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- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
(fracking) promised an abundance of accessible, cheap, domestically produced natural gas, but the cost to the environment remained a point of debate. As incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama faced Republican opponent Mitt Romney in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
investors to keep the company afloat. Jacobs’ instinct suggests that refocusing the company on its core product and runner base would be the best way forward. However, the last round was raised on the promise of a big health vision.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507082 PublicationsRealizing the Promise of Personalized Medicine Authors:Mara G. Aspinall and Richard G. Hamermesh Periodical:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 10 (October... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
marketing as a promising promotion tool for advertisers to reach and engage with consumers cheaply and quickly via word-of-mouth. Mekanism's president is contemplating expanding its services to other advertising content and media (e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
Eight studies demonstrate that when firms empower consumers to vote, consumers infer a series of implicit promises—even in the absence of explicit promises. We identify three implicit promises to which consumers react negatively when... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016
Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life By: Glaeser, Edward L., Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca, and Nikhil Naik Abstract—New, "big" data sources allow measurement of city characteristics and outcome... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26
the strategy literature by considering "ambivalent value," value produced by the interaction of two firms that does not necessarily accrue to either. The extent of "ambivalent value" is unclear, but its persistence despite changing structural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3
vacation-rental sector. To stay ahead, HomeAway initiated a pilot cross-platform collaboration to list some of its properties on Expedia's site. More momentously, Sharples was also weighing a new commission-based revenue model that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
countries; seemingly successful governments that had managed to reform economies were defeated by newcomers that promised more emphasis on the welfare state. This clash was interesting to us. Many economists advocate including a tax... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
Disrupting Consumer Packaged Goods Brandless, an online direct-to-consumer seller of upscale private-label consumer packaged goods, offered consumers a limited assortment of values-conscious products delivered directly to their homes with the simplicity of one fixed $3... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15
Berkley Professor Dara O'Rourke, is at a critical junction. The venture capital-funded company has yet to find the business model to monetize a very promising product that provides consumers and manufacturers with information about the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016
fintech lenders, and the key concerns around oversight and regulation. Finally, our objective is to provide regulatory recommendations that will protect small business borrowers and not dampen the innovation that has proven so promising... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
provide that type of information and connection. Social tools do. But we have found that companies that try to “go social,” as many of them call it, often fall into four traps. In this article, we look at those traps and share recommendations for capitalizing on the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
KindredHarvard Business School Case 511-015 For Asian Agri and other Indonesian palm oil producers, the future promised rising demand from fast-growing Asian populations, but also intensifying criticism from environmental groups. With the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010
Octone Records to Universal Music Group and relaunching the label as A&M/Octone Records, president and CEO James Diener is facing a new challenge. Diener and his executive team have trouble convincing a new, promising act, Paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
the companies studied were interviewed by anyone in the C-suite. The result: About a third of promising new hires depart within three years of being recruited. As a remedy, the authors offer their best thinking about state-of-the-art... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
clear reasons to be involved in key decisions. It also could provide a more promising and challenging career track for talented people in IR, as it would allow them to develop and hone management skills beyond their current... View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21
to be learned for all global companies as they confront language and culture challenges. Examining the strategic use of language by one international corporation, The Language of Global Success uncovers how all organizations might integrate language effectively to tap... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
extent that Tesco now offers a price-matching promise vis-à-vis Asda and other retailers, on top of its own loyalty program. Normally, one would expect this price-matching guarantee to call an end to the price war. But other, more global,... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8
http://hbr.org/2013/10/fergusons-formula/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review Corporate Venturing By: Lerner, Josh Abstract—For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in costs and produce... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne