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Alice Yang

projects ranging from an analysis of PIH’s clinical outcomes in rural Haiti, editing and publishing a bilingual manual on AIDS treatment in resource-poor settings, overseeing potable water projects for at-risk families in Haiti, and... View Details

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a... View Details

16 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

portfolio," says Stuart. "All that is premised on the coordinating role of the corporate headquarters and corporate staff positions." The key word is theoretically. As Stuart explains, there is actually very little empirical View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

borrowers are defaulting less.” Before recent interest rate hikes, American homeowners had been reaping the benefits of record home prices, cashing out amid a buying frenzy. However, data from the National Association of Realtors showed... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

learning? How does a supplier's initial resource endowment play into the dynamic? Our empirical analysis yields interesting findings that have implications for theory and practice and that suggest new directions for future research. 2013... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

15 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 15

Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract This paper provides the first formal model of business model innovation. Our View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

oversees more than $16 billion. Compare these figures with data from 2003, when the entire asset class consisted of only a handful of funds managing about $12 billion. Activist investors, once considered Wall Street outcasts, are now... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking

25 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

or she will pay. The study, Consumer Protection In An Online World: An Analysis Of Occupational Licensing, is the first to look together at what consumers care about and the effects on demand and metrics of customer satisfaction. It is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

companies while US doesn’t have these types of companies and therefore the industry-specific materiality map may not be applicable. Another challenge is the lack of data and company disclosure in Asia makes quantitative View Details

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

analysis are based on publicly available information, and also, and perhaps even more importantly, on our Chief Executive's survey we have conducted earlier this year. More than 4,500 Chief Executive Officers have responded to that... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

who may have private relationships with intelligence officials.” The President’s executive order also set in motion the creation of specific information sharing and analysis organizations, which would allow for anonymous distribution of... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

analysis of the organization so that significant changes can be made based on what comes to light." Organizational fitness is based on the premise that an organization is a system. "You can't change all its elements... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts

compared to other IPOs and the market at large. The analysis found flips underperformed the S&P 500 by 5 percent in the following three years. Lerner believes that problems with quick flips occur because of the short period that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

15 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

these hypotheses using network analysis and a simple multivariate regression that explains bank connections. I use comparable business directories to create databases with names of directors and financial information for all major... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1997
News

Short Takes

white-collar employment is structured," he says. Gathering data from four temporary staffing agencies that focus on managerial and professional talent, Bradach interviewed 26 skilled temporary workers serving as independent contractors... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and change the mix of marketing promotions... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting

data science (2) get comfortable using Python and SQL for data analysis and (3) meet other HBSers interested in data science. Yuki Yaguchi (MBA... View Details

18 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

consumer behavior, Ngwe and Chen analyzed sales data from Southeast Asian fashion retailer Zalora in the Philippines. Because the data included the company's startup period, encompassing more than two... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

surprises, say Bazerman and Watkins, are a common form of leadership failure. "Predictable surprises happen when leaders had all the data and insight they needed to recognize the potential, even the inevitability, of major problems,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2014
News

Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

Press) The authors outline a method to discover and revitalize the exceptional business that exists inside an organization. The method relies on the well-established 80/20 rule to direct focus and attention; anchors analysis in the... View Details

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