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- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
private information is directionally strong, managers, at announcement, provide guidance and use language that points statistically in the opposite direction. This effect is more pronounced when, post-announcement, management insiders... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
2014 Journal of Advertising Research Pitfalls and Fraud in Online Advertising Metrics: What Makes Advertisers Vulnerable to Cheaters, and How They Can Protect Themselves By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—How does online advertising become less View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality? Authors:Shawn A. Cole Abstract In 1980, India nationalized its large private banks. This induced different bank ownership patterns across different towns, allowing credible... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
resources at their disposal. When a team’s resource portfolio is not stellar, an able coach has a more noteworthy effect on productivity and performance. The worse the situation, the more important the coach. In a corporate world, this... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
leadership of Professor Jim Cash in whose honor we named Cash House on the campus. And Jim has helped us assemble a phenomenal advisory board. And the board consists of individuals like Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck, Ken Chenault, the... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
absent from the largest retail markets. Moreover, every retailer that has ventured overseas has failed as often as it has succeeded. On average, the extent of internationalization doesn't have a significant effect on either retailers'... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Profile
John Oxtoby
history.” Under Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett’s leadership, John fulfilled roles with the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, chaired by Paul Volker, and the Jobs Council, chaired by GE CEO Jeff Immelt. “On the economic-policy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
for FedEx, and it wasn’t a charismatic CEO or a well-defined strategy that made the difference. Those things may have pointed out the finish line—deliver packages quickly—but it was culture that unleashed her to go all the way. What is... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
firms in our sample, making it difficult to control for these effects across economies. Practical implications—Government involvement in state-owned enterprises may be contributing to a divergence in the pattern of business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
addressing customer needs, and themselves. There is no room under channel stewardship for non-value-adding partners; an effective steward must weed them out. By effectively meeting current needs and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
states count on to pay for those projects. "We have tended to live with a lot of short-term bills. You want long-term bills," Gallagher said. General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt (HBS MBA '82) said infrastructure... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
be able to respond effectively to the competition. EE: Is there a "typical" participant in this course? Nolan: The typical participant in DIS is the individual with major responsibility for information technology investments in... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say (Part 2)
thought to knock on. I have ended up working in some of the most exciting, cutting-edge life sciences companies in the world, and I never would have even considered the industry before coming to HBS. Mollie Breen (MBA 2020) is the Founder & View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
was to provide empirical data answering these questions." In the course of his research, Austin surveyed nearly ten thousand of the School's MBA and Executive Education graduates, held eleven focus groups with managers, interviewed more than seventy executives, polled... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
hand in a clear manner. It offers recommendations for both those seeking and giving advice to make the process as effective as possible. Publisher's link: https://hbr.org/2015/01/the-art-of-giving-and-receiving-advice January 2015 Journal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
uncovered by Cohen’s team apply to the coronavirus vaccines? The short answer: Yes, and the more rushed the approval process, the more likely patients will experience side effects from these drugs, Cohen says. We asked Cohen to discuss... View Details
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
Summing Up Do We Need to Give More Attention to the Dark Side of Innovation? Innovation may be able to help us deal with problems such as famine, pollution, and even global warming. But unless it can prove to be just as effective in combating destructive human traits... View Details
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
George Halverson, the CEO of Kaiser Permanente. In making the argument for flat-fee reimbursement (which his company employs), Halverson notes that even though there is an affordable sealant that is almost 100 percent View Details
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
complementors varies across empirical settings. It identifies several future research directions that can help advance our understanding of the relationships between platform owners and complementors. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
field experiment in which we send encouraging text messages to students. Our initial results show that these simple text messages reduce the proportion of students that stop attending by 36% and lead to a 7% increase in average attendance relative to the control group.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne