Diamonds - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

with U.K. and U.S. regulators the firm agreed to pay $450 million in fines. Within a few days of the settlement, Barclays' CEO, Robert Diamond, had resigned under pressure from British regulators. Diamond blamed a small number of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015

results are consistent with the theoretical prediction in Diamond and Mirrlees (1978) and Golosov and Tsyvinski (2006) that certain individuals with high unwillingness to work maximize utility by planning in advance for their future... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

for compensation committees at public companies. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109036 Hearts on Fire—Brand Development Manager Harvard Business School Case 709-436 Hearts on Fire, a successful... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

and subsequent frustration of Red Sox Nation.) Groysberg contends that the "plug and play" mentality about stars simply doesn't work, whether the playing field is a baseball diamond or a trading floor. In addition to an... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Banking

01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

the firm. The note also touches on the O'Reilly and Tushman paper on the ambidextrous organization and mentions some of the other literature. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/614004-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-008 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The New Math of Customer Relationships

called Diamonds and Seven Stars. They have the highest lifetime value to the organization and, in addition, exhibit a much higher willingness than other guests to help Harrah's improve its business. Interestingly, this kind of approach... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1

Diamond Horseshoe," theater-impresario Randy Weiner created "The Queen of the Night," a hybrid performance that combines food, opera, circus arts, and dance. While "The Queen of the Night" is the latest in a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

century-old match industry when he took the helm of Diamond Match Company in 1914. Fairburn designed a manufacturing process using sesquisulphate to produce matches rather than white phosphorus, which had been publicly condemned for... View Details