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  • 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

  Working PapersTesting Limits to Policy Reversal: Evidence from Indian Privatizations Authors:Siddhartha G. Dastidar, Raymond Fisman, and Tarun Khanna Abstract We examine the effect of regime change on View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 15

embodied the logic of both role and team structures: a set of roles (rather than specific individuals, as in a team) was bounded and given collective responsibility for a whole task. We labeled this structure a team scaffold. The team... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10

information environment relating to IFRS adoption that is more likely to reflect changes in comparability versus information quality. If IFRS adoption improves financial statement comparability across firms, we predict this should reduce View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2017
  • What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

thrown around range from the federal government borrowing and investing that money directly to instead providing incentives such as tax credits to encourage private industry to participate. The method and the final amount will be debated.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction
  • 30 Nov 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy
  • 06 Aug 2015
  • Blog Post

What I Was Not Expecting: Rerouting Towards My Passion at HBS

Perú’s largest private bank, as I explored my own musicianship by trying a wide variety of different activities (from opera lessons, to a cappella and jazz, or even a brief experience in Peru’s Got Talent), I thought I had found my... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
  • 02 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

and timetable for expected results. It would have to rely heavily on private industry with the assistance and support of a government agency. It would require high-profile leadership. Inevitably, this person would be View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
  • 18 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Tips to Reinvent the Department Store

like Filene's exit its space when such a departure can mean fewer customers driving to the mall. Brand Power And Private Labels Salmon noted that for years, vendor brands have had a great deal of control... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette; Retail
  • 17 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

on this historical legacy we find ourselves with a President who utilizes well-known racial dog whistles, such as calls for “law and order”, labeling protestors “thugs,” and quoting a well-known Southern segregationist (“when the looting... View Details
  • 05 Mar 2020
  • News

Green Light

bruised, she decided to step away from business, attending culinary school and becoming a private chef in London for two years. (Lo donated all her earnings to charity and coauthored a book during that time, Dining with Dictators, which... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles
  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

increase and is greater for "creative" industries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-007.pdf Board Interlocks and the Propensity to be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions Authors:Toby Stuart and Soojin... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-083.pdf Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions Authors:Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan Abstract We compare three potential mechanisms for alleviating the asymmetric information between the public acquirers and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Profile

Ruzwana Bashir

best experiences (from wine tours to swimming with dolphins), and the company provides robust online booking tools for activity operators to help them better run their businesses. The company has already been labeled “The OpenTable... View Details
  • 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009

process in the event of failure. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-087.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsAltoona State Investment Board: December 2008 Harvard Business School Case 809-095 Rod Calhoun, the head of the Altoona State Investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

requires careful dosing, consideration of harmful side effects, and close supervision. We offer a warning label to accompany the practice of setting goals. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-083.pdf Virtual Team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 19

We label these two alternative modes Leviathan as a majority investor and Leviathan as a minority investor, respectively. Next we differentiate between these two modes by describing their key fundamental traits and the conditions that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

brand in the U.S.; a competitive offering of private label and exclusive brands; and, following the execution of One Macy's and My Macy's, a fresh, unique foundation for future growth. However, the company... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

restaurants, not to tell cities where to go to inspect, but it could be used for that purpose,” says Luca. Similarly, Google searches in different geographies could give policymakers key insight into what their citizens care about. Finally, View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products
  • 26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

materials for its biscuits and chocolate production, and Topbas family would be able to create its own private label dairy products for its nation-wide hard-discount chain BIM. Following Yıldiz Holding’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

the BCBS affiliate and its rivals increased premiums following conversions in markets where the converting affiliate had substantial market share. Medicaid enrollment rates also increased in these markets, a pattern consistent with "crowd in" of families who were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne