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  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether to grow their startup at a measured pace and focus on improving operational effectiveness, or raise a new round of venture View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 10

in terms of both the bankruptcy code and the cultural attitudes toward corporate restructuring. This case can fit into an introductory course in a module on capital structure and the tradeoff between the costs and benefits of debt or in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

gets done." He makes sure that employees are recognized for their ideas within the department during small recognition ceremonies, like a quarterly lunch. And when appropriate, he nominates them for greater honors, such as Aetna's... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
  • 01 Sep 2015
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First Look -- September 1, 2015

markets in the three areas discussed above in the context of Private Politics, Public Politics or Integrated Political Strategy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49464 2015 Quarterly Journal of Political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jul 2019
  • Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

investing billions of dollars and tens of thousands of employees and contractors to implement it. The market capitalization of the company dropped over $100 billion in one day, now roughly back to the pre-crisis level. At the same time,... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
  • 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

optimization-based TFM approach in the CDM environment. Read the paper: http://trb.metapress.com/content/g6kt053v4651386t/ Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge Author:Heidi K. Gardner... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

  PublicationsCapitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business Authors:Joseph Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2011 Abstract The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55811 forthcoming Administrative Science Quarterly Parallel Play: Startups, Nascent Markets, and the Effective Design of a Business Model By: McDonald, Rory, and Kathleen... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

knowledge spillovers and capital market externalities exert a stronger impact on multinational firms while labor market pooling has a weaker effect. These findings remain robust when we examine entry decisions and explore the process of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

each originator minimizes his reliance on costly informed capital in good times by issuing safe securities. Our model suggests regulations that limit the issuance of safe securities in good times. Read:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

Case 209-097 Perry Capital owns shares in King and, to facilitate approval of the merger, buys shares in Mylan, whilst hedging out its economic exposure to Mylan's share price using derivatives. The price at which Mylan proposes to merge... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

business leaders you talk with offer opinions about what should be done to reverse the current downturn? A: There’s a lot of interest in finding ways to develop internal consumer consumption. Another big topic of concern is access to View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51996 forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Economics Catering to Investors Through Security Design: Headline Rate and Complexity By: Célérier, Claire, and Boris Vallée... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

three factors that predict neighborhood improvement. First, neighborhoods that are densely populated by college-educated adults are more likely to experience physical improvements—an observation that is compatible with the economic literature linking human View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

Network-weaving Organizations in the Global Interstate Network Authors:Paul Ingram and Magnus Thor Torfason Publication:Administrative Science Quarterly 55, no. 4 (December 2010) Abstract This article examines the population dynamics and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

statements about their commitment to long-term success. To understand the disconnect, we examine how S&P500 companies are actually allocating capital and show that firms are in fact plowing substantial amounts of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

it faced huge capital expenditures associated with constructing its manufacturing facilities. The company was at a crossroads: it had to decide whether to partner with IBM or align with other firms as it tried to keep up with Intel.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"-delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term investments-makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

business. Under Ron Johnson's "Fair and Square" program, sales had declined rapidly, and quarterly losses and expensive capital investments had put severe pressure on cash reserves. Ullman decided... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

find evidence that (1) bonuses enhance productivity across all segments, (2) overachievement commissions help sustain the high productivity of the best performers even after attaining quotas, and (3) quarterly bonuses help improve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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