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- 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2
California By: Simcoe, Timothy, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—We study how government green procurement policies influence private-sector demand for similar products. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal policies requiring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007
available to its customer-facing employees. In the spring of 2003, Bankinter introduced an Excel-based program called the Mortgage Simulator that helped branch managers calculate the price of a mortgage and estimate the customer lifetime value (CLV). Facilitates a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
previous research suggests increases such programs' positive impact on culture. The process generated a tick list of approximately 20 items, which was evaluated by the senior and unit leadership together in... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20
and later New York. The result was a homogenization of beauty ideals throughout the world. Today globalization is changing the beauty industry again; its impact can be seen in a range of competing strategies. Global brands have swept into... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28
finance, and law to evaluate the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We describe significant developments in how the Act was implemented and find that despite severe criticism, the Act and institutions it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Case Method - Research Resources | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Exhibition Home Exhibition Business Education & The Case Method The General Shoe Company, 1921 Case Writing & Industry Expansion of the Case Method The Case Method Classroom Teaching & The Case Method Impact on... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
policymakers with information that facilitates evaluation and adjustment of patent-system performance. This article uses multiple economic models to show the likely benefits of early stage administrative review. Nonetheless, because of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20
through a largely unguided process like biological evolution with a gradual impact upon the distribution of power among economic and political actors, the emergence of factor markets typically required fundamental reordering of power... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
leverage is to sell assets. If asset sales occur at depressed prices, then one bank's sales may impact other banks with common exposures, resulting in contagion. We propose a simple framework that accounts for how this effect adds up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015
2015 Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
mission statements to the contrary, many deans and recruiters complain that MBAs don’t understand the practice of leadership or have sufficient awareness of their impact on others. Reflecting on these findings, Garvin concluded, “Business... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
practice, and at a personal level, the impact she has had on each of our lives. Innovative ideas and novel methods have been the hallmarks of Linda's research on diverse topics: the impact of self‐serving... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015
Case 815-124 Yale University Investments Office: February 2015 David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments-hedge funds, private equity, real estate-given the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
reflexivity can be stimulated. Finally, we discuss the implications of our review and identify avenues for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55662 Assessing the Impact of CEO Activism By:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17
Science When Novel Rituals Impact Intergroup Bias: Evidence from Economic Games and Neurophysiology By: Hobson, N., F. Gino, M.I. Norton, and M. Inzlicht Abstract—Long-established rituals in pre-existing cultural groups have been linked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006
the footprint are outsourced—module boundaries are redrawn and interfaces designed for this purpose. The result is an invested capital advantage, which can be used to drive the returns of competitors below their cost of capital. We explain how this strategy works and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015
customers looking for a place to stay. The note allows students to explore what impact such companies might have on traditional business models, what impact they might have on labor and how people work, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
If people smile, nod, and say "yes" at your company, maybe it's time to start an argument. According to HBS professor Michael Roberto, the lack of good conflict—constructive conflict—within an organization makes it that much harder to accurately View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Research Resources | Baker Library
Training Program. Report of the Radcliffe College Committee on the Management Training Program. [Cambridge, Mass.]: The College, 1952. Full text available. This 1952 report evaluates the entire Management Training Program "experiment"... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
The analysis finds no impact of financial incentives on learning but significant effects of both goal setting and counseling on real financial outcomes. These results identify important complements to financial education that can bridge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne