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- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
ago, Nohria made advancement of the School’s international strategy one of his top five priorities. “Today, HBS would be derelict in its mission if it weren’t preparing the leaders it educates to succeed in a global context,” says Nohria. How times have changed.... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
where the goods are not priced but the services are. This is not to say that in the past, medical schools could not legally acquire cadavers from another program. A school could, for instance, call another school, even one out of state,... View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
students and the classroom teaching plan for instructors. Information on how to access and use these multimedia components is included in the Teaching Note. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/615022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-026... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
an additional 5 million people full-time, non-executive employees making up to about $50,000 per year. Any number of outcomes are predicted: More jobs. Fewer jobs. More productivity. Less productivity. Lower profits. No significant effect... View Details
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
exacerbated if the manager has little or no control over the information that the labor market sees (i.e., is mandated beyond the manager's control). Q: Given the current debate about financial transparency, do you see accountants... View Details
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
Using transcripts from the English-language conference calls of non-U.S. firms, we find that linguistic complexity is positively associated with the language barriers in the firms' home country. We then show that conference calls that are more linguistically complex... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Deborah A. Farrington
hip-deep in paper. And of course, there were no women on the floor back then.” As co-founder and general partner of Manhattan-based StarVest Partners, Farrington is one of the few women to run her own venture capital firm. StarVest... View Details
- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
competitive vigilance that ultimately pushes them down a path of conformity. They will notice, for example, that competitor A has decided to offer a couple of new features in this market, or that competitor B has raised its prices in that... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
serves as a rationale for global brands to charge premiums. Global brands "are expensive, but the price is reasonable when you think of the quality," pointed out a Thai participant. Consumers also believe that transnational... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
plan’s rationale, noting that climate-change efforts had cost Unilever $200 million in 2011 and predicting a political crisis if something was not done about inequitable growth. “Total profits of the consumer goods industry will be wiped out in 30 years if View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
and every venture capitalist that we saw along that journey was saying, oh venture is dead. No one’s raising any money, don’t even try to start something. And then the other side was that we would see entrepreneurs that were still... View Details
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
prices, the former implies convexity in the smaller of the two valuations, the latter linearity. In either case, the price is at least their average and hence spiteful. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
instance, is a tool that people can use to analyze their industries. A tool has no value on its own, it’s how we use it that gives it value. But the tool cannot be blamed for anything!” — Costas Markides Robert P. Bauman Professor of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
overall, we’ll continue to do a good job for our clients and grow the business. What does “accountability” mean in the context of running a financial firm? Tell the truth, serve people, have integrity. Have the ability, guts, and courage to say View Details
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
distributors, although important and useful for a certain portfolio of products, are no longer appropriate for a different subset. How can you overcome resistance from a powerful channel partner, such as a brand-name manufacturer or a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
fears of Chinese expansion, Pan alleged, particularly in business circles. She said the practice of guanxi, or relationship-building, is no different from the West's "old boy network." Pan cautioned Westerners not to make generalizations... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
consumers large discounts when they prepay for participating firms' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can benefit affiliated firms: price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
reach the Internet and request in-car traffic updates, news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, stock quotes, and e-mail." On the face of it, OnStar has huge potential. There is no denying the popularity of cell phones and... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
In a nondescript former root beer plant, tucked behind the Curtain & Bath Outlet off Main Street in Millis, Massachusetts, FreshBox Farms is growing the future of food. The FreshBox facility bears no resemblance to our cultural renderings... View Details