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  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

middlemen and defaulted on their loans. The risk of such events may explain, at least partly, why many seemingly more profitable export crops are not adopted. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-065.pdf Catering through... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

mastering three models, the company has built formidable advantages that are difficult for competitors to overcome. Its example has shown how, properly applied, the implementation of multiple business models is not a risk but rather a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

(along with personal relations), laws and regulations can evolve to facilitate real estate investments. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207090 The Convention on Biological Diversity:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

the past few years, or the fantasy that the market for derivatives could somehow regulate itself—the consequences of all we are dealing with this very day. Denial is not merely being wrong. Everybody makes mistakes. Denial is falling into... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology
  • 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

authors, who offer a framework for creating a thriving marketplace while minimizing the risk of discrimination. For starters, they say, companies must track and report on potential problems and carefully test choices that may influence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

effectively allocated resources in the economy. I still think that our approach is a good one, but maybe not as good as we thought. Hopefully, we'll better understand the conflicts of interest, improve the system, and have more awareness of the View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
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  • 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30

people believe the risk decreases (negative recency) but at the same time exhibit more cautious behavior (positive recency). The rest of the difference is consistent with two well established mechanisms: judgment error and the use of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

individual owners have to decide how to manage or dispose of the asset. This case follows Ruby Collins, a small investor, through the logic of Section 1031 Like Kind Exchanges as well as the consideration of Tenant in Common ownership. Tenancy in Common has some... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

decisions ranging from whom to date to whom to hire. When faced with decisions about disclosure, decision makers should be aware not just of the risk of revealing but of what hiding reveals. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2003
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Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

which require full and fair disclosure of the financial performance of companies and of the risks associated with their business. This attitude is reminiscent of the Roaring Twenties when, according to Representative (and later Speaker of... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

self-control) in one domain subsequently reduces one's capacity to regulate behavior in other domains. One reason is that people have limited self-regulatory resources, and self-regulatory failure occurs when these resources become... View Details
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

each originator minimizes his reliance on costly informed capital in good times by issuing safe securities. Our model suggests regulations that limit the issuance of safe securities in good times. Read:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

been KPMG Chairman for a matter of days when he learns that the government is preparing to indict the firm on charges of selling illegal tax shelters. Flynn has to decide whether to fight the charges and risk the dissolution of his firm,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

infrastructure and ready talent, and an underdeveloped consumer market. Some innovators, however, have succeeded by building franchises to serve poorer consumer segments; tapping the vast opportunity represented by nonconsumption; internalizing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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ground-breaking technologies such as electricity, nuclear power and computing? What commercial opportunities and risks will they create for business leaders? What ethical choices will they force business leaders to confront? In November... View Details
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a healthy appetite for risk can shape a life Blissful Thinking Happiness research is all the rage. How understanding the origins of joy can improve the way we lead organizations—and our personal lives What We’re Reading Novels and... View Details