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- 10 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice
“flawed recommendations” from the AI mentor that can lead to negative results. However, that the AI helped even some of the entrepreneurs in the study highlights the potential of AI mentors to enable entrepreneurship business View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
to then cover their positions once asset prices start recovering. Predation leads to profits of about 25 basis points over ten days and increases the liquidation costs for the distressed fund by 40%. These results suggest a broker’s role... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
indicators in China’s economy have been slowing for some time. In January, the official data for GDP growth was 7.4 percent, the weakest in 24 years and the first time in a century that growth fell short of... View Details
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810112-PDF-ENG Greenbriar Growth Partners and Microsurgery Devices Nabil N. El-Hage and Kristin MeyerHarvard Business School Case 310-060 Greenbriar Growth Partners... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change
growth are mutually exclusive endeavors. "We believe it's possible to do both," he said. "We need to switch from talking about carbon emissions to talking about economic growth, jobs, and profits for companies." Time... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
Abstract—Objective: Assess whether a commitment contract informed by behavioral economics leads to persistent virologic suppression among HIV-positive patients with poor antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. Design: Single-center pilot... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
that a leading affiliate network could have invoked an optimal payment delay to eliminate 71% of fraud without decreasing profit. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-072.pdf Secrets of the Academy: The Drivers of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
critical purpose of allowing employees to recharge, but in the short term, translate to a loss of time that usually leads to reduced productivity. We evaluate the effects of two types of breaks (expected versus unexpected), and two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
examine the effect of increased competition on the disciplining effects of reputation. Using a variety of data sources, we find that competition leads to more issuer friendly and less informative ratings. First, the credit ratings issues... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
meeting. In it, he proposed the creation of a culture operations team, and he announced that he would take the title of chief culture officer to lead it. In this case, which describes the founding and growth... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- October 1995 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Reorganization for Revitalization
By: Ashish Nanda and Michael Y. Yoshino
Vernon Ellis, managing partner of Andersen Consulting -- Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India (AC -- EMEAI), is considering how best to reorganize. AC -- EMEAI has grown rapidly over the past five years to become Europe's largest consulting operation. However, Ellis... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Organizational Design; Growth Management; Cost vs Benefits; Leading Change; Management Teams; Consulting Industry; Europe; Africa; India; Middle East
Nanda, Ashish, and Michael Y. Yoshino. "Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Reorganization for Revitalization." Harvard Business School Case 396-007, October 1995. (Revised May 2006.)
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
overcome the limits placed upon it by the Party. Or, as the authors call it, "Party, Inc." It's not spoiling anything to say that the book answers its own question with, if not an outright no, then at least a highly qualified maybe. Click on image to enlargeChina's... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Your Balance With Customers
Industrial Era, product innovation and operations management predominated. Product innovation ensured the continuous flow of new products that would sustain growth or market share or both. Operations management ensured that costs and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
soon as the pressure is off. In Medtronic's case the challenge was especially acute because the company had such a positive culture and strong set of values. As the newcomer leading these changes, I recognized that many people in the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
Working PapersScale Without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract Since the mid-1990s, productivity growth has accelerated in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
environmental protection was decoupled from regulation. These mechanisms include (a) the intense emphasis on economic growth leading to misaligned incentives and regulatory competition across regions, (b)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
also encourage innovation to solve problems that people haven’t solved before.” Regulations that are too loose can lead to confusion. This was the case in Brazil, where the government chose not to establish specific mobile money... View Details
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
immigrant scientists, entrepreneurs, and engineers in the United States helps facilitate faster technology transfer from the United States, which in turn aids economic growth and development. This is certainly a positive benefit diasporas... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
insights into how we can lead more balanced lives. Tell us in the comment section below what you thought were the most interesting business trends of the year. Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews African American and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
precipitates joblessness, which leads to more addiction and disorder—the quintessential vicious cycle. The Kabul of the pre-1970s Soviet onslaught was the Paris of Central Asia, successful in agriculture, tourism and hospitality. Post-war... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna