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Trade publications: industry research
industry, or profession. They usually provide news of current developments in the field, reviews of past performance or forecasts for the future, as well as descriptions of key companies and personalities in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Lessons from Private Equity
GADIESH: To reap private equity returns, act more like a private equity manager COURTESY OF BAIN & CO A recent Harvard Business Review article headlined “If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business” gave many leaders of public companies a... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?
have been more active in reviewing the mergers of the major firms as the industry consolidated over the last fifteen years." Several responses hinted at the need for audit committees to be more adventurous in their selection of... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
forthcoming Quantitative Marketing and Economics Aggregation of Consumer Ratings: An Application to Yelp.com By: Dai, Weijia, Ginger Jin, Jungmin Lee, and Michael Luca Abstract—Because consumer reviews leverage the wisdom of the crowd,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18
power. Publisher's link: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amy-cuddy/presence/9780316256575/ February 2015 Prentice Hall Managerial Accounting: Making Decisions and Evaluating Performance By: Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav V. Rajan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
Illustration by Avalon Nuovo Before launching her own startup, Lily Liang (MBA 2008) worked as a product manager in San Francisco’s tech industry, including a stint at the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes from 2012 to 2017. Those were... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
in the Networked Age by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh (MBA 2000) (Harvard Business Review Press) The employer-employee relationship is broken. The old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer works in a business... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24
George Serafeim, and David Wood Abstract—A new generation of corporate reporting-integrated reporting-is emerging that will help investors and other key stakeholders such as employees, customers, suppliers, and NGOs develop a deeper and more comprehensive appreciation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
findings suggest that, after threat, misrepresenting one’s performance can function as a mechanism that helps to restore positive self-evaluations about one’s capabilities. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
to provide the resources needed to change the world. Boards That Lead: When to Take Charge, When to Partner, and When to Stay Out of the Way by Ram Charan (MBA 1965, DBA 1967), Dennis Carey, and Michael Useem (Harvard Business Review... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Releases
measuring and evaluating performance in the firm; and a system for rewarding and punishing individuals for their performance. The theory presented in this work, Jensen believes, promises a major competitive advantage to managers who are... View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
men's outdoor shoes and clothing had become saturated. A comprehensive strategy review revealed that the Sport-Man brand could be extended to other apparel lines. Furthermore, its retail footprint in major malls throughout the United... View Details
- 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
accounting and discuss the intended purposes of the balance sheet and income statement (with particular attention to net income). Students will also have a chance to review the business model of Berkshire Hathaway to debate how to measure... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8
thought (versus conscious thought) would reduce frequency of intrusions from an analogue trauma film. Participants viewed a distressing film and were subsequently instructed to think about the film deliberately (conscious thought), to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008
does not, by itself, create a performance drag. Radically Simple IT Authors:David M. Upton and Bradley R. Staats Publication:Harvard Business Review 86, no. 3 (March 2008): 118-124 Abstract Many managers... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
creating a good narrative in selling effectively. Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future by Leonard A. Schlesinger (DBA 1979) and Charles F. Kiefer, with Paul B. Brown (Harvard Business Review Press) In an... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1
http://www.people.hbs.edu/liyer/BCCI_JEBO_Final_Sept2013.pdf August 2013 Contemporary Accounting Research The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers By: Bouwens, Jan, Margaret A. Abernethy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
years of on-site research at Toyota and its affiliates, in 1999 Spear and HBS professor H. Kent Bowen published a Harvard Business Review article titled "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System." Understanding Toyota's production... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
performance against the strategy. Some organizations call this person the "Chief of Staff." In large organizations, the process is run by a new organization called the Office of Strategy Management—which reports directly to the CEO or... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why Evolutionary Software Development Works
companies identified through a review of industry journals. The final sample contained data on 29 projects from 17 companies. The most remarkable finding was that getting a low-functionality version of the product into customer's hands at... View Details