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- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
be in incentives? Plus, the overall approach (thanks in part to the use of compensation consultants) has moved from an individual, situational negotiation to one that is market-based. Yet no one goes back to ask the fundamental question: Is the premise that underlies... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
the infant private sector in urban China. We show that a reform that untied access to housing in urban areas from working for the state sector accounts for more than a quarter of the overall increase in labor supply to the private sector... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity
exactly like fire insurance. On any given day, you won't see any benefit. In fact, you could go years shelling out money for a service you aren't using. But on the day that, heaven forbid, your house does burn down, then you will... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
boarded a bullet train, headed west as far as they could, and exited in a village to start asking people what would make them buy a computer. What they discovered surprised them. Wandering to an impoverished part of town full of corrugated iron shanty View Details
- September 2017
- Case
Blackstone's Julia Kahr at the Summit
By: Paul A. Gompers, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
In 2009, Blackstone, the New York-based alternative asset and financial services firm, committed to invest up to $750 million into Summit Materials, a new company in the aggregates sector (i.e., construction materials, such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement,... View Details
Keywords: Roll Up; Private Equity Roll Up; Aggregates; Aggregates Materials; Construction Materials; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Growth and Maturation; Engineering; Construction; Finance; Capital; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Investment; Housing; Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Planning; Problems and Challenges; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Construction Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
Gompers, Paul A., John D. Dionne, and Amram Migdal. "Blackstone's Julia Kahr at the Summit." Harvard Business School Case 218-002, September 2017.
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
illustrates that in a gray market setting, the transfer price that maximizes a multinational's profits may also be the same one that maximizes the social welfare of the domestic economy that houses it. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
housed its two data centers twenty miles apart—in different power grids—outside Phoenix. "A software failure could easily put the whole enterprise at risk," explains McFarlan. Disruptive Technologies One question facing the established... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
use this as a natural experiment to test whether a waiting period would impact homicides and suicides in states that were subject to the policy. The federal law—named after former White House press secretary James S. Brady, who was shot... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
2016 Gurgaon, India: Penguin Random House Win-Win Corporations: The Indian Way of Shaping Successful Strategies By: Shah, Shashank Abstract—Why did Ratan Tata decide to pay for all the victims of 26/11 whether injured in the Taj or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
common struggle for firms to get innovation investments right, says Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. On one hand, firms large enough to house their own research labs too often... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative
several options in managing a trachoma initiative. These options including housing the program internally, partnering with other organizations, or partnering with Clark. In the end the group recommended a partnership with the Clark... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
White House popularized the term “fake news,” the influence of social media advertising and online publishing requires serious reexamination. That began to happen October 24 at the The Future of Advertising and Publishing conference held... View Details
- 05 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost
lower than the $365 benchmark price. The repair shops didn’t bite. It pays for all consumers in a negotiated price settlement—everything from buying a house or a car to hiring a contractor—to do their homework when it comes to average... View Details
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
Mohan's students get a lot out of the courses because, after all, negotiation skills are crucial both in the business world as well as in people's personal lives when they look to buy houses or cars—or even get along with friends and... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
revolutionary leader. Teddy Roosevelt was unfiltered, because he was a vice president who got the top job following the assassination of William McKinley. John F. Kennedy was a filtered leader with 13 years in the House and Senate. George... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
the White House that will determine its budget and the career trajectory of its top officials. Of course, there is an overlap between the appearance of doing a good job and actually doing one. "If the USDA weren't doing its job, it... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Case 817-073 MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid In January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
PublicationsForward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance Authors:Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky, eds. Publication:Brookings Institution Press and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2011 Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
308-038 Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
end of President Gerald Ford’s term in office and against substantial U.S. domestic opposition, Kissinger’s efforts culminated in Smith’s public announcement that he would accept majority rule within two years. This set the stage for the later Lancaster View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel