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- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Weinzierl, published in November 2021 "We worked with the state's Small Business Administration to help small-businesses access to Paycheck Protection Program loans in 2020." What drew you to this work? Reggie: "We grew up on opposite... View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
self-control, while in the private condition the opposite holds. Our findings suggest that announcing decisions publicly and to large groups may be part of a solution to some social dilemmas. In addition, the fact that public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
which actions support progress—such as setting clear goals, providing sufficient time and resources, and offering recognition—and which have the opposite effect. Even small wins can boost inner work life tremendously. On the flip side,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
she adds, come from these kinds of opposite pairings: "That also describes me and my husband." Building a whole new culture, forging this new company—that's an ongoing, long-term project. This year, she's also operating with a few more... View Details
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
systemically risky, like credit default swaps. Q: What would you do? A: My proposal is just the opposite of the Treasury's. I would put the Fed in charge of risk monitoring because that's where it has the most expertise. When the Fed... View Details
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
activity is the basis of much of tax policy and also of the rising concern over the global activities of American multinational firms. While a popular belief, it doesn't seem to hold up to closer scrutiny. Indeed, if anything, the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
accounting, the opposite appears to be true; there is a negative and significant differential market reaction of approximately 4 percent for acquiring firms that announce pooling transactions. This return differential declines to negative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
divisiveness and elevate their stature, which will soften the opposition block. Biden and Harris have a secret weapon in the quest for unity: the idealism of young people. Let the young lead. National service programs can be used to bring... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
rulings―separated by several weeks and going in opposite directions―that affected the antitakeover force of SBs. We contribute to the long-standing debate on staggered boards by documenting empirical evidence consistent with the market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
"educate Indians"-a suspected euphemism for bribery. Opposition political parties accused Wal-Mart of bribing the Indian government, which, on the eve of a general election, appointed a judicial commission to investigate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
precision of these estimates. The intuition behind one mechanism is slightly ironic: in trying to update optimally, Bayesian agents overweight information of which they overestimate the precision and underweight in the opposite case. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
do since I was a little kid. When I was younger, I thought engineering, math, and science were most important and that the rest didn’t matter. Now I realize exactly the opposite is true. Engineering is important if you want to make... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
FRC. Although successful broadcaster opposition may be taken as confirming evidence for this interpretation, our review of the record reveals even stronger disconfirming evidence. In particular, we find that every major interest group,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309074 Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (A) Harvard Business School Case 808-158 Considers the entrepreneurial career of the founder of Mitsubishi, Yataro Iwasaki, who built a large shipping company against... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
capital partners’ children had an effect on hiring; parenting more daughters led to hiring more women partners. He posits that this shift in hiring was the result of the “true removal of gender bias”—that is, the opposite of window... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
Gompers found that the gender of male venture capital partners’ children had an effect on hiring; parenting more daughters led to hiring more women partners. He posits that this shift in hiring was the result of the “true removal of gender bias”—that is, the View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
"internal" with "external" negotiations, especially focusing on how each side can best manage internal opposition to agreements negotiated "at the table." Implicit in much of this work is the view that each... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
Jamshedpur. Metro Cash & Carry's primary business filled voids in the food supply chains in emerging markets, reducing waste and bringing more transactions into the tax net, although this argument could not overcome entrenched View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
numbers, a way of mobilizing support and negotiating from a position of greater influence. [ ] Few organizations decide issues by vote, but every senior leader understands the risks of acting in opposition to many voices speaking in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
losing the opposite point of view that creates the spark I mentioned earlier. Tell me about one of your more unlikely matchmaking successes. One of my clients, an HBS alum from New York, was the ultimate package: good-looking, smart,... View Details