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  • 30 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 30

Spice, P&G was a seasoned marketer with strong consumer research, a powerful innovation network, and the world's largest financial commitment to advertising. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311117-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

objectives in case method learning. One challenge for case method instructors is the assessment of students' class participation, particularly in large classes. This article offers a solution that mines the practices of peer-to-peer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

would not be achieved even if the product offered a payout ratio comparable to U.S. insurance contracts. We present evidence suggesting that lack of trust, liquidity constraints, and limited salience are significant non-price frictions... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • News

The Business of Love

potential dates, one much larger than their own pre-Facebook social networks. It also offered a peculiar anonymity. Users posted their profiles under pseudonyms and provided only the information they wanted to reveal. The online dating... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

Retirement's Changing Face

and have the benefit of significant life experience. They have a lot more to offer than someone off the street who gets the bug and decides to run.” A Change of Pace Beth Terrana (MBA ’83) Age: 47 Home: Wellesley, Massachusetts As a... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
  • 15 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

cross-sectional and pooled data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau for quinquenial censuses conducted between 1982 and 2002 support the key predictions of the model. We find that advertising agency establishments are more likely to unbundle if they are large and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

that accounting research would benefit from a greater focus on the study of causal mechanisms (or causal pathways), increased emphasis on structural modeling of the phenomena of interest, and more in-depth descriptive research. We argue these changes are possible and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jun 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

small, incremental steps," said Upton. "The same holds true for information technology." In the wake of the Internet and advances in IT have come a host of service firms, including the three represented on Upton's panel: SupplierInsight, founded last... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

influence portfolio choices by exploring the response to the distinctive treatment of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA). JGTRRA lowered the dividend tax rate to 15% for American equities and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

trust. Building trust is crucial for successful negotiations between cultures, yet intercultural negotiations are often characterized by a lack of trust. We discuss what trust is, why it matters, and why it is so difficult to establish in intercultural negotiations. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

4.2 Student/Faculty Ventures | MBA

and should play a valuable role with students by offering them advice and counsel on academic and career issues, including new ventures. Conflicts of Interest: Financial or business relationships between students and faculty members have... View Details
  • 09 Aug 2016
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August 9, 2016

portfolio of high quality properties in Germany by acquiring one or more non-performing loans from Deutschland Bank. While he considers the many aspects of the deal that is about to unfold, he must decide which securities to acquire, the price he should View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

increases US investors' equity FPI holdings by 21%, controlling for effects on FDI. This suggests that the residual tax on foreign multinational firm earnings biases capital flows to low corporate tax countries toward FPI. A one standard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jul 2020
  • Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

one season in which I can show my wife that I'm actually reading books at a rate that approaches that with which I buy them. Therefore, I tackle long books only after considerable consideration. This summer, I am hoping to read an... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 25 Jun 2018
  • Blog Post

The Internship Search: “Is this just a personal interest, or is there a real professional opportunity here?”

equity with Berkshire Partners, Aaron came to HBS “to gain an understanding of how businesses function from a perspective beyond the financial analysis and business due diligence lens.” But during his time at Morgan Stanley and Berkshire,... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • 01 Sep 2013
  • News

Faculty Books

with little overt guidance from the hierarchy. Anteby suggests that this model, which tolerates moral complexity, may be one of the few that can adapt and endure. Faculty Research HBS Working Knowledge offers a first look at new thinking... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 06 Dec 2016
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December 6, 2016

products offered to customers—has recently been used as a competitive advantage for both brick-and-mortar and online retailers. Fast-fashion retailers have differentiated themselves by rotating their assortment multiple times throughout a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 May 2025
  • Blog Post

The Incredible Land of Ice and Fire: Exploring Iceland's Renewable Energy Model for a Changing Planet

Imagine a place where all electricity comes from clean sources, where most cars are EVs and can be charged on almost every street, where daily hot water for homes and pools is drawn from the depths of the Earth, and where sweet tomatoes can grow even in the starkest... View Details
  • 13 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 13, 2016

authors, who offer a framework for creating a thriving marketplace while minimizing the risk of discrimination. For starters, they say, companies must track and report on potential problems and carefully test choices that may influence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

starts a premium vodka business, bringing in his cousin at an early stage, but with no initial discussion of the eventual split of equity or managerial control between the two. The article offers each man's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne