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  • 30 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

this area in a variety of disciplines—economics, geography, marketing, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, and strategy—in order to explore the many ways that locations matter for firms. In eleven varied papers, the authors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

executives, middle managers, and sales people from companies across a variety of industries. The survey focused on questions about how well their companies’ strategies informed six critical elements of their sales approaches. The results... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

data in a variety of business analysis and valuation contexts. The fourth edition of Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements allows you to undertake financial statement analysis using a four-part framework—(1) business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 May 2008
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First Look: May 13, 2008

small firms, not-for-profits, and social enterprises have successfully leveraged deep metaphors to solve a wide variety of marketing problems. Marketing Metaphoria should convince you that everything consumers think and do is influenced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007

Enterprise Capital Markets Harvard Business School Case 307-078 Seeking to impact global poverty and philanthropy, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar donates $100 million to Tufts University for a trust restricted to investment in microfinance.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

2006, Macri is approached by Spanish and Italian soccer powerhouses, seeking to purchase the players Fernando Gago and Rodrigo Palacio. Should Macri enter negotiations with the clubs interested in buying the star players? If so, how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

social and cultural contexts that shape how men make sense of themselves as men—the stories they tell themselves about what it means to be male—and in the effect this sense-making has on how they behave at work. Much research on gender in organizations documents how... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

approaches include the use of risk exposure and the Sharpe and Information Ratios. Applies the approaches to a variety of mutual funds to demonstrate the effect of using different metrics to measure fund performance. Purchase this note: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

From Coercion to Excitement Authors:Peter Tufano and Daniel Schneider Abstract We review a wide variety of programs that support savings by families, in particular by low- and moderate-income families. These programs range from ones that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 May 2024
  • In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

of Labor Statistics. US employers added 175,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted, far fewer than the more than 300,000 in March and below the 240,000 analysts expected. For those seeking business careers, success might mean searching beyond... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

entrepreneurial California agricultural biotech company seeking to earn carbon credits by modifying commodity crops for use in China and India. Eric Rey, Arcadia's CEO, faced a strategic inflection point in early September 2008. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

way? A group of researchers recently considered that idea in a new study, concluding that variety is a crucial ingredient. “We wanted to examine what would be the optimal mix of people to talk to over any time period,” says Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 28 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

what they do and appreciation for their jobs, rather than feeling extrinsically motivated by cash alone.” If you give cash, include a meaningful note For many employees, particularly younger generations, a job is not just a paycheck; people View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

that have led to asset impairments. More recently, the Bulgarian energy regulator announced its intentions to seek a 30% price reduction on a power purchase agreement signed over ten years ago with AES. Accordingly, AES' management is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2012
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First Look: May 29

city government are seeking a development solution in the form of unique land use regulations and a resulting development strategy that weighs the financial, economic, aesthetic, and environmental impacts of the development. Companies and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing

around five years ago, but is now considered a billion-dollar company. So they’re now trying to seek partnerships with influencers who have clout, but they’re competing with newer brands that have done this well from the get-go.” Global... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

School Case 310-011 Acumen Fund is a global venture capital firm with a dual purpose: it looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 May 2021
  • Book

The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

Because they’re so busy and often surrounded by people, it feels as if they’re engaged and involved. Similarly, CEOs receive a stream of communication from a variety of sources, so they may not realize that they’re filtering out... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

offerings with price-insensitive consumers. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52177 Fake Discounts Drive Real Revenues in Retail By: Ngwe, Donald Abstract—Prices in a wide variety of contexts are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

Opportunities. Measures skills and behaviors associated with the ability to identify and seek out high-potential business opportunities. Vision and Influence. Measures skills and behaviors associated with the ability to influence all... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge

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