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- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
investors execute similar trades through the same broker, allowing them to capture returns that are twice as large as their normal trading performance. Similarly, we show that the clients of the broker employed by activist investors to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
career. The inherent value of the Harvard MBA enables you to take game-changing risks that others might not be able to avail themselves of. You will always be able to find a "job." Therefore, when a chance is presented to take a role or... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
completion of repetitive tasks is critical to many organizations' success. Yet research points to two different work-design-related strategies for accomplishing this goal: specialization to capture the benefits of repetition and variety... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
maintaining a long-term strategic plan is of value in thwarting such investors. Executives and directors are advised to analyze their corporations from the point of view of an activist investor, to create harmony within the board of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
compelling story or parable, I hope to capture the students’ hearts, their attention. I want to pull them into the experience by painting a picture to which they can relate. When I teach a case like “C&S Grocers,” a story about the... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
and Yaron Yehezkel Abstract In the context of platform competition in a two-sided market, we study how ex-ante uncertainty and ex-post asymmetric information concerning the value of a new technology affects the strategies of the platforms... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
start interacting with them, capture all trade related documents & communications, and intelligently track them. Graze ItAlexandre Allegue, PLDA 2015Graze it is solving the major food security challenge in the Middle East (reliance on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
if you are American. But a US-centric view will not result in an adequate response to climate change. It’s not only going to have to involve the Europeans and the Japanese. It’s also going to have to involve the Indians and the Chinese. And the people in those... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2280370 A Formal Theory of Strategy By: Van den Steen, Eric Abstract—What makes a decision strategic? When is strategy most important? This paper studies the structure and value of strategy (in its everyday... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
Expertise Authors:Heidi K.Gardner and Lisa Kwan Abstract Why do some teams fail to convert members' knowledge into valued outcomes? We propose that members' differing perceptions of each other's levels of expertise is a critical factor.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
productivity. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52141 Capturing Value from IP in a Global Environment By: Alcácer, Juan, Karin Beukel, and Bruno Cassiman Abstract—This... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
husband, who escaped in the mountains. Capturing him in Bonanza Flat, the founding sheriff decides not to kill him and sets in motion a long and broken path to a tradition of justice where none existed before in Summit County, Utah... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
School Note 706-492 Describes the basics of how to break down costs into productivity and input prices and then compare those cost drivers between competitors. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706492 Tanishq:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
emotional context of business decisions,” Andrews noted. “The addition of personal values and aspirations became an integral part of his philosophy of management.” As his interest and influence in the Business Policy area expanded,... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
perspectives do not capture the broader structure and significance of various entitlements to land revenue. Instead, I suggest that entitlements be schematized according to how regularized the right was, whether it was permanent, and how... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024
endowment; and cash transfers made by HBS to the endowment reserve. Use of the endowment distribution is intended to support the School’s operations in a manner consistent with the intentions of donors and the terms of each gift. The University has a responsibility to... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
world and capture relevant management information. In 2007, ProntoWash, an international car-wash company based in Argentina, was planning for rapid growth through a combination of owned and franchised operations. CEO Sergio Kompel needed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
Europe Research Center, which had already cooperated with me on the Total case, if we could take a closer look at BP. Beyersdorfer: During the case interviews, MacLeod, a former financial analyst, presented his project to us. He believed there was huge View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
increased 30% year over year. “Partly, that’s a result of feelings of oil insecurity and supply reductions,” Erika said. “But Tesla can’t fill all of the orders it’s receiving because of the high demand.” She applauded the choices and added View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
demonstrates the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of an intervention even without perfectly predicting a firm’s response still has enormous value for setting policy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55959... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman