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- 30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30
guarantees to the bank, loan payments to the old owner are about to come due, and Weston is faced with some unanticipated expenses. The company's cash situation is very tight, and he is forced to evaluate the liquidation value of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007
from Irrelevant Alternatives (IIA) property, IPS implies individual behavior that is counterintuitive in the context of choice among similar alternatives. But models that alleviate the concerns raised by IIA, such as generalized extreme View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
in the world, Akula must decide at what value to sell equity in SKS and to whom to sell it. The case focuses on valuation, which is difficult because at the time there are no publicly traded comparable companies, as well as the strategic... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
unparalleled at teaching science and engineering. But to move the country forward in a global environment, Chinese parents, and to some extent government leaders, recognize the value of an American-style liberal arts education in building... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
significant time on-site can maximize the value of the information conferred. But, as Short says, “no matter how good the information is, it doesn’t help if factories don’t want to learn.” Factories may have different motivations for... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23
served tens of millions of transactions with total dollar value in the billions. Users have been drawn to Bitcoin for its decentralization, intentionally relying on no single server or set of servers to store transactions and also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12
addition, a growing literature has begun to highlight the potential importance of overconfidence in driving entrepreneurial outcomes. Such a mechanism may appear at face value to work like a lower level of risk aversion, but there are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23
appear to have long-run implications whereby sustaining a high level of service relative to local competitors leads the incumbent to attract and retain higher value customers over time. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3
respect to Genentech, the pros and cons of merging the two companies with different cultures, the value of Genentech, and the tactics of a hostile tender offer. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210040-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
who are Sikhs come to the office centered and focused after our morning spiritual practice, which gives us the clarity to make better decisions," he explains. "Second, valuing others means we are slow on the firing trigger. We... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
returned to the United States, not when those profits are earned. This resembles the treatment of capital gains for individuals where capital gains taxes are only due when gains are realized rather than when they're accrued. As with individual capital gains, there is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 10, 2007
conclude that stars add more value than they capture. I discuss implications for managers in the motion picture industry. Brokerage, Boundary Spanning, and Leadership in Open Innovation Communities Authors:Lee Fleming and David M.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
willingness to pay. Lal: They've created new sources of value for their customers that did not exist before. Q: And PetSmart. What's made them so successful? Lal: PetSmart saw the online threat early and built a strategy to insulate... View Details
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
information. Social networking on Facebook would be of little value if users provided no personal information, and digital assistants such as Apple's Siri require access to consumers' location, contact lists, and calendar to be helpful. A... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18
Hong Kong's high corporate governance standards. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112035-PDF-ENG Perella Weinberg Partners: New Firm, Old Values Clayton Rose and Aman MalikHarvard Business School Case 312-013 In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010
supplement (B):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110030-PDF-ENG Compass Maritime Services, LLC: Valuing Ships Benjamin C. Esty and Albert SheenHarvard Business School Case 211-014 Tom Roberts, a founding partner of Compass Maritime... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
someone who will close a deal at all costs, even by treating people on the team poorly, you as a leader need to look at whether you’re excusing that behavior and sending a message that certain people are valued more than others,” she... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008
criticize its allegedly novel emphasis on preemption and unilateralism. My earlier work identified the over-ambition of the NSS's third main pillar, the aspiration to spread democratic institutions and values throughout the world, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
get caught, it won't be all that bad. If the best that can happen is to get paid full value and if the worst is to be paid zero, they're guaranteed to come out positive. There's an information asymmetry here. In particular, the merchant... View Details
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
utilize technology to ensure individual privacy. In this world, the system works in favor of privacy, not against it. The distributed imperative we describe recognizes that all value is located in individual end consumers and all cash... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace