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- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
measure of originality, I find that competition has an inverted-U effect on creativity: some competition is necessary to induce agents to produce radically novel, untested ideas over incrementally tweaking their earlier work, but heavy competition drives them to stop... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
production. Executives of European and Russian energy companies present their views. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715006-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-035 MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
leading bank in the market as of December 31, 2009. (Shortly thereafter, Dexia fell apart in the European debt crisis.) The data showed that so-called structured loans accounted for 20.1 percent of the 52 billion euros in total debt for... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
since the Federal Reserve Board had helped to bailout investment bank Bear Stearns. Deflation, not inflation, had become a top concern. Interest rates were near zero percent. Five million jobs had been lost.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
and develop a construction budget and financing plan. Students are asked to evaluate the prospective financials for this development and assess the viability of the development plan and its prospective returns. The case then ends with a change in the fundamental... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
idiosyncratic to one organization? All banks operating in a conventional format? All companies relying heavily on collaborative work? All companies with great cultures? Or is it applicable to all companies? Can a company managed from... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
diminishing water supplies. To combat it, Kirby believes China must refocus on its domestic market, a market that continues to grow exponentially (its 1.36 billion citizens represent almost 20 percent of the world's population according to World View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495 transactions with a focus on one form of long-term activities, namely investments in innovation as measured by patenting activity. We find no evidence that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
LauHarvard Business School Case 212-026 ATR KimEng is a Philippino asset management business. It is making an important decision on its own strategy going forward: should it stay independent or be taken over by a large bank in the region.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
turnaround of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 2002-2003 season? Was it Paul Pressler as head of Disney Sports, because he got investment funds from Disney CEO Michael Eisner and then hired Bryan Murray? Was it Bryan Murray as the general... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
spurred concerns about its potential impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where private equity funds have View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
venture, but the coalition was fundamentally unstable. Quadir was facing roadblocks no matter which way he turned in his quest to assemble the venture. He came to a point where the rational decision seemed to be to abandon the venture and return to his secure View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
investment have increased vastly over the last decade, making many people richer. But the problem is that the process has not really been global enough. In fact, some two billion people today live in countries that are actually becoming... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
recommendations on how future research can be enriched through a systematic examination of how entrepreneurial ventures navigate the organizational dilemmas growth presents. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52353 2017 Economic Symposium... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Telecom and Chorus. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/413081-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 913-036 Massachusetts Financial Services (Abridged) This case describes the compensation and performance evaluations at an View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51309 Harvard Business School Case 918-406 JPMorgan Chase: Invested in Detroit (A) Beginning in 2014, JPMorgan Chase launched Invested in Detroit, a $100... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
General Motors was moving toward its vision of zero emissions and zero accidents by investing in electrified, shared, and autonomous vehicles. And while Wells Fargo was creating fraudulent accounts, Bank of... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
short-term and long-term thinking, and craft emotionally engaging visions while staying focused on execution. In this article, we analyze how one organization, GE Money Bank in Switzerland, successfully created a new growth business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
investments in research and development, was emphasized by several respondents. Mark Hopkinson remarked that "most big companies rely for their tech pipeline of new products on the innovation that comes from small business, acquiring... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
last project was completed in the 1960s, when California had a much smaller population, with much smaller bank accounts. Woolf Farming & Processing—along with thousands of other farmers—relies on this aging infrastructure. Stuart... View Details