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  • 05 May 2020
  • News

“Walking a Tightrope”

have expected an American to have to be going through. And part of it had to do with drugs. Part of it had to do with not having enough money. But even just the spending decisions that they made when they had a little bit of money—it just... View Details
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

analysis. Then, you'll learn how to apply these tools in a variety of decision contexts, including securities analysis, credit analysis, corporate financing policies analysis, mergers and acquisitions analysis, and governance and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

Abstract We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Dec 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How to Build a Better Board

frameworks to decide exactly what they're going to do, what decisions they're going to make, what things they want to monitor and oversee, and also the areas in which they want to offer advice and counsel to their CEO. So given that fact,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

differences appear to be associated with different models of development—open, distributed organizations developing systems with smaller cores. We find that core components are often dispersed throughout a system, making their detection and management View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

environment strategies. They also acknowledged the difficult challenge inherent in balancing the effort needed to achieve these goals with the central need to generate profit. "There's this natural tension," said Douglas Conant, former... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

He lasted two years before being overthrown in a coup. "It's difficult to impose a liberal democracy," Maurer remarks. "A system of rules only works if you believe the other guy is also playing by the same system of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 03 Sep 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

conclude that business leadership would be wise to push past pride and the false sense of self importance, and include within the decision making process those in the enterprise who know the actual nuts and bolts of the business."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage
  • Profile

Adam Kanner

teams struggle to fill seats for the 41 home dates. In order to fill those seats without giving away tickets, and thus cheapening the franchise’s brand, Kanner had to navigate that difficult route and find ways to move tickets without... View Details
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Ruth Cenat

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? Learning about history is exciting to me—how business, political, and social leaders were able to make tough decisions in uncertain situations that have made an impact for... View Details
Keywords: CPG; Nonprofit/Government/Education
  • 12 Jun 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

companies that have tried to improve their go-to-market strategies, we have learned that almost everyone agrees it is difficult to effect significant change in distribution channels. Even though technology has made access to customers... View Details
Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

http://www.people.hbs.edu/liyer/BCCI_JEBO_Final_Sept2013.pdf August 2013 Contemporary Accounting Research The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers By: Bouwens, Jan, Margaret A. Abernethy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

A New Model for Business: The Museum

benefit from acting more like museum curators. "Many museums have enormous collections, so the possibilities are nearly endless," he says. "And most museum patrons don't know anywhere nearly enough to make these decisions on their own,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Lesson from the Fall

controls the recruitment and tenure of directors, sets the board’s agenda, selects the information that flows to the board, and oversees the process of evaluating CEO performance, directors will find it difficult to shift the power... View Details
Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

Vegemite, the iconic Australian spread. The team must decide whether to bid for the division and, if so, how much to offer and how to finance the all-cash bid. Making these decisions was difficult because... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

informed trading decisions about various firms. (Nonetheless, he was convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy in May 2011.) Soltes also hopes that the study will shed light on the fact that executives at publicly traded companies... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

tasked with leading Mudo's transition from a family business to a more institutionalized, corporate structure and ensuring a smooth handover of the company from the first- to the second-generation owner. As CEO, she makes a series of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Oct 2007
  • HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

increasingly turn to athletes to promote their products. The marketing executives I spoke with told me they value these endorsements especially because it is getting more and more difficult to reach a wide group of consumers using... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports
  • 30 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

Consumers are more likely to consume when a price is vivid and fresh than when it is obscured or distant.— John Gourville In other research, I have investigated how the unbundling of price into routine payments affects the decision to... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
  • 16 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

asset seizure by enemy governments. Negotiation Some directly negotiated favorable business arrangements with local governments and decision makers. Perseverance Some adopted the approach of resilience, working to develop legitimacy in... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing
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