional school or not. If it decides not to become a professional school, it risks devolving into a vocational school. And that raises a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

traditional banks have a stable source of funding, while shadow banks are subject to runs and fire-sale losses. In equilibrium, traditional banks have a comparative advantage at holding fixed-income assets that have only modest fundamental View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

forthcoming European Competition Journal Android and Competition Law: Exploring and Assessing Google's Practices in Mobile By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Damien Geradin Abstract—Since its launch in 2007, Android has become the dominant mobile... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

paper called, "Asset Allocation and Asset Location: Household Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," published by the Journal of Public Economics in August, 2004. Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), the team View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

in designing and assessing policy. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54968 Large-Scale Demand Estimation with Search Data By: Amano, Tomomichi, Andrew Rhodes, and Stephan Seiler Abstract—Many online... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

Accordingly, this review provides a framework for optimizing efficiency in the cardiac cath lab. The authors outline a management method based on the Nadler-Tushman Congruence Model, a commonly used business tool by which a company can View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

lending in this market. Traditional bank loans may yield a return of 5 to 7 percent, but many alternative lending platforms charge yields ranging from 30 to 120 percent of the loan value, depending on the size, term duration, and risk... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services