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- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
the context of an M&A transaction in an emerging economy and the role of private equity and venture capital in the development and the eventual consolidation of the new media advertising industry. Provides a context in which to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments By: Kuziemko, Ilyana, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—We analyze randomized online survey experiments providing interactive, customized information on U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
nominal and inflation-indexed bond excess returns even after adjusting for liquidity, providing evidence for both time-varying real interest rate risk premia and time-varying inflation risk premia. Liquidity appears uncorrelated with real... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
differences. Ghemawat shows you how—by providing tools for: Assessing the cultural, administrative, geographic, and economic differences between countries at the industry level and deciding which ones merit attention. Tracking the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
Visiting the doctor can sometimes feel like being slammed down on an assembly line: Make co-pay. Check vitals. Diagnose the problem. Get a prescription. Next! The fee-for-service model of American medicine doesn’t put much value on long doctor’s visits, which aren’t as... View Details
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen. At the Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference 2003, Christensen provided an advance peek at his new book, which follows on his influential The Innovator's Dilemma: When New... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?
in settings where those being led are highly independent. The task is to achieve alignment between the strategic requirements of the business and the needs (very special, in this case) of its key employees. A "survival guide" is needed and View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Business and the Environment
Managing Partner, Generation Investment ManagementJames McCarthy, Harvard University faculty These experts shared their perspectives on global climate change. Professor McCarthy discussed scientific findings; Blood provided an investor's... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
donations with animal shelters and other organizations that provide direct care to animals.” For Exley, it is not all about the dogs. She’s primarily focused on her new career as an economics professor at HBS, where she’ll be teaching... View Details
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
As a young teacher at Harvard Business School, Brian J. Hall called on longtime professor James Cash for a favor: Hall wanted to study the inner workings of General Electric, and he needed Cash's help to get in touch with top-level executives who could View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
discover a gap between what the supply chain is providing and what the patient needs, they usually don't have the authority or knowledge to go back to those supply departments and fix the problem; a higher-level person needs to be... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
these facilities on a single block." The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation provided the research team with the records of all 28 million OBD-II inspections conducted on gasoline-powered consumer vehicles at the... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
allow them to grow more quickly while still providing some brand benefits and quality control. While branch organizations, such as The Nature Conservancy, may choose to allow a significant amount of local autonomy by decentralizing... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
theme parks—was to ensure a steady flow of creative software for its global hardware businesses. Senior MCA management agreed to the acquisition, expecting the new, cash-rich Japanese parent to provide capital for acquiring more record... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
We Think We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it. Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue The ABCs of Addressing... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
increasingly depend on a mutually reinforcing relationship between financial and nonfinancial performance. Integrated reporting is about more than a document. It is also about a more integrated company website that leverages the Internet to View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
lifetimes, this book looks at the past of green business to identify lessons for the future. It provides rich new evidence and insights on green business as it examines its variation between industries and nations over time. It shows the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
quickly realized that most of their work would be behind the scenes, arranging for partnerships with global partners around the world, helping students prepare for and execute an eight-day intensive immersion in a foreign country—and then helping them to set up their... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research Event
Research Trends Discussed at India and South Asia Conference
is important, attendees said, because after all, a glimpse at India’s past can provide a way of understanding where business is heading in the future. Social scientists in a business school are always looking for intelligent ways to... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets
define corporate transparency as the quantity and quality of information a company provides its various constituents including shareholders and other capital providers, suppliers, customers, employees, etc. In this paper, we measure this... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell