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- 19 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 19
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912003-PDF-ENG Peace, Non-Aligned: The Pragmatic Optimism of Lakhdar Brahimi James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. GreenHarvard Business School Case 912-028 Describes the background and career of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
in optimization of supply chains and logistics. I think that for all of us, the order cycle provided a wonderful window through which to observe the intricate details of revenue management, cross-functional coordination, and profitability... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
not need to optimize the timing of their equity issues. Consistent with these predictions, I use a unique panel of non-SEC-filing private U.S. firms to show that the average public firm holds twice as much cash as the average private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
empirical investigation of the risk of globally diversified portfolios of stocks and bonds and of optimal intertemporal global portfolio choice for long horizon investors in the presence of permanent cash flow shocks and transitory... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016
Acceptance of Morally Arbitrary Luck and Widespread Support for Classical Benefit-Based Taxation By: Weinzierl, Matthew C. Abstract—Public moral reasoning is shown to differ in three specific ways from what is conventionally assumed in modern View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
When two firms compete in the market, the optimal strategies are for one firm to set a high level of disclosure and subsidize consumers in exchange, and for the other firm to charge high prices but not to engage in information disclosure.... View Details
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
optimal government debt maturity in a model where investors derive monetary services from holding riskless short-term securities. In a simple setting where the government is the only issuer of such riskless paper, it trades off the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
the optimal path to reinvention? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/419012-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 819-075 Yatooq: Longing for Arabic Coffee As one of the few female entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia, Lateefa... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
the reverse flow of products are complex and are not optimized for the level of returns some retailers will see. Antonio Moreno (@tmorenog) is the Sicupira Family Associate Professor of Business Administration. Leonard A. Schlesinger:... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
employees received, how workplace rewards made employees feel significantly predicted their optimal functioning. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=56020 forthcoming Inside Countries: Subnational Research in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Social Network Marketing: What Works?
spreads in social networks. I am also working on understanding the relative role of offline and online advertising to determine how firms should optimally allocate their resources across different media. View Details
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
D. KC, and F. Gino Abstract—Many models in operations management involve dynamic decision making that assumes optimal updating in response to information revelation. However, behavioral theory suggests that rather than updating their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
deeming it unearned. They also reported a heightened sense of belonging, optimism about career advancement, and access to expanded networks. Yet among those who interacted regularly with Japanese counterparts, narratives also revealed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
comparison to their private counterparts. We do not argue that all SOEs are efficient or that it is optimal to have government ownership of banks and other companies. What we aim to show is that the return of state capitalism is likely to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018
perceptions that their own advice will not be followed. Advice seekers fail to anticipate this negative relational impact, exposing them to unanticipated adverse consequences of their advice-seeking decisions. These findings challenge previous recommendations for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25
labor-intensive manufacturing process and the high prices of Zotter chocolates limit the scalability of the company, even though the founder desires to grow. While the founder has many ideas for the firm, it is not clear which path would be View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
grounded in peak-load power generation. We show that production subsidies of higher investment and production cost technologies (such as carbon capture and storage technologies) have no effect on the firm's optimal total capacity but that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
compared to 56.9% for all other analyst recommendations. We find that appointed analysts' optimism is stronger at precisely those times when firms' benefits are larger and that appointed analysts appear to be more closely tied to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
this context, "platforms" provide infrastructure and rules that facilitate users' transactions. The article provides an introduction to strategic challenges that confront platform providers serving two-sided markets. The first challenge is designing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
liquidated include Borders Group in 2012, Circuit City in 2009, and Linens `n Things in 2008; the value of inventory sold during these liquidations alone is $3B. The store liquidation problem is related to but also differs substantially from the markdown View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne