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- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
accounting, the opposite appears to be true; there is a negative and significant differential market reaction of approximately 4 percent for acquiring firms that announce pooling transactions. This return View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
differentiate "quality FDI" in several different ways. First, we look at the possibility that the effects of FDI differ by sector. Second, we differentiate FDI based on objective qualitative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
When Do Alliances Make Sense?
firms have complementary knowledge. If that knowledge differential isn't present, an alliance may not make sense due to increased coordination costs. "If an alliance is so much better, why isn't everything done by alliance?"... View Details
- Profile
Terrance McGuire
has served his venture career well. “Being known for treating people fairly and celebrating their successes, as opposed to calling them your successes, is the right way to not only live your life but it’s the right way to View Details
- 06 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
A Letter from the Women in Investing Club
who did not have backgrounds in investing to effectively make a career switch. Looking back on the year, the strength of our community was consistently cited as a differentiator for our group. Over the course of the two semesters... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program
African-focused ventures enter higher-skilled sectors, they are being forced to contend with talent scarcity in addition to capital scarcity. In response to this constraint, Africa-bound business leaders will need to come up with View Details
- Web
Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog
partners? How do different relational roles contribute to differential costs and benefits to firms? How does a consumer-brand relationship form and evolve over time? Why do some relationships decline and dissolve while others intensify... View Details
- Web
Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog
strategies employed by private equity firms to identify and evaluate investment opportunities. Students will be expected to articulate clear, compelling and differentiated investment theses. Important tools for evaluating investments –... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
agreed to visit eBay merely to appease a headhunter with whom she had a good relationship. At the end of her day of interviews, she signed on as CEO. “Over the years I had learned that great consumer brands have two attributes: View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
was substantial. We also show that immigrant inventors were more productive than native born inventors; however, they received significantly lower levels of labor income. The immigrant inventor wage gap cannot be explained by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
products once on the market. Longer term, the United States will clearly only become more diverse, with highly differentiated expectations for products and dissimilar risk-tolerances among different ethnic groups or at different income... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
executing the company’s core strategy: using technology to differentiate GE’s products in the marketplace. At an estimated $30 billion globally for high-tech security products, it’s a market with plenty of room for growth. Parker is... View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
mishaps due to poor cross-functional integration in the supply/demand planning activities. The poor integration resulted from organization differentiation among the functions and an unsophisticated approach to integration. In response to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for James Austin
opportunity to differentiate the company and its products. It can also elicit positive reactions from government officials and regulators on important business issues. Q: It's clear that nonprofits get financial benefits from partnering... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 18 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
4 Advantages of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
and differentiating factor for HBS is the concept of “One Harvard.” In other words, by studying at HBS you will have access to the resources of not only HBS, but of the other 11 graduate and professional schools plus Harvard College.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
establish new policies for treating Prime members differentially in the next distribution crisis? Will we see Amazon go after its retail competitors by increasing its retail store network beyond Whole Foods and some high tech test stores?... View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities
can control." Improving The Odds What are some other ways that VC firms can influence their rate of success, asked Sahlman. In an increasingly competitive environment, how does a firm differentiate itself? "The odds are... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
standards of U.S. firms. The SEC should also be granted the resources to more systematically verify the accuracy of these disclosures by foreign cross-listed firms. If the information were more reliable, investors could use the information to better View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
don’t, the better. Data is the differentiator and will only become increasingly important. Can you give an example? For the past 30 years we’ve operated in an environment where interest rates have slowly declined. I don’t know what the... View Details
- 20 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How to be a Customer
more customized service next time. Be Engaging. Differentiate yourself as a customer by engaging the seller in some friendly conversation. You may get an extra shot of whipped cream in your café mocha if you're nice to the barista. Treat... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch