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- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
small changes in financial imperfections can give rise to large changes in price. We develop tests of this alternative against the null that the supply of intermediary capital is perfectly elastic. We take the U.S. catastrophe reinsurance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
are skewed disproportionately amongst the rich, as the evidence suggests, then poorer matching in the marriage market will in turn lead to weaker bargaining positions for females. I test this theory and examine its implications for later... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
theory implies. This study develops hypotheses regarding the psychological and situational factors that affect the applicability of each theory to executive compensation. I tested hypotheses using a unique View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation
issue," says Raman. (Gordon Brothers Group, an asset disposition firm that frequently handles liquidations, served as an invaluable real world test site and collaborator for the paper's researchers.) Two important facts came to... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
expenditures, to manage earnings to meet or beat key benchmarks. This paper examines this hypothesis by testing how different types of marketing expenditures are used to boost earnings for a durable commodity consumer product, which can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2018
- News
Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni
ahead of time by participants, Haley said the pair was able to run live searches based on their immediate research needs to demonstrate research tools. Alumni asked about specific topics, such as wanting to find statistics on the worldwide production and sales of wine,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
process will become much more efficient. With the data we're collecting now, we'll have virtual clinical trials that will bypass actual humans. The number one challenge is going to be utilizing these vast quantities of View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
researchers collected time-use information through daily phone calls with each CEO's personal assistant (PA) or with the CEO himself (99 percent of the sample consisted of male CEOs). On the first day of the week, a researcher would call the PA or the CEO in the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
findings that have implications for theory and practice, and that suggest new directions for future research. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-093.pdf Information Technology and Boundary of the Firm: Evidence from Plant-Level View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
primarily on substitutes but copied from rivals. Next, they actively tested their assumptions and made major resource commitments to the business model they identified as the most lucrative. Finally, they deliberately maintained a loosely... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
forthcoming Journal of Political Economy CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract— We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in six countries parsing granular CEO diary View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53182 September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review The Surprising Power of Online Experiments: Getting the Most Out of A/B and Other Controlled Tests By: Kohavi, Ron, and Stefan H. Thomke... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
black box that transforms ideas into actual products and services. "Little bets labs," for example, allow companies large and small to rapidly build and test prototypes in the market using inexpensive web resources. "Find someone with a... View Details
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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online
Marketing The Startup Business Model The Go-to-Market Plan Featured Exercises Formulate and test a customer value proposition Calculate the ratio of a business’s customer lifetime value (LTV) to customer acquisition cost (CAC) 4-5 hrs... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
contribution is tax-deductible in the contribution year, but both principal and investment earnings are taxed upon withdrawal. Using administrative data from 11 companies that added a Roth contribution option to their existing 401(k) plan... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53493 November–December 2017 Harvard Business Review Why Every Organization Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy By: Porter, Michael E., and James E. Heppelmann Abstract—While the physical world is three-dimensional, most... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture
levels. Collectively, Rachel and Wallerstofer saw an opportunity to build a precision nutrition brand that was more data driven, science backed, and truly personalized. “We came together on this mission to empower individuals to leverage... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?
new drugs and therapies that can be tailored to individuals and result in fewer side effects. Advances in treatments of cancer and infectious diseases are likely to be early benefits of work in genomics, Lechleiter said. Another potential early benefit: the ability to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne