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  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

to dealers with whom they have the strongest ties, and more so during periods of market turmoil. Systemically important dealers exploit their connections at the expense of peripheral dealers as well as clients, charging higher markups... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2011
  • Module Note

Orientation to Leadership Intelligence Days, 2011

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Anthony J. Mayo
Julie Bornstein, senior vice president of Sephora Direct, is seeking to double her budget for social media and other digital marketing initiatives for 2011. A number of digital efforts implemented in the past two years seem to be bearing fruit and there is a desire to... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Borrowing and Debt; Investment Return; Resource Allocation; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Online Technology; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • 22 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 22

Working Papers Debt Redemption, Reserve Accumulation, and Exchange-Rate Regimes By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—Foreign participation in local-currency-bond markets in emerging countries has increased dramatically over the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

and Heidi Liu Abstract— Eleven experiments provide evidence that people have a tendency to “shoot the messenger,” deeming innocent bearers of bad news unlikeable. In a preregistered lab experiment, participants rated messengers who... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 31 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?

look for the line, you never want to be in the ZIP Code of the line.” Here’s a look at three sticky situations, along with Fubini’s advice about how to handle them. The case of the freeloading associate: A client grants a per-diem stipend to associates for food View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consulting
  • 18 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

Business School Case 217-062 The U-Turns of National Truck Stops Raj Makam had spent months trying to restructure a 2006 investment he had made in National Truck Stops, Inc. (NTS) as a senior member of Oaktree Capital Management’s (Oaktree) Mezzanine finance business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://hbr.org/2010/03/bold-retreat/ar/1 Lawsuits and Empire: On the Enforcement of Sovereign Debt in Latin America Authors:Laura Alfaro, Noel Maurer, and Faisal Ahmed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 8

Volosovych Abstract—We construct measures of net private and public capital flows for a large cross-section of developing countries considering both creditor and debtor side of the international debt transactions. Using these measures, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Sam Walton: Great From the Start

It did not take long for Walton to begin to chafe under the tight controls of Butler Brothers. He began scouting around for less expensive suppliers, and he found them. If there was inspiration in his business strategy, it lay in the next... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Retail
  • Web

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

expense of private consumption or capital flight. For this reason, the authors contend that the traditional concepts of crowding out and leakages must be redefined to be more encompassing. See Carmen’s other research here and Vincent’s... View Details
  • Web

Forward Fellowship - MBA

them from applying to HBS. Applicants carrying significant financial burdens or obligations include (but are not limited to) those who meet the following criteria: Grew up in a lower-income household and contributed to household expenses... View Details
  • 30 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 30

strong selection effect: R&D resources (skilled labor) are inefficiently used by low-type incumbent firms. Subsidies to incumbents encourage the survival and expansion of these firms at the expense of potential high-type entrants. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 May 2023
  • HBS Case

How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

they cared didn’t just boost morale, it also lowered injury rates and increased summer productivity. “This was one of the first changes we made that resulted in even skeptical people—for example, those who thought the safety rules were View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 23 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 23

account-giving behavior from other roles. Our study contributes to research on role-based coordination, team and organizational boundaries, and team size. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1987724   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million

to reach new people. Unlike traditional mass media advertising such as local TV commercials or print ads, which are expensive and time-consuming, paid digital media such as Google search ads, Facebook ads, and YouTube video ads offer many... View Details
Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira and Michael Blanding; Retail; Transportation; Accommodations
  • 27 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

to supply beef markets around the world, but it faced a perfect storm of rising feed and fuel prices, a global credit crisis, and industry analysts skeptical about the company's debt load. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

our actions and opportunities, at least in the short run. It is our job as directors, managers, and employees to resist the temptation to conform to the pressures of equity and debt markets when those markets do not have the private... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

managers face here are many and varied. In a bankruptcy restructuring, for example, one obvious objective is to reduce the firm's overall debt load. However, cancellation of debt creates equivalent taxable... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
  • 06 Jun 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Why Leaders Lose Their Way

forced to resign for trading in Lubrizol stock prior to recommending that Berkshire Hathaway purchase the company. Examples abound of other recent failures: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd resigned for submitting false expense reports... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George