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- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
RunKeeper became allergic to revenue, ramped up its burn, and tried to pursue both the running app and the Health Graph—but did neither well. At the end of the case, the company is almost out of cash, and Jacobs has exhausted his View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
on the circumstances and prospects of a company. In fact, companies often turn to outsiders because they have failed to recruit, train, and develop the sort of talent that might take over leadership of the organization. To avoid this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
the prospects for implementation in the field. We present the decision process and competition design considerations that lead to these successful outcomes as a model for researchers who want to use competitions and non-domain crowds as... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009
relatively new to the industry and has his sights set particularly high. Kolville needs to weigh a number of effects this negotiation will have on the player, his teammates, and the long-term prospects of the team. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008
is at the heart of the CEOs job. The firms they lead are at once economic organizations whose survival and prosperity depends on delivering superior value in an unforgiving global market place and social institutions that profoundly shape the lives and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
Yet research suggests that this “work-family narrative” is incomplete: men also experience it and nevertheless advance; moreover, organizations’ effort to mitigate it through flexible work policies has not improved women’s advancement View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
Cups, and the league’s capabilities as a diversified media company represented attractive elements for its prospective expanded U.S. broadcast presence. The case includes descriptions of the Bundesliga, its national and international... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016
efficiency and long-term survival in standard cardiac surgery procedures. Methods: Utilizing a prospectively collected retrospective database, we identified patients who underwent isolated CABG (n=3726), AVR (n=1626), MV repair (n=731),... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007
Academy: Getting in the Game Harvard Business School Case 807-122 Urban Video Game Academy was founded to enhance the academic and career prospects of urban youth. How will its founder grow it into a sustainable business? Provides an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
reasoning. But, argues the wise chorus, "from death alone he still cannot escape . . . Limitation is built in to the human condition. You need to bend to higher laws." Limits? Tell that to today's college graduates, more in debt than ever before and with the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21
illustrates the choices faced by a prospective IPO firm that operates in a global setting. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212051-PDF-ENG SKS and the AP Microfinance Crisis Shawn Cole and Yannick SalemanHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
Grupo Beta San Miguel In November 2013, Dr. Jose Pinto, head of Grupo Beta San Miguel (BSM), Mexico's largest private sugar producer, is weighing the future prospects of the Mexican sugar industry as he considers whether BSM should bid on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
electronic car company founded and led by Elon Musk. Wall Street analysts are wildly divided on the future growth prospects for this company, and analysts’ one year share price targets range from $160 to $500. The case explores in detail... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
the 2001-2005 period. The reasons why publicly listed Chinese firms are more diversified than companies elsewhere are investigated. Agriculture as a Source of Fuel: Prospects and Impacts, 2007 to 2017 Authors:John N. Ferris and Satish V.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
to outcomes. We assessed the learning curve for a new cardiac surgical center using precursor events (incidents or circumstances required for the occurrence of adverse outcomes). Methods: Intraoperative precursor events were recorded View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
numerous sources to provide a single resource for readers to gain understanding of this complex sector. The intended audience includes students, prospective professional leaders, those considering joining a board, consultants to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009
out-of-court restructuring plan. The company, which has been attempting to restructure its debt and operations for the last ten years, faces a number of daunting challenges. Eurotunnel is jointly listed in the U.K. and France, and its shareholders, who are largely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
competitive strategy; (2) accounting analysis for representing the firm's business economics and strategy in its financial statements and for developing adjusted accounting measures of performance; (3) financial analysis for ratio analysis and cash flow measures of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8
then link our model to search engine market conditions: we derive comparative statics on consumer choice parameters, presenting relationships between market share, quality, and user welfare. We also analyze the prospect of joining... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
have written this book when you were writing Market-Driven Health Care (1996) or Consumer-Driven Health Care (2004)? A: I think at the time of Market-Driven Health Care, people were still delirious about the prospects of managed care.... View Details