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  • 08 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

defined rules to operate quickly and effectively. Two layers—the instruction set architecture and the operating system—shoulder much of the responsibility for determining both what a platform can do and how it should do it. Most people... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
  • 18 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

Although much of the globe is awash in it, the allocation of water for human consumption is anything but easy. As the planet's population grows, urbanizes, and is subjected to climate change, many experts foresee a global water crisis... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 25 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 25

controlled the allocation of financial resources into two new varieties of state capitalism: Leviathan as a majority and as a minority investor. In this book we study the implications of such transformation using detailed data from Brazil... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

care   Over these challenging times, the need for organizations that form part of the social support net is key. Yet, it is at these times that social impact organizations are the most vulnerable. The first crunch being faced by organizations across sectors is... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 12 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

806-148 Describes the sixth and final module of the Harvard Business School MBA second-year elective course Legal Aspects of Management. This module deals with the way firms should approach business risks in order to avoid legal liability and how firms can use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

and Models, edited by G. Caprio, 47-58. U.K.: Academic Press, 2012 Abstract Despite its developmental justification, aid is deeply political. This paper examines the political economy of aid allocation first from the perspective of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0809.html#wp09-108 Corrigendum to 'Resource-Monotonicity for House Allocation Problems' Authors:Bettina Klaus and Lars Ehlers Abstract Ehlers and Klaus (2003) study so-called house... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

"While companies might have an intended strategy, the strategy that actually emerges can be very different," says HBS professor Clark G. Gilbert. It is a topic that Gilbert and professor Joseph L. Bower have explored at length for a new book they have edited,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707413 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. Harvard Business School Case 707-441 Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707441   PublicationsThe View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

Authors:Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanzcuk Abstract We investigate, using firm-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the allocation of resources across heterogeneous plants are a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

practical solutions to real-world problems. By redesigning both the rules that guide market transactions and the infrastructure that enables those transactions to take place, market designers can address a broad range of market failures.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25

field research methods, this paper connects these achievements to bureaucratic norms, unwritten rules within the state that guide the behavior of public officials and structure their relations with civic agencies outside the state.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Apr 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

solving, and experimentation). Techniques to be employed range from presentations and lectures on the passive side to the provision of rules of thumb, storytelling with a moral, Socratic questioning, and learning by doing at the active... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 08 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607014 Asset Allocation I Harvard Business School Note 208-086 The goal of these simulations is to understand the mathematics of mean-variance optimization and the equilibrium... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

argue that this rule is feasible despite the limited powers of central authorities. We also offer a framework for reasoning about future prices of IP addresses and then explore the role of rentals in sharing information about the value of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2016
  • First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

outside directors, board tenure and size, and public information available to outside directors. Moreover, boards allocate directors in ways to alleviate information segregation through multi-committee directors. Specifically,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

Management Strategy Ex-Ante Agreements in Standard Setting and Patent Pool Formation By: Llanes, Gastón, and Joaquín Poblete Abstract—We present a model of standard setting and patent-pool formation. We study the effects of alternative standard-setting and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 18

methods, panel data, and instrumental variables, we find that government procurement rules produce spillover effects that stimulate both private-sector adoption of the LEED standard and supplier investments in green building expertise.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Dec 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

actually enable the kind of economic growth that we generally measure and read about. It's reasonably obvious, for example, that growth in such things as the rule of law, so-called transparency, and ethical behavior foster trust in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

not seem to be scalable. A new numbering system ("IPv6") offers greater capacity, but network incentives impede transition. Paid transfers of IP addresses would better allocate resources to those who need them most, but... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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