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- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
suggest matches with employers based on the nature of the crime, the amount of time since the conviction, and the nature of the job. For instance, “a low rating might be displayed for an individual convicted of credit card theft who was... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30
Rucker Abstract—Previous research suggests that people draw inferences about their attitudes and preferences based on their own thoughtfulness. The current research explores how observing other individuals make decisions more or less... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
because of aggressive discounting by its chief competitor. Revenue in one of Dreyer's new product lines began to drop. And one of its customers threatened to terminate its long-term distribution contract. “CEOs recognize that they have to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
Beers at the Millennium Harvard Business School Case 706-518 At the time of the millennium, diamond demand was threatened by an increasing awareness among jewelry customers that diamond production and trading in some countries was being... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
directly tied to space, which would affect your typical worker, is going to be based on satellites, namely using data from them about the Earth and data through them as satellite internet expands its reach. If we look out a bit further,... View Details
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
long-standing business leaders from emerging economies across the globe. They offer compelling insights into how entrepreneurs based in these countries survived turbulence and change, and the lessons that can be learned from their... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
innovation and the opportunity to participate in the "white coat" economy and life sciences revolution of the 21st century. Writes a new social contract based on real family values, creating fair and flexible workplaces that are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
information. Finally, we provide evidence that High Sustainability companies significantly outperform their counterparts over the long-term, both in terms of stock market and accounting performance. The outperformance is stronger in sectors where the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
established practice. Companies have hired writers and chief content officers to run departments as well as create blogs and other materials—in the process, some have assured sales people that content marketing can mean the end of cold calling. The authors examined 34... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12
km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal districts based upon their distance from the highway system. We find several positive effects for non-nodal districts located 0-10 km from GQ... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 10, 2007
Harvard Business School Case 207-109 Taka Haneda, a proprietary trader at the Tokyo office of Goldman Sachs, has just learned that the Nikkei 225 will undergo a significant redefinition over the coming week. He faces several billion dollars of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
extract maximum value from technologies such as point-of-sale scanners and customer loyalty cards. Highly readable and compelling, The New Science of Retailing is your playbook for turning all that data into a wellspring for new profits... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
solution identification. To help the hungry, he went to SNAP offices to observe and talk to people applying for food benefits. So, the practicalities involve customer discovery and even some prototyping, but with the public, not to them... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
Abstract—Preparing students for the consequential ethical decisions that they will face in their careers is among the most difficult tasks of management education. I describe some of these challenges based on my book Why They Do It:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016
embedded in its LED fixtures not only significantly reduced lighting-related energy use—by up to 90% in some cases—but also served as a tool for the Internet of Things (IoT) to expose powerful insights about facility use. Yet in 2016, few of Digital Lumens’s View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008
Working PapersAgency and Institutions: A Review of Institutional Entrepreneurship Authors:Julie Battilana, Bernard Leca, and Eva Boxenbaum Abstract This paper analyzes the literature that has been published on institutional entrepreneurship since Paul DiMaggio... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
author cites a number of companies that have moved toward or into what he calls "the efficiency frontier." These include Sarvajal, in India, which saves money and eliminates waste by selling direct to customers through its... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7
marketing strategy by the marketing department, one focused on the role of customer relations in product development, is considered. The creation of a set of basic principles and operating procedures for GE's marketing unit is discussed.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20
eventual recovery? How far could Target go in emphasizing low price—the "pay less" side of its slogan—without eroding the company's core promise of offering unique and upscale products that customers would not see at other... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007
efficiency, because some schools are strategic players that rank students in order of preference, while others order students based on large priority classes. Therefore it is desirable for a mechanism to produce stable matchings (to avoid... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace