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- 02 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News
manipulation may be for naught. The bad news eventually comes out, resulting in negative returns when it does. "Firms that have cast their calls in the past have substantially more earnings restatements in the future," says Cohen. "They... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
Lessons From Hollywood: A New Approach To Funding R&D
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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets
In the News 18 Feb 2023 New Books Network Geoffrey Jones, "Deeply Responsible Business A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership" (Harvard University Press, 2023) In this episode of View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
Stanford Social Innovation Review Selecting the Right Growth Metrics: Fewer but Better By: Schlesinger, Leonard A. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52742 Minimizing Justified Envy in School Choice: The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
along with companies like Apple, Facebook, and Progressive Insurance, is a leading example of firms that are thinking about customers in a new way—much like how a museum curator orchestrates the experience of patrons. Weaver, an assistant... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
exploit a quasi-natural experiment that holds constant the information event across firms, but varies the availability of a major news outlet in local markets. We find that firms subject to the threat of slanted coverage suppress the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
years at HBS on nonprofit growth and multisite nonprofits. Though networks are not new in practice, and in fact are quite common in both the nonprofit and commercial sectors, she said, the question of how to go about creating these... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
creative or in love with risk, but they are deeply inquisitive, open to new experiences, and comfortable with the unpredictable. He also offers evidence-based, practical advice for interviews and résumé screening that hiring managers can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast region of the United States in August 2005, it destroyed homes and lives. A paradoxical effect, however, is that the storm's aftermath created an opening in New Orleans for school leaders... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
Luke Sherwin. The four met as members of a New York City venture accelerator program. All admired Warby Parker’s success in delivering on the promise of “designer eyewear at revolutionary prices,” via a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Getting New Ideas off the Ground
if we would help him put a computer in the home of every employee worldwide. “We did that with Ford, and then the next day in the front page of the New York Times announced a... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
Besharov, Marya L., Wendy K. Smith, and Michael Tushman Abstract— It’s notoriously difficult for a business to manage two separate-but-equal goals—making money and creating social value at the same time, for example, or managing an existing business at the same View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Nov 2021
- News
New Director Named for Mid-US Research Office
Alicia Dadlani (MBA 2003) has been announced as director of the School’s new Mid-US Research Office. The Mid-US Research Office joins 10 HBS research centers and five regional offices located around the world. In order to capitalize on... View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53182 September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review The Surprising Power of Online Experiments: Getting the Most Out of A/B and Other Controlled Tests By: Kohavi, Ron, and Stefan H. Thomke Abstract—In the fast-moving... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- July 2018 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Rocky Mountain Condiments: Close Encounters with the Legal System for the First Time
By: Lena G. Goldberg
The founder of a Colorado start-up focused on developing a line of condiments confronts a host of legal issues that threaten the viability of her young enterprise. She is suing a co-packer for, among other things, breach of contract, theft of recipes and trade secrets,... View Details
Keywords: Law And Regulation; Start-ups; Founders' Agreements; Cross-Border Jurisdiction; Torts; Consumer Protection; Non-disclosure Agreements; Intellectual Property Protection; Fraud; Legal Remedies; Law; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Business Startups; Contracts; Intellectual Property; Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Lena G. "Rocky Mountain Condiments: Close Encounters with the Legal System for the First Time." Harvard Business School Case 319-029, July 2018. (Revised August 2018.)
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
feedback on its development. Management had to answer the following questions: What should they do next at Zebra? Should they work on the accuracy of the already developed algorithms or continue to develop many new tools? If they chose to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Finding a Time Series of Financial Data in Compustat | Baker Library
Help Center Finding a Time Series of Financial Data in Compustat How do I find time series of financial data using Compustat in WRDS? You can search for financial data using Compustat in WRDS. Choose... View Details
- December 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (B): Confronting New Digital Formats
Investigates how the rise of digital video formats threatens to make videocassette technology obsolete; how this technological substitution might alter the economics and structure of the video rental and retail industries; and how Blockbuster Inc., the industry leader,... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Decisions; Technological Innovation; Competition; Change Management; Service Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Coughlan, Peter J., and Jenny Illes. "Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (B): Confronting New Digital Formats." Harvard Business School Case 704-407, December 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
New Idea: State of the Art
suggestion, it was an action plan. Less than a year earlier, he’d been invited to join the board of Manhattan’s Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, which was in the midst of a three-year, $79 million transformation. A New View Details