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Evan Rachlin
New therapies, especially those in biotechnology, are very exciting to Evan Rachlin. In his first business-related internship, Evan examined the economic side of life science at Pfizer in New York City. There, he cooperated with the portfolio and decision View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
payoffs of e-commerce operational and capital investments are necessary to demonstrate the value creation of e-commerce initiatives and to obtain additional resources for critical e-commerce projects. The measures are essential to monitor the key View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of various forms of conditional and unconditional compensation. We account for salesperson heterogeneity by using a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs
working paper, "Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship". The news that successful experience, or performance persistence, pays off may not be news at all. But HBS researchers were surprised at just how much it does help. Successful... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
analysis of the drivers of customer satisfaction and branch network profitability and, based on the results, must decide how to change TD-Canada Trust's branch compensation and performance reporting systems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2019
- News
Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa
a different Africa, and a transformed Africa, and an Africa that performs better, and that surely rises in every sense of the term. One of the reasons I decided to come to HBS was the strong emphasis on the case method. And for me, the... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
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November 22, 2016
operating efficiencies. Managers can use this information to test their profit plan assumptions and validate their business strategy. In addition, strategic profitability analysis can be used for early warning and corrective action, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
companies with such plans do not perform better financially. Further analysis prompted Beer and Katz to conclude that the real role of bonuses is simply to attract highly qualified executives to a... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
to 2010 and how these have changed over time. The analysis finds pervasive deconcentration in virtually every area related to ICT, but it can explain only a small part of this trend. Deconcentration happens despite the role of lateral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
with strategy-proofness and stability, and direct attention to some open questions. Does Individual Performance Affect Entrepreneurial Mobility? Empirical Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market Authors:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Turnarounds and Transformation - Course Catalog
business executives, investors, and/or consultants. First, it would be of interest to those who at some point in their career see themselves as a CEO or senior manager potentially leading a troubled enterprise (small, medium, or large) through a crisis or through... View Details
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Real Estate Private Equity - Course Catalog
of the analysis of specific transactions with an emphasis on whether to pursue a specific transaction or not based on its investment merits. This section of the course will be run as an investment committee. We will focus on the... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
creative thinking yields possibilities, or hypotheses, and rigorous analysis tests them. They should ask what must be true for a given possibility to succeed-and explore whether those conditions hold. Read the article:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
strategy beyond markets. Very few studies have shown that a firm’s strategy increases policy performance; almost none have demonstrated a link between policy and firm profitability. Third, the topical areas of analysis appear to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Bloomberg: Investment Management course tips
How can I locate futures information in Bloomberg? How can I compare futures in Bloomberg? Government Debt Information How can I get data on government bonds, bills, and notes in Bloomberg? How can I generate yield curves in Bloomberg? Hedge Funds How do I screen for... View Details
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) to measure costs over the full care cycle, and then identify cost savings while maintaining quality of care Facilitate process improvements identified through the TDABC analysis Develop... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why Evolutionary Software Development Works
the performance of projects in the industry, we examined two outcome measures—one related to the performance of the final product and the other to the productivity achieved in terms of resource consumption... View Details
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Music & Activism: Market Research Resources
I find information on trends on social media, digital music and the web? eMarketer
Market data, statistics, and analysis on the Internet, e-business, online marketing, media, and emerging technologies. Business Insider Reports on... View Details
Market data, statistics, and analysis on the Internet, e-business, online marketing, media, and emerging technologies. Business Insider Reports on... View Details
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Peter O. Crisp papers | Baker Library
to Venrock Associates and its founding family, the Rockefellers, compiled by Crisp, circa 1946-2008. It includes information on investments made by Venrock and the companies in which the investments were made; investment performance and... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
individual. This article offers a critical review of this rich yet disparate literature and guides research toward a multilevel theory of imprinting. We start with a definition that captures the general features of imprinting across levels of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne