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- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
rewarding to deal with issues that were so important and formative of this country. The combination of Hamilton and Gallatin's thought still defines the tensions in American... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
reward firms for practices that go above and beyond the requirements of the law. "Self-policing" programs adopted by several agencies shift the burden of monitoring regulatory compliance View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
partners? And how could edX monetize its services to recoup Harvard and MIT's investments and reward participating universities? This case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
the evolution of the field at HBS. In March, Mike Roberts, executive director of Entrepreneurial Studies at HBS, spoke with Stevenson about entrepreneurship's remarkable rise in importance and popularity. Q: Howard, I'd like to talk about... View Details
Keywords: by William Mahoney
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
propose a general mechanism of partner choice, "screening," that is similar to the economic theory of mechanism design. Imposing the appropriate costs and rewards may induce the informed... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
improvement. Yet a vigorous tradition in the accounting literature establishes that firms routinely sacrifice long-term investment to manage earnings and are rewarded for doing so. This paper presents a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
back into Wiedeking's shoes at that moment in time. While students already know that the Cayenne turned the company around, we ask the students to weigh the risks and rewards of entering the SUV market View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
restaurants. This case examines four such services: Entertainment Book, Restaurant.com, Rewards Network, and OpenTable. Despite key functional similarities, each of the services chooses an importantly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
by leading multifaceted lives themselves. They can reward employees for the quality and results of their work rather than the time put into it. And they can enforce reasonable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
CEO candidate Tom Shields believe he should reject the offer and focus on building the company into a bigger enterprise. Cosman is attracted to the financial rewards offered by the potential acquirer.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
producers, and thus worthy of slapping with 25 percent or higher penalties as they come in the country. The first three pages were chemicals and medical products, View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Startups-Best-Blog-Posts/dp/1449367879 2006 Journal of Economic Behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
more counterintuitive, says Ngwe. According to his research, VIP shoppers were less sensitive to paying a higher shipping fee, presumably because their desire for the products was stronger. "Whereas online sellers might think of a shipping incentive as a View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
home mortgages in the 1990s. As recently as 2001, it represented only 2 percent of home purchase originations. In 2005, it represented 20 percent." By now the system promoted and rewarded the selling of... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch
For millions of TV watchers, the commercial break is an annoyance of the past, thanks to the fast-forward button on their digital video recorders. Consequently, advertisers are turning to the web, where popular sites such as YouTube and... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
undergraduate Arts & Sciences professor faces. I have to say, though, that ultimately it was the fact that my students were eager, well prepared, and really wanted the class to go well that made my job manageable View Details
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
business of "daily deals"- in which retailers offer a heavily discounted product or service available for purchase for brief (often 24-hour) windows. The case explores the complicated sharing of risks and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Jan 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
all earners and remove private money from our lawmaking process (2) Remove a publicly traded company’s ability to repurchase their own stock, or allow it to continue under a steep tax penalty (3) Invest in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
usually creates a massive gap between what people know and are able to do, and what they are now expected to do. This creates the need to invest heavily in human capital. Given a longstanding culture that... View Details
- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
According to the study, each developing country on the intergovernmental aid organization's Board of Executive Directors receives a significant boost in loans and grants—effectively a doubling of their funding, equivalent to a $60 million... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace