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  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

organization, or PMO, and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues brought out in the case include defining the PMO's purpose and mission, the structure and governance of the PMO, and how to successfully implement it in what appears... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

  Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data on the educational backgrounds... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

response to, varying market conditions. However, while the problems of balance-sheet liability and revenue recognition, and the related problems of income statement presentation, can be resolved by the application of DV/RV reasoning, this is not sufficient fully to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

in U.S. politics: CEOs are taking very public stands on thorny political issues that have nothing to do with their firms’ bottom lines. Business leaders like Tim Cook of Apple, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Marc Benioff of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

governance and compensation issues 75 percent and 92 percent of the time, respectively. Vanguard has also met with some 1,000 executives from companies it invests in. In 2015, CEO Bill McNabb signaled his recognition of the increased role... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

complex culture of the HMS neurological research community as well as the HMS academic culture. Demonstrates Ivinson's efforts to develop HCNR as a catalyst for aligning scientific researchers in the HMS community by creating incentives for innovation and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Approaching Business with an Artistic Eye - Global Activities 2020

sector,” explains Halwani. “I want to strengthen it and make it available and accessible to everyone.” At HBS, Halwani furthered his entrepreneurial passion and started his own fashion e-commerce company, Darza—which means “stitch” in Arabic—to target View Details
  • 20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20

Business: Innovating How We Innovate Author: Gary P. Pisano Publication: Special Issue on Management Innovation-Essays in the Spirit of Alfred D. ChandlerIndustrial and Corporate Change 19, no. 2 (2010): 465-482. Abstract Science has long... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 5, 2006

limit their equity exposures in politically risky countries by sharing ownership with local partners and by serving foreign markets with exports rather than local production. The residual political risk borne by parent companies leads... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

road or power grid is a competent counterparty. Make the cash flow tradable. Don't require the early investors to tie up risk capital for the 30-year life of an infrastructure project; get the debt or equity in shape to sell to long term... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities
  • 15 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

norm, female-led social ventures are likelier to engage in commercial activity. These are among the key findings in the paper Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social Ventures, published in a recent View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13

countries have approached the question of gender equity in corporate governance in various ways; which model might best work for France? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412061-PDF-ENG Sykué Bioenergya Shon R.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

little familiarity with the nature of our case writing and research. This poses some challenges that are less of an issue with U.S.-based cases. We have especially found that the decision to allow HBS to write a case about the company... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

understood or utilized in practice. It consists of actions to set up and modify the architecture of the negotiation itself — that is, to determine who takes part under what expectations, the sequence in which they are brought into the process, what View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)

about the ecosystem as a whole and figuring out the right incentives for everyone to contribute can be complex, and HBS cases provide great tools to think about these issues. Early on, classes like Founders’ Dilemma were also very helpful to think about early-stage... View Details
  • 29 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

defining societal issue of the 21st century. The debate over “who gets what’ underlies policy debates ranging from taxation to health care to wages and permeates society at all levels, attracting increasing interest from policymakers,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jul 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

recently on corporate responsibility, integrated reporting, and sustainable investing. His work also looks into equity valuation, corporate governance, and corporate reporting issues in enterprises around... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking
  • 27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

equity inflows have a more negative announcement effect on equity returns than those on debt inflows. Real investment falls in the three years following the controls. Overall, the findings have implications... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

horizon, implying that growth is less risky than value at long horizons. Investors with access to bills and bonds exhibit similar behavior when value and growth tilts are computed relative to the total equity allocation of the portfolio.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

theories of corporate ownership assume that because markets are efficient, insiders ultimately bear agency costs and therefore have a strong incentive to minimize conflicts of interest with outside investors. We show that if equity is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace