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- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
a specialist CEO negatively affects segment investment efficiency. The results suggest that new specialist CEOs use the capital budget as a bridge-building tool to elicit cooperation from powerful divisional managers in previously... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
as Vanguard and Schwab, have seen that there is a way to address this segment of the market, and developed similar offerings,” says Viceira. “That’s brought this to the attention of not just millennials who have thousands of dollars to... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
know and control what is done with their information. Q: Do these services do better by focusing on the higher-end market, or is the resistance you describe pretty universal for all users? A: The high-end/low-end distinction seems pretty irrelevant here. Instead of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
From Das’s Desk
subtopics. Response to the site has been strong, with the lifelong-learning section quickly becoming one of the top destinations on the Alumni website. Next up will be an increase in our outreach to key segments of the alumni community,... View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
segmentation, and price discrimination through consumer self-selection. I evaluate these perspectives in the context of a major fashion goods firm using newly available and highly granular data. Model-free evidence suggests that inventory management and geographic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
other segments of the economy such as defense contractors. Since the shutdown follows on the heels of the sequester, it's a second whammy for them. If you are a defense contractor, you've probably seen a lot of disruption in your... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
1988, as well as for the 2002 midterm contest. Republicans were in red, Democrats in blue, and between them a shrinking wedge of green that showed the truly independent voter, a segment that had diminished with each contest. That worked... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
large economies for the 2001 to 2005 period. We investigate reasons why Chinese firms are more diversified than companies elsewhere. Design/methodology/approach—We collect data on the number of business segments in which publicly traded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
to answer: Would negative publicity from the accident affect future innovation in that segment of the medical device industry? Would people’s perception of safety issues reduce demand for products using radiation? Do accidents chill... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
The United States is about to witness a tectonic demographic shift. By 2034, as the baby boomers age en masse, the number of people over 65 will be greater than the number of children for the first time, according to the US Census Bureau. And yet, as market View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
to be one of the first market segments to come back in a big way, and there’s already a big demand for Key West—in fact, it has higher room rates on average than New York City. You sound pretty optimistic overall. MD: Even though travel... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
pretty much descent from the summit. Roll us off into retirement, on to the golf course, record our remaining exploits in the oldest segment of Class Notes, and pass out the canes and walkers. OK, maybe this is just baby-boomer rant and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
to do education strategy or operations. How will online learning change the education establishment? Stephan Liozu, PhD (TGMP 15, 2005) @StephanLiozu: Disruption in educational market will require adaptation, biz model innovation & new View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
football stadium, a cruise ship—where people are segmented by rank of some sort. Norton co-authored the study, Physical and Situational Inequality on Airplanes Predicts Air Rage, with Katherine A. DeCelles, an associate professor of... View Details
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
an aggregate measure such as net income, it can undo career concerns if that measure is the only publicly observable information. Now consider the subsequent release of additional details—for example, segment reporting—to the labor... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
transformation and connection are spreading across even the most traditional industrial segments and creating a staggering array of business opportunities and threats. The digitization of tasks and processes has become essential to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
deputies. Several months earlier, Swanborough, then vice-president of Marketing, had been named vice-president for Sales Effectiveness atop a transformed sales division. The previous week, the team had presented to top management the results of the customer View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
Nissan aims to introduce 23 electrified models, including 15 all-electric vehicles. General Motors announced multiple entries in pickup, SUV and luxury segments that represent about 70% of EV industry volume, including the Chevrolet... View Details
- 21 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect
of each segment is changing, and how the company's products and services address the needs of each segment. The product was developed by Gail McGovern, a professor of management practice, and John Quelch, the Senior Associate Dean and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
drugs, a key and very expensive piece of the market. And then there is adoption, which basically exists completely separately from the world of high-technology baby making. Each of these market segments has also spawned a small cottage... View Details