Derivatives - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2002
News

Insights into Business in Islamic World

who directs the Law School's Islamic Studies Program, explained that such legal systems do not rely on precedents or written codes and have an inherent dependence on religious beliefs. "This law is seen as deriving from direct, divine... View Details

Keywords: Islam; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Aug 2011
News

A Toast to Macchu Pisco

barefoot. The result is an un-aged 80 proof clear spirit derived from fresh-fermented grape juice (wine). It takes at least four bottles of wine to produce one bottle of pisco. Pisco Punch and Pisco Sour are the spirit’s flagship drinks... View Details

Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Apr 1997
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Manager's Notebook

consumer. "Managers can't expect customer information to represent a free good forever," explains Rayport. "Eventually, customers will want a piece of the value companies derive from information collected about themselves." But the... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

emphasize and vice versa, an effect we label compensatory fit. We illustrate the concept of compensatory fit by drawing upon qualitative data from a re-organization at Cisco Systems. We also derive formal boundary conditions for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 15

Working Papers Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements By: Schmidt, William, and Ryan W. Buell Abstract—We examine how people make decisions when the value they derive from those decisions... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Feb 2005
What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

decision making based on probabilities derived from very small samples of data. The Bayesians in some ways freed decision makers from the burden and expenses (in terms of money, but especially in terms of time) of large-sample information... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Feb 2001
News

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

corrupt and criminal money from around the world. That's correct. Approximately half of that sum is generated by violent criminal activity, such as organized trafficking in drugs, weapons, or people. The other half is illegal flight capital — tax-evading money View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

05 Sep 2008
What Do You Think?

Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

technologies such as the Internet. But the volume of positive responses leads to the question of whether case method instruction may even be gaining relevance over time. What do you think? Original Article The case method has become synonymous with education for... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

Jennifer Davis recalled the "quip that states that some people have 20 years experience and others have had the 1 year of experience 20 times." Stan Heard pointed out, "It is possible to get experience without deriving... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Oct 1999
News

The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change

his greeting: "A general manager has a social responsibility that requires a professional response. I hope that your two years at the Harvard Business School will enable you to contribute an effective response to this serious challenge and that you View Details

Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer

05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

optimal government debt maturity in a model where investors derive monetary services from holding riskless short-term securities. In a simple setting where the government is the only issuer of such riskless paper, it trades off the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2000
News

Strike Up the Broad(band)

social utility -- the enjoyment of fulfillment people derive from consuming a good or utilizing a service." Beyond movies-on-demand and videoconferencing, the authors say "the most savvy service providers, such as telephone and cable... View Details

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

engage in self-creation and the utility that they derive from such activities. We propose that creating products fulfills consumers' psychological need to signal competence to themselves and to others, and that feelings of competence... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Keeping Your Balance With Customers

and profits could be derived from scale. Customer management was relegated to selling and promoting the company's products. The customer relationship was seldom the issue. The New Economy has changed all of this. With the evolution of... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

09 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal

enable companies to carefully control the compensation of executives and the percentage of that compensation derived from option grants. Fixed value plans are therefore ideal for the many companies that set executive pay according to... View Details

Keywords: by Brian Hall

01 Jun 2017
News

The Exchange: Venture Forth

courses, I’ve spent so much time teaching the tools that are based on theory. What is really interesting is that professionals in lots of industries, in particular the VC industry, totally disregard them. Using derived cost of capital and... View Details

Keywords: April White

21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

behavior of the people in an organization. In this article, we explore the range of objectives or goals of family-owned and -managed companies and identify those most commonly regarded as important by owner-managers. Further, we describe six major empirical dimensions... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

most profitable. "Not only are merchandise profits higher under contingent free shipping than under free shipping, but our estimates imply that the firm could derive even higher merchandise profits by increasing both its flat... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

25 Apr 2012
What Do You Think?

How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?

the Big Thinker." Gerald Nanninga cautioned us that "the big risk is that it gives executives a false sense of comfort." Clifford Francis Baker added, "My concern is primarily focused on the possibility of complacency data derived from... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

that body of knowledge was derived primarily from companies in the United States, Europe, and Japan. But as emerging markets in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America continue to grow, so does an interest in how they came to be... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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