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  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

that attempts to maximize profits. This stage takes into account costs as well as firm's objectives and constraints (e.g., minimum market share requirement). Over the last several decades, marketing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2024
  • Case

Faena: Magic in Mid-Miami Beach

By: Robin Greenwood, Denise Han, Dave Habeeb and Ruth Page
The link to this multimedia case should be provided to students in advance as preparation for classroom case discussion.

This multimedia case follows real estate developer Alan Faena as he expanded his luxury development business from Argentina to the... View Details
Keywords: Development; Real Estate; Hotels; Luxury; Urban Development; Sustainable Cities; Design; Markets; Transformation; Cost vs Benefits; Economic Growth; Private Sector; Public Sector; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Financial Strategy; Investment Return; Geographic Location; Urban Scope; Corporate Accountability; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Opportunities; Culture; Value Creation; Real Estate Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Florida; Miami; Argentina; Buenos Aires
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  • 02 May 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

what can be done to reverse that trend. In doing so, they take aim at some misconceptions about what keeps voters home, and show the surprising effectiveness of door-to-door canvassing at getting more people to the polls. Voting is not easy In the first study, Voter... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Communications; Public Relations
  • 19 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

Unit at Harvard Business School. "For example, procurement policies could serve a demonstration role that would stimulate private demand by making people more aware of green buildings. They might also cover the start-up costs of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

at Harvard Business School. He has published extensively on the challenges of accountability and performance management facing nonprofit organizations, including the award-winning book NGOs and Organizational Change: Discourse, Reporting,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

and managed as investment accounts with the goal of accumulating the largest possible pot of savings. Communication with savers is framed entirely in terms of assets and returns. Ask a saver what his 401(k) is worth and you'll hear a cash... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Jul 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

set goals around creating value faster than costs (his preferred goal)." Deepak Alse reminded us that "the world of business is an unbounded system! The 'Corporation' is in effect an acceptance of the idea that profit seeking... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 14 Aug 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

intervention. Hence, an understanding of residual market imperfections—those imperfections that persist after market competition and regulation are accounted for—must inform any assessment of the long-term attractiveness of firm... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

changing external conditions, especially reduced experimentation costs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49008 forthcoming Accounting Review Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality By: Khan,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18

While many texts teach the theories and frameworks of management education, Managerial Accounting goes further by covering the capabilities and techniques necessary for effective management practice, as well as fostering attitudes that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

production. Importantly, firms are not the only entities to participate in the new ecosystems. The Internet and other social media have dramatically lowered the cost of communication and collective action, and thus users are increasingly... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

Hospitals have the option of enrolling only their hard-to-match patient-donor pairs, while conducting easily arranged exchanges internally. This behavior has already started to be observed. We show that the cost of making it individually... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

worked are positively correlated with firm performance, and differences between family and non-family CEOs account for approximately 18% of the performance gap between family and non-family firms. We investigate the sources of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

claims, and an infusion of new equity financing. The Chapter 11 process has generated both costs and benefits for the company. Its future profitability, and the value of the reorganized business, are both highly uncertain. Purchase the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

“particularly on high cost of failure situations where good information on potential service providers is correspondingly of high value.” Angie's List had a paid subscription model as it charged “members” for access to the information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

different manufacturers could not talk to one another. PCs would cost $10,000 because each company would have to design its own software, as well as craft proprietary storage, memory, and display components. But standards do not evolve... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology
  • 06 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

various options and contingencies. They strive for certainty in an inherently uncertain world—to turn every maybe into a simple yes or no. Indecision and a lack of closure result if managers cannot recognize the costs of trying to gather... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

knowing the high-stakes industry suffers from significant levels of turnover and spends an inordinate amount of time and money onboarding new staff. In fact, one industry source estimated nurse turnover at more than 20 percent, which View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 19 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Accounting Review Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity and Its Relation to Firm Performance By: Rouen, Ethan Abstract—I develop measures of firm-level pay disparity and examine their relation to firm performance. Using comprehensive... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

The Cost of Leaning-in By: Exley, Christine L., Muriel Niederle, and Lise Vesterlund Abstract— Women's reluctance to negotiate is often used to explain the gender wage gap, popularizing the push for women to “lean-in" and negotiate... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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