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- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
that the ventures are a growing presence in the U.S. commerce for cadavers. There is no federal monitoring of whole body donations in the United States, but estimates suggest that the total number of whole-body donations might be about... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
York, Baer had closely monitored the Giants’ plummeting finances and their unsuccessful attempts to get San Francisco voters to approve funds for a new stadium. After East Coast business hours and with Tisch’s blessing, he began... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
transforming an entrepreneurial company into an institutionalized firm, Çavuşoğlu established adjacent businesses such as movie advertising and ticket sales. The most recent step in transforming Mars was to establish a movie distribution arm, which would help the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
performance. We measure close ties using the education network between fund managers and managers of the investee firms. We find that having close ties to an investee leads to more timely investments only when the funds are closely monitored. For poorly View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
managers who implemented formal performance management systems and invested in sophisticated data analytics. From 1998 to 2007 (phase two), these investments allowed Cross Country to quantify service providers' impact on motorist satisfaction, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
investments. This result is consistent with the information environment helping MNCs monitor the subsidiary's investment decision. Cross-sectional tests show that the effect is larger when there is greater "distance" between the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
direct them to specific orbital locations where, as a group, they will provide total global coverage 24/7, rather than viewing some of Earth some of the time. Spire wants to put up 100 of them to provide worldwide weather and shipping data; Platzer says that fewer than... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
the problem rather than a crucial part of the solution—and this is a mistake. The district office plays an important role in developing strategies, identifying and spreading best practices, developing leadership capabilities at all levels, building information systems... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
Chief among vertical farming’s costs is energy. “It’s the industry’s dirty little secret,” says Lo. So noticeable is indoor farming’s drain on a local grid, she notes, that law enforcement used to monitor spikes in electricity demand to... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
solutions in the form of software and hardware platforms, Intel Corporation, a leading semiconductor manufacturer in the United States, introduces a pilot project in India for testing a new platform that allows monitoring and demand... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
monitoring hardware and software. When it was first funded, Intel was in the midst of record growth and was seeking diversification. But the company lacked domain expertise, and the unit faced many challenges working with existing Intel... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
while showing off an industrial refrigerator stacked with free-range eggs and 25-kilo blocks of Normandy butter. Trays of madeleines cool on racks. A few feet away, workers monitor a machine that wraps the tiny cakes individually in... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
utility had made a public announcement it was accepting bids to implement a smart water network monitoring system, and Peleg wanted to discuss if and how aggressively TaKaDu should bid on the contract with his management team. TaKaDu... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
reward firms for practices that go above and beyond the requirements of the law. "Self-policing" programs adopted by several agencies shift the burden of monitoring regulatory compliance and reporting noncompliance from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
helping to monitor and oversee the 52 student clubs at HBS. Explains Minto, "One initially becomes involved with the SCC as a section representative; I saw being a rep as an opportunity to get to know and do something for my sectionmates... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
(“Warthog”). Flew 85 combat missions from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, from January 2003 to June 2003. Earned Air Medal four times. John A. Hollstein (MBA ’74), Colonel (retired) U.S. Air Force Reserve Former chief of monitoring for UN’s... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
can name independent directors as defendants in lawsuits, and they can vote against their re-election to express displeasure over the directors' ineffectiveness at monitoring managers. In a sample of securities class-action lawsuits from... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
executed the action plan, and monitored progress—with enthusiasm, charm (I hope), and fervor. Result: We beat the goal and tripled the number of women in high-level jobs in the first year. Mamongae Mahlare (MBA 2004), marketing manager,... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
customization to the online environment and credible monitoring and punishments. I analyze the pricing, enforcement, and channel management policies of a manufacturer over several years. During this period, new channel policies take... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
Using Transparency International's ratings of firm disclosures on anticorruption efforts, we find that disclosures are related to firms' country and industry exposures to corruption, as well as to enforcement and monitoring variables. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne