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- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
from auto dealers, retail stores, and real estate brokers). Finally, Congress missed the main cause of the financial crisis—Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the housing agencies. Given the fragility of the U.S. housing markets, Congress was... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
of the major accounting terms used by Mexican banks. The main purpose of this document is to provide a standardized guide to better understand financial information produced before and after the crisis, within the current context of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
founders faced new internal and external pressures; particularly worrisome was the entry of auction giants Christie's and Sotheby's into the market. The Vaziranis' main challenge now is to consolidate their leading position in the market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
empirical research estimates the average effects of these actions across firms. This paper promotes Random Coefficients Models (RCMs) as an ideal empirical methodology to study firm heterogeneity in Strategy research. Specifically, we highlight and illustrate three... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
and women alike rated power as one of the main consequences of professional advancement. Our findings reveal that men and women have different perceptions of what the experience of holding a high-level position will be like, with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Approach to Partner Choice in Mutualisms Authors:Marco Archetti, Francisco Ubeda, Drew Fudenberg, Jerry R. Green, Naomi E. Pierce, and Douglas W. Yu Publication:The American Naturalist 177, no. 1 (January 2011) Abstract One of the main... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
the efforts of Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to improve liquidity in money markets during the subprime crisis. The case explains the four main new tools for monetary policy (or quantitative easing) the Federal Reserve has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
of Maine by Colgate—to ascertain what is distinctive about the merger process and to analyze the elements critical to success. We develop suggestions about how other companies considering similar arrangements might best manage the process... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
believe that enforcing educational standards and a code of ethics is unlikely to choke entrepreneurial creativity. Indeed, if the field of medicine is any indication, a code may even stimulate creativity. The main challenge in writing a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
viral load more than 200 copies/ml despite ART. The sample sizes of the three groups were as follows: PVI, n=21; incentive choice, n=19; and passive control, n=70. Main outcome measure: Virologic suppression (plasma HIV-1 viral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
Provides in-depth information on MLBAM's four main sources of revenues and relates those to the league's overall revenues. Describes the company's online and mobile offerings in considerable detail and outlines the choices facing MLB's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
countries have launched competitiveness policies and cluster initiatives involving various stakeholders. The paper addresses how clusters can be leveraged for economic policy and what the role of different stakeholders in this process is. This paper summarizes the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
criticize its allegedly novel emphasis on preemption and unilateralism. My earlier work identified the over-ambition of the NSS's third main pillar, the aspiration to spread democratic institutions and values throughout the world, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
the hub economy will continue to spread across more industries, concentrating more power in the hands of a few. As an example, they take an in-depth look at the auto industry and how Apple and Alphabet/Google are poised to become the main... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
comprised of 1,476 founders in 511 entrepreneurial ventures. The empirical analysis consists of three main steps. First we consider determinants of equal splitting. We identify three founder characteristics—idea generation, prior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
it. Anyway, if you think you know where you're going, you're probably wrong. The need to innovate, to make midcourse corrections, and to adapt to changing conditions are the main features of a growing part of daily work. Many people in... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
Jonathan Smith Abstract How do rankings affect demand? This paper investigates the impact of college rankings, and the visibility of those rankings, on students' application decisions. Using natural experiments from U.S. News and World Report College Rankings, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
Although General Mills is, on the whole, a very successful company, they have, in the recent past, had to face challenges as a result the changing environment in the food manufacturing industry. Three main factors have affected this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
to sell condoms are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group are hired as volunteers, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive, respectively, a small monetary margin on each pack sold, a large margin, and a non-financial reward. The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
“Globalization, the Internet, and instant communications combine to subject every corporate action to scrutiny whether the company communicates or not.” There are two main reasons to use One Report, according to its originators, Robert G.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace