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- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
particular, we let the upstream firm's marginal cost be private information, unknown to the downstream firms. The previous literature has argued that vertical integration is harmful because it allows an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
Editor's note: The economy of Greece is in the depths of despair—a fitting topic for a Greek tragedy. As investor Wilbur Ross (HBS MBA 1961) has poignantly put it, "The country that brought us democracy may now take itself into chaos." We asked three Harvard... View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
private entities, as well as those whose features may proxy for higher quality. Larger entities are disproportionately targeted in litigation. I discuss how the findings are in large part consistent with the theoretical literature on the... View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
Publication:Harvard Business Review 89 Abstract Private moments of doubt and fear come even to managers who have spent years on the job. Any number of events can trigger them: an initiative is going poorly; you get a lukewarm performance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average of 32 productive... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
native English speaker, and I have carried those learnings and me into my new role. I'm CEO of Sodexo's US business for one of their lines of activity. So, I think it has made me just a better, more effective, more compassionate leader. Archie Jones, class from 1998.... View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
Newman Abstract This paper shows that product prices determine organizational design by studying how trade policy affects vertical integration. Property rights theory asserts that firm boundaries are chosen by stakeholders to mediate organizational goals (e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
to the study, Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter and Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University. In the edited remarks below, they discuss the findings and implications of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
workforce is not a quick fix to control costs or improve the quality of care. A poorly planned redesign can even result in increased costs and decreased quality. Changes in skill mix and role definitions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
Course MaterialsDemand Media John Deighton and Leora KornfeldHarvard Business School Case 511-043 Google search had helped Demand Media grow to be a $1.9 billion online publisher. Then, social media and smartphone apps began to change the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
Simmons (E) Amy C. Edmondson and Susan ThyneHarvard Business School Supplement 610-061 This case updates the "Leading Change at Simmons" series by examining Simmons' increasing debt under the ownership of Thomas H. Lee, a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
Photo courtesy of Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux (MBA 2004) started at HBS in 2002, the private space industry was really just... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
shipment is little red scooters, with a 60-mile range. In the spring, we’ll have four-wheelers, with nice touches like windows you can operate and with a heater and that have a 60-mile range, and cost us less than those first scooters... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
http://hbr.org/search/313085-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-060 Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization Iz-Lynn Chan, assistant director of retail business group and service quality and vice president of Far East retail... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
updating the 10 disruptive forces identified in the first edition, showing how managers can address these challenges, and describing how public confidence in the market system could be rebuilt. The revised edition includes examples of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
Harvard Business School professor Stuart Gilson fielded some questions regarding his new book in an email interview with HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean SilverthorneSilverthorne: When should a company consider a major restructuring? Are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
Microsoft and IBM were initially very successful in creating freestanding business units that could compete with entrants on their own terms, but that as the new businesses grew, the need to share key firm-level assets imposed significant View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
implications. Professor Alan K. McAdams from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell presented the "All Fiber Network" scenario, with a play-by-play of old and new technologies and telecomm competitors rising, contending and... View Details
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how should social value be defined and measured? In public markets, we evaluate the costs and benefits of negative screens, ESG integration, and activist investing. Private market cases cover venture capital... View Details