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- 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18
a purely social act with economic considerations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-012.pdf Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery Authors:David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
similar way, write the authors. "There is little dispute that we need a system that is competitive, responsive, and consumer-driven, with clear metrics of value per dollar spent." In the following excerpt, they outline three View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
connected than oneself was associated with more friendship formation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53066 Lessons Unlearned? Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24
back-and-forth dynamic often occurs because the feelings and experiences of native and nonnative co-workers are hidden from each other. Empathy arrests this cycle, leading to more sensitivity and accommodation of language diversity. Based on the insights from our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009
the early 1990s, but to reposition the company to lead the industry. The powerful lesson from the IBM story is that innovation is not a side business to running the real business. Innovation is the business. Breakthrough innovations that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007
Can Civil Law Countries Get Good Institutions? Lessons from the History of Creditor Rights and Bond Markets in Brazil Author:Aldo Musacchio Periodical:Journal of Economic History (forthcoming) Abstract Does a legal tradition adopted in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 May 2010
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First Look: May 11
Invention of Data Privacy in the United States and France Author:J. Gunnar Trumbull Publication:In The Voice of the Citizen Consumer, edited by K. Bruckweh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
or reputation. Norton: Even so, the case includes an exhibit documenting all the openings and closings of franchises around the world, and it's been mostly openings. Once they open, they are usually successful in maintaining the business. HBSWK: Are there any View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
almost mythical in nature, with other states often misunderstanding the lessons of the Foxwoods experience. The real story behind the Pequot gaming compact, however, is one of strategic negotiation and the leveraging of tribal sovereignty... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
explain eight lessons from optimal tax theory and compare them to the last few decades of OECD tax policy. As recommended by theory, top marginal income tax rates have declined, marginal income tax schedules have flattened, redistribution... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
let's-try-some-things-and-see-what-sticks culture of a start-up. Product teams may be disheartened when their preconceived notions turn from promising hypotheses into failed experiments. Cook stressed, though, that failure can yield the greatest View Details
- 08 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Writing the Case for Public School Reform
is that PELP participants can see the movement from creating a work-around solution—the campaign—to reforming HR into a strategically viable entity," he observes. Understanding how to recreate that progression could be a valuable View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
company’s business going forward. How was ArcelorMittal to face the mounting crisis? What response did it owe its employees? Its shareholders? Its stakeholders? Given the low state capacity in Liberia, ArcelorMittal helped organize a private sector response to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11
particularly strongly and to construct risk indicators to predict taxpayers' responses. We show results from an application in Chile and describe lessons learned during the implementation. August 2013 JAMA Surgery Informal Peer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
into account in-season coaching changes, strike-shortened seasons, league expansions and reorganizations, the introduction of a salary cap, drag on team performance due to divisional rivalries, player-selection skew due to a team’s draft position, and other important... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016
transition to black majority rule. The account in this working paper carefully describes—but does not analyze nor draw lessons from—these challenging negotiations. Forthcoming papers will provide analysis and derive general insights from... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18
puts the increasingly complex job of Chief Executive in a very real context. It serves as a practical guide by allowing you to walk alongside Jim as he takes on his new role and all its attendant challenges. Jim's story-developed in collaboration with seasoned,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23
games on a new challenge, he founded an online gaming venture, which later became known as 38 Studios. During the venture's first two years, he built a team of 70 people, including an executive team of business and industry veterans and learned key View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
Nalls Harvard Business School Case 808-167 Barry Nalls describes lessons learned during his 25-year career-his rise at GTE and shorter-lived ventures—and how these prepared him to found MASERGY, a telecommunications start-up. Even as a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007
Lessons from the Management of Clinical Trials Authors:Robert S.Huckman and Darren E. Zinner Periodical:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract For over three decades, the benefits of focus have been touted under the guiding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne