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- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
insurance expenditure is approximately 1.9. Overall, our results suggest that UI has a beneficial effect on the economy by decreasing its sensitivity to shocks. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51410... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
management will inhibit innovation and entrepreneurial activities. We disagree and argue that risk management should function as a Revealing Hand to identify, assess, and mitigate risks in a cost-efficient manner. Done well, the Revealing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
innovative new product for the treatment of acne that they hope to sell to consumers via direct-response television. The unconventional nature of the product and its distribution has led the company to seek angel financing. The Silicon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
causing disparate industries to merge, compete, and change in ways that are still unclear. Business models and business practice will also be affected. As with the example of energy-producing bacteria, the entire basis of the industrial View Details
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815129-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-022 IDEO: Human-Centered Service Design This case describes the human-centered innovation culture and service design process at IDEO, one of the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209042 elBulli: The Taste of Innovation Harvard Business School Case 509-015 Ferran Adriá, chef at elBulli, the highest-ranked restaurant in the world... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work by Vijay Govindarajan (DBA 1978) and Ravi Ramamurti (DBA 1982) HBR Press Though still a pipe dream in the US, value-based competition (value as measured by patient outcomes... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
aligned in their thinking. Analysts are often in frequent and close contact with management, even though they're not privy to inside information. Examining analysts' sales forecasts in 2008 reveals that analysts—and probably managers too—were slow to update their... View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
by Metro do Porto in 2007. It represents an opportunity to study fixed income derivative instruments, such as plain-vanilla swaps and structured swaps, as well as understand the opportunities and challenges of using innovative financial... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
about how to be pragmatic in the face of pervasive corruption, so that one can have a long-term positive impact on a corrupt system, says Ramanna. A third case, I Paid a Bribe (Dot) Com, cowritten with Rachna Tahilyani, concerns an View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
Cole, and Jeremy Tobacman Publication:Journal of Marketing Research 48 (October 2011) Abstract Recent financial liberalization in emerging economies has led to the rapid introduction of new financial products. Lack of experience with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Internalization of advertising services is much more widespread than has hitherto been appreciated and varies widely across industries. To explain this variation, we draw on concepts from research on scale economies and transaction costs... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
percent of Hong Kong's exports involve China either as a source or market, and 60 percent of the total investment in China is channeled from the territory. In addition, he said, Hong Kong is an outward-looking economy that serves a wider... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development of specialized expertise, while the benefits of greater breadth are linked to the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
innovations that allow local sectors to catch up with frontier technology. In poor countries, catching up requires the cooperation of a foreign investor who is familiar with the frontier technology and a domestic entrepreneur who is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
technologically innovative company away from specialty glass, television tubes, and fiberglass production into newer, faster-growing profit-making areas. At the time, the economy is plagued by recession,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative work, especially in settings where intellectual property protection is weak. We also connect collaborative patents to the ethnic composition of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
to that time, things are more normalized and sane. We’re seeing more experienced, repeat entrepreneurs who have created valuable companies and been through the IPO cycle and the M&A cycle. I think entrepreneurship and innovation are still... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
developed economies and then turns to developing countries, covering the following topics: farmers' adoption of AI, how AI affects their decision to invest in risky assets, and the extent to which AI helps farmers smooth income and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne