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  • 06 Oct 2015
  • Blog Post

Henry McGee: From HBO to HBS

Henry McGee is a veteran of HBS. After graduating back in 1979, he spent the next 34 years at HBO. He held many positions in a wide range of areas at the company, including family programming, film acquisition and international... View Details
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Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society

markets, and government policies, and suggests approaches for businesses to address these issues. La Desigualdad en América Latina Este informe examina las desigualdades persistentes en América Latina, explorando sus raíces históricas y... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2001
  • News

On the Inside

Top billing, of course, goes to her boss, George W. Bush (MBA ’75), but Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao (MBA ’79) is also making a name for herself in the new administration. Chao, who has previously served in several government posts and as president of United Way of... View Details
Keywords: Government
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

or is it still too early?" Dick Costolo wondered as he reflected on the latest acquisition offer. He had been building FeedBurner with his three co-founders for almost four years and was staring at the details of an View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

of products and sell each product infrequently. At the same time, consumer browsing information is typically tracked by online retailers and is much more abundant than purchase data. We propose a demand model that caters to this type of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Mar 2018
  • First Look

March 13, 2018

result, sponsorship does not close the gender gap in competitiveness or earnings. We discuss how these insights from the laboratory could help to inform the design of sponsorship programs in the field. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

Abstract—Objective: Assess whether a commitment contract informed by behavioral economics leads to persistent virologic suppression among HIV-positive patients with poor antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. Design: Single-center pilot... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2013
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar

automobiles; it was up to Huber to figure out what that meant. Primarily the GM leadership was looking to justify GM's earlier multibillion-dollar acquisitions of Hughes Aircraft (which included commercial satellites) and Electronic Data... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto
  • 20 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 20

Publications Market Reaction to and Valuation of IFRS Reconciliation Adjustments: First Evidence from the UK Authors: Joanne Horton and George Serafeim Publication: Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the market reaction to, and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

but online dating websites force them to screen by searchable attributes (such as income, or religion). We demonstrate that people spend too much time searching for options online for too little payoff in offline dates (Study 1), in part because users desire View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 22, 2016

Information Systems Research Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View By: Greenstein, Shane, and Feng Zhu Abstract—The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/415040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-001 HEINEKEN—Brewing a Better World (B) This is a follow-up to the “HEINEKEN—Brewing a Better World (A)” case, with updated information on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
  • First Look

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 perform a demanding task while... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

through the lens of their mistaken theory, meaning a person may ignore or discard information her mistaken theory leads her to consider unimportant. We propose solution concepts embedding such channeled attention that predict when a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

may need "hot" financial markets to get through the initial period of discovery or diffusion. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mrhodeskropf/FinancingRiskandInnovation.pdf   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 114-049... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

a broad range of issues including innovation and acquisitions in addition to labor practices and resource sustainability. A close examination of Nike's experience has led the author to conclude that a dedicated board-level committee of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

of America Acquires Merrill Lynch (A) Robert C. Pozen, Charles E. BeresfordHarvard Business School Case 310-092 On December 22, 2008, Bank of America (BofA) chairman and CEO Ken Lewis convened a special board of directors meeting to review his company's pending View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 25

price before that time is a martingale, and the price trajectory afterwards is a supermartingale. Finally, we explore the role of rental markets in sharing information about address value and assuring allocative efficiency. Download... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 14 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

phenomenon—it did not really become popular until the early- to mid-1990s. A second reason is that it is difficult to uncover detailed information and conduct quantitative research. Because most project companies are private companies,... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 02 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

consumer collaboration, in which consumers use digital media that lie beyond the control of marketers to communicate among one another, responding to marketing's intrusions by disseminating counterargument, information sharing, rebuttal,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace