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- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
mechanisms of value infusion in the institutionalization of organizations. Publisher's link: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044011 April 2015 Harvard Business Review The Type of Socially Responsible View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
Biomedical Research: Building a Sustainable, Globally Integrated Research Enterprise Vicki Sato, Christoph Jaeker, and Pooja Mehta SolankiHarvard Business School Case 612-048 As the head of the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research in China, En Li was shepherding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
incompetent entrepreneur that wants to steal from the better firm and distort the market is accountable only to his bank account and ethics. So we need someone capable enough to make sure markets remain free and fair an AI czar would work... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
much an alternative as investment banks has led to students asking more fundamental questions." Thomas said students are finding new ways to use their expertise as the workplace changes and the... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3
return on investment in both the short- and longer-term for LivingSocial's retail partners. In addition, given the rapid growth of the daily deals space and the accompanying proliferation of competitors, including Groupon and Amazon.com,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
difficulty of maintaining these over time, and as circumstances changed. Salvaj: The mistakes provided opportunities for these pioneers to display their confidence and to project self-assurance. They have been able to withstand shocks and keep View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
prompted a new research paper that starts to investigate ways to make these patents less volatile and more efficient—and makes the case for increased government involvement. "Standards are ubiquitous and necessary," says Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
environment of rapid growth and extreme competition. Khanna: In our book we also discuss Haier Group in China, which has a major presence in the U.S.; Garanti Bank of Turkey, one of the most efficient banks... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
analysis of 82,235 customers exploits the varying competitive dynamics in 644 geographically isolated markets in which a nationwide retail bank conducted business over a five-year period. We find that customers defect at a higher rate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
we call entrepreneurial beacons. We argue that the actions or outcomes of salient organizations attract and motivate entrepreneurs, thus increasing the rate of foundings. To test this logic, we examine the impact of the Yale University endowment's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11
such beliefs emerge in equilibrium even if depositors and bank owners have the same preferences and the same investment opportunities. Various government regulations of these institutions, including minimum... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8
plans-epitomized by the ubiquitous 401(k)-which transfer the investment risk from the company to the employee. With that transfer has come a dangerous shift in investment focus, argues Nobel Laureate Robert... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
businesses. Gemini's target investment size was between $4 million and $6 million, and a typical portfolio company had revenue of between $8 million and $30 million. In early 2010, Gemini was completing the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
mechanics of private banking and federal finance correct. Their models are therefore fatally flawed, so their predictions of doom (and inflation) should not be taken seriously.” Is JohnfrmCleveland right? Is modern monetary theory a fancy... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light
penalties to infringement," says Cohen. Patent trolls bank that, in some cases, companies will settle rather than pay the time and monetary costs of fighting infringement lawsuits. In others cases, patent trolls seek sympathetic... View Details
- 20 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 20, 2007
the impact of inventory on sales and the interrelationship between gross margin and inventory. We also estimate the effects of exogenous explanatory variables such as store growth, proportion of new inventory, capital investment per... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
https://hbr.org/product/indus-towers-from-infancy-to-maturity/415005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-031 Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development Homestrings is an online investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
Schoar, Jialan Wang Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-024.pdf The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and Growth Strategies in the Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Banking Industry Authors:Christopher Marquis, Zhi Huang... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18
system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007
the general Buenos Aires population, in spite of the large differences. On the Pricing of Intermediated Risks: Theory and Application to Catastrophe Reinsurance Authors:K. A. Froot and P. O'Connell Periodical:Journal of Banking and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace