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- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
models or for country-level factors like culture, genes, or institutions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-052.pdf A Theory of Growth and Volatility at the Aggregate and Firm Level Authors:Diego A. Comin and Sunil... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
literature when it comes to linking sales efforts with strategy. Part 1 of this book provides data indicating how and why sales remain (by far) the biggest part of strategy implementation in most firms, the issues involved in linking selling View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
consider several psychological factors that increase costs from performance-based pay. We examine how psychological costs from social comparison and overconfidence reduce the efficacy of individual performance-based compensation, building... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
which makes the policies themselves a whole lot easier to figure out. This is basically what I've tried to do in my book. Q: You point out that American risk management policy has passed through three phases. Can you give the major characteristics of these phases and... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
to be examined and debated. Having international students in class helps to keep these issues front and center. This is why, to varying degrees, HBS has sought an internationally diverse student body for decades." Professor Henry B. Reiling teaches finance courses,... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
that this seemingly suboptimal behavior may in fact confer benefits when factoring in the social context of consumption. Our studies demonstrate that choosing products with more capabilities (i.e., feature-rich products) provides social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
death in a quantity equivalent to two grains of salt, has become a major factor contributing to the spike in overdoses. Last year, recognizing the fast-moving and shapeshifting nature of these and other alarming developments, Langford... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
of one-off contributions, constant mentoring and co-authorship with younger colleagues, distillation of advice into accessible and memorable forms, and investment in an institutional legacy. Beyond these aspects, which I elaborated in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
software in private fixed investment in the United States. We argue that these findings point to a large potential undercounting of "digital dark matter" and related IT spillovers from university and federal funding. Download... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
growth of a company. Not surprisingly, firms spend billions of dollars on marketing. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate these resources and demonstrate that these investments... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Drawing on generous contributions from the search fund community as well as his own experience, he sheds light on how this community converted $1.4 billion of investments into $8.7 billion, with $1.8 billion going to the entrepreneurs.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
the production of white blood cells lost during chemotherapy. Led by these two products, Amgen's annual revenues now approach $2 billion. Noting recently that Amgen currently employs some 4,600 people (up from 200 in 1985), investment... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
factor for an internship's success. "It's important that people see change as their own idea," he says. "In dealing with people from another country, I try to be open-minded." Mukhtar, who was born in Nigeria, attended medical school and... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
result of my arrogance from 30,000 feet. I failed to get the other groups invested in the program. I completely fiddle-dee-deed the long-lead timetable. I delegated the entire project to a handsome but clueless assistant product manager.... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
chapter includes cutting-edge case studies, commentaries, examples of best practice and interviews with leading sport business professionals, encouraging the reader to reflect on the factors that determine success. Faculty Books Private... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
that have been invested into it. We’re aiming to be that difference. It’s inspiring to get out of bed every morning, to say what we’re trying to do is literally change the world, or this part of it. That’s quite inspiring. Morrell: How... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
elaborates Susan Rogers, who points to the evolution of the Internet and the ascendance of digital technology as key factors in the School's ability to move forward. "We can now embed digitized video directly into cases; that was... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
career in investment banking/investment management are associated with exposure drafts perceived as decreasing accounting "reliability"; and FASB members' affiliations with the Democratic Party are associated with proposing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne