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- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
delayed for 20 days a shareholder vote on the sale of Del Monte Foods Co. (Del Monte) to a consortium of three private equity firms. In his opinion, Laster was critical of Del Monte's board, noting that the directors may not have properly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Subramanian Abstract We measure the value of shareholder proxy access by using a recent development in the ability of shareholders to nominate candidates for board seats. We use the SEC's October 4, 2010 announcement that it would significantly View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
online grocer to address this question. In general, we find that as the delay between order completion and delivery increases, grocery customers spend less, order a higher percentage of "should" items (e.g., vegetables), and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
into the business to the day the product departs the shipping dock. The researchers encouraged businesses to think of that order as the actual customer, and watched as they routed that person here and there among departments, perhaps ignored by an inattentive clerk or... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
value-relevant before disclosure, for negative earnings adjustments it is value-relevant only after disclosure. This finding is consistent with managers delaying the communication of bad news until IFRS compliance. A finer model shows... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
However it proved necessary to adopt policies that would allow employers to safely delay hiring and coordinate on using the clearinghouse. The market for gastroenterologists provides a case study of market failures, the way a centralized... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
believe economically that you've got to have real-time interaction between people to bid out important, B-to-B pieces of business. And so a 5-second delay, a 20-second delay, certainly a 2-minute delay just doesn't cut it, because you... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
markets are too great to pass up or delay need to appreciate and respond to the challenges posed by institutional voids. Emerging markets are so tough to crack that companies are highly unlikely to get their strategies right the first... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
than a few hearts and minds. (Arguments used for denying and delaying the remaining funding often centered around the Egyptian government's lack of stability and what some saw as the EAEF's slow pace of investment.) "I started to make... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
will also be on the rise. Retailers that had invested in advanced omnichannel capabilities and order management technology before the pandemic will see their efforts rewarded. Other retailers will have a hard time keeping up with demand. Customers: Expect View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
including Nina Simone, Etta James, and Marvin Gaye. After over a quarter century of success with this model, where she paid as much as $144,000 in annual rent, Jackie must decide whether to continue renting, proceed with the building of a new theater that will cost at... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
reliable, branded beauty services in office parks and hotels, but she focused first on the high-visibility airport market, where customers in transit needed the services she could provide—and might relish them as an alternative to waiting for View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
delay implementation of the Rule in response to the Business Roundtable challenge. We also examine intra-day returns and find that the value loss occurred just after the SEC's announcement on October 4. We find similar results on July 22,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
transportation system. Like cars and taxis, PRT vehicles carried small groups—often just a single passenger—with no need to wait for a shared vehicle to arrive or for others to board. Yet PRT followed train systems in using an exclusive right of way that avoided View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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if accommodations apply to them, HBS Online is happy to answer questions using the email below. This request process only applies to HBS Online Program offerings. Please Note: Early and active communication is required because late notification may result in a View Details
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
continuous challenge and "intellectual confrontation." Students will consider JPL's strategy and constraints, measurable technical risks, non-measurable external risks, and societal pressures in making a decision about whether to launch or View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
suggest that the cost of a delay of this length is upwards of 7% of the total cost of bringing a new high-risk device to market. Considering potential explanations, I find that approval times are largely unrelated to technological novelty... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
enclosure and conjured up a storm of powdery snow inside. Huddled in his sleeping bag wearing all his clothing, Moore fretted quietly about the terrain they would encounter above. The expedition had been plagued throughout by delays and... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
should not delay splitting the equity and whether they should involve an attorney or accountant when they do; the importance of considering intellectual property (IP) issues when splitting the equity and the need to do so consistent with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
costs, fossil fuel prices, possible regulatory or other delays in constructing the reactors, and possible future restrictions on carbon dioxide. CEO Jim Rogers believes that nuclear power makes sense from a social standpoint but must also... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel