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  • 17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

a product of the international Communist movement’s model of revolution in the developing world that envisioned new states following a “non-capitalist path of development.” In Iran, this was compounded by the use of Allende-era Chile as a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

benefits are at most partially realized. The same institutions and practices that facilitate efficient ad placement can also facilitate fraud. The networks that should be serving advertisers have decidedly mixed incentives, such as cost savings from cutting corners,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2002 (Revised August 2003)
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MedSource Technologies

By: Robert S. Huckman
Considers the issues facing Richard Effress, MedSource's chairman and CEO, as the firm approaches the Precision Cut project--the first test of MedSource's capabilities as an integrated, contract manufacturer in the medical device industry. MedSource Technologies was... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Production; Mergers and Acquisitions; Product Design; Supply Chain Management; Management Teams; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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    Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face--And What to Do About It (March 2010)

    Denial -- the unconscious belief that a certain fact is too terrible to face and therefore cannot be true -- has torpedoed many good businesses and more than a few great ones. It turns challenges into crises, and dilemmas into catastrophes. It is one of the greatest... View Details

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    By: Richard S. Tedlow

    The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

    Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

     

    From Denial: Why Business... View Details

    • 07 Dec 2010
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    First Look: Dec. 7

    Simons. By posing these provocative questions, you identify critical gaps in your strategy execution processes, focus on the most important choices you must make, and understand what's at stake in each one. In this concise guide, Simons... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 27 May 2009
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    First Look: May 27, 2009

    consumption growth by a representative agent with a high elasticity of intertemporal substitution. This paper documents several empirical difficulties for the model as calibrated by Bansal and Yaron (BY,... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Academic Experience - MBA

    Episode # 65 Re: Mark Roberge 12 Nov 2024 More Videos How Pernod Ricard Is Integrating AI into Its Workforce Re: Richard Ruback 12 Nov 2024 | Cold Call More Cold Call Podcasts Inside One Startup's Journey to... View Details
    • 16 Oct 2018
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    New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

    input more valuable. Distributed supermodular complementarity (DSMC) exists when two or more independent actors can create complementary value by pursuing their own interests and will not find it advantageous to combine in order to... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 12 Mar 2019
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    New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

    emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for either the secular state or for religion. By tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments,... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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    Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge

    Utah Help Solve Underemployment for People with Disabilities? Re: Richard S. Ruback Katie Holyfield and Taylor Matkins founded Lucky Ones Coffee in 2017, a coffee shop with a... View Details
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    Business Economics - Doctoral

    lens of business. Jointly administered by HBS and the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the program combines theoretical analysis with in-depth, interdisciplinary research rooted in real-world applications.... View Details
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    Organizational Behavior - Doctoral

    field and advancing theoretical understanding in posts at schools of management or in disciplinary departments. The Organizational Behavior program is jointly administered by the faculty of Harvard Business School and the Department of... View Details
    • 30 Jan 2007
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    First Look: January 30, 2007

      Working PapersDo Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States Authors:David H. Autor, William R. Kerr, and Adriana D. Kugler Abstract Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Finance Faculty - Faculty & Research

    Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Richard S. Ruback Baker Foundation Professor Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance, Emeritus Marco Sammon Assistant... View Details
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    Finance Curriculum - Faculty & Research

    Management) Richard Ruback , Royce Yudkoff Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Field X (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Randolph Cohen Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Field Y: Projects in... View Details
    • 07 Sep 2011
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    First Look: Sept. 7

    consumer marketing, etc.) in the event that a reverse launch strategy is pursued. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511036-PDF-ENG Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process Richard View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • July 2011 (Revised September 2018)
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    Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process

    By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
    Nashton Partners was a search fund founded by two HBS MBA's that raised $500,000 to finance a search for a company that they could purchase and then run for the next five to ten years. The case examines the search fund structure, the two-year search, and two potential... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Capital Structure; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Partners and Partnerships
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    Finance - Faculty & Research

    Help Solve Underemployment for People with Disabilities? Re: Richard S. Ruback More Working Knowledge Articles Harvard Business Publishing September–October 2024 Article Should... View Details
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    Courses - Entrepreneurship

    Richard Ruback Royce Yudkoff Spring 2024 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance) Randolph Cohen Fall 2023 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under... View Details