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- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
banning bankers from receiving annual bonuses exceeding more than twice their fixed pay. Lawyers for the United Kingdom actively oppose the rule, which is set to go into effect in 2015. In the meantime, several major banks have responded... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
by the head office of a U.S. retail chain) or decentralized hiring (in this study, by the store managers), leads to lower employee turnover. On one hand, a centralized model of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5
are not driven by reverse causality. These patterns are not driven solely by common law nations such as the United Kingdom and United States, but also hold in Continental Europe. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Collection Highlights | Baker Library
collection includes his lecture and seminar notes and almost the entire body of his professional correspondence. Wartime Schools Collection During World War II, the U.S. military was facing an increased need for View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
dollars. This creates a direct connection between U.S. monetary policy and EME credit cycles. We estimate that over a typical U.S. monetary easing cycle, EME borrowers experience a 32-percentage-point greater increase in the volume of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20
following a prosocial norm and self-regulation. We tested 433 children between 6 and 13 years of age in two variations of the Dictator Game (DG). Children were asked what they should or would give in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Career Coach
Matt Spielman
Matt helped grow IAG Research, which became the arbiter of advertising effectiveness. IAG was acquired by Nielsen. Matt holds a B.A. in Economics from Columbia College and an M.B.A. from HBS. He earned his... View Details
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
poorly suited," explains Froot. “Why can't they produce enough of this coverage at a lower price?” A local property-casualty insurance agency can easily hold enough capital to cover losses from house... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26
construction and industrial activities and had adversely affected the company's revenues and operating result. The stock of the company quickly fell from the mid-$30 range in late 2007 to $3 in March 2009.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
Disney Company expects to lose up to $190 million on its summer fiasco The Lone Ranger, another star vehicle featuring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. Welcome to the risky strategy of "blockbusters,"... View Details
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
agencies can improve—even offices of motor vehicle registration. The challenge is that public agencies serve two types of customers: clients and taxpayers. This is similar to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Career Coach
Lauren Murphy
responsibility at the Proctor & Gamble company where she was a Brand Manager and a Regional Marketing Manager. She began her business career in the buying office as an Area Manager at Macy's Stores... View Details
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- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
were not realized. Four years later, another company working on the same technology went public to great acclaim and fanfare. The firm? Netscape Communications, under the leadership of Marc Andreessen and... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
Dee Ward Hock
In 1970, Hock created a reverse holding company tying together thousands of independent banks to create the Visa Network. His aggressive... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10
from "real work." But when Google's people analytics team examined the value of managers, applying the same rigorous research methods the company uses in its operations, it proved the skeptics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities
Pretium who previously worked as a research analyst at HBS. “Astoundingly, five of the six most valuable public companies in the world in 2020 were tech companies headquartered... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
most productive sites prefer to pay CPC, while advertisers with lower quality sites prefer to pay CPA—a result that may be viewed as counterintuitive since low quality sites cannot proudly tout their conversion rates. This result holds... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)
Analyst at McKinsey and a year in banking in Australia, Kuyoro arrived on the HBS Campus excited to continue her career exploration in a general management MBA program. At HBS, Kuyoro gained a deeper understanding View Details
- 07 Oct 2024
- News
On the Move: Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008)
After nearly nine years in a series of marketing and strategy roles at Samsung—where he logged approximately 2.5 million air miles and earned status as a “permanent resident” of Korea—Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008) made the leap to Electrolux Group Chief Marketing... View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
is the impact of foreign bank entry on the pricing and availability of credit in developing economies? The Mexican banking system provides a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace