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- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
successful.” The assessment trend is also driven by companies that are eager for what Schlatka calls “people data.” Businesses that have long relied on customer numbers and financial reports to make important decisions have recognized... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Putting the Project Puzzle Together
stayed aligned over a long time, as has Wal-Mart. Q: You have spent much of your career deeply involved in management information systems. What are some enduring characteristics of successful management that you have observed? Any trends... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
public speaking. Many self-help books, a very popular book category in the United States, make use of sales techniques. Q: What are the latest research trends in this area? A: I think there are two trends. Some people are, as I mentioned,... View Details
- 23 Apr 2008
- Op-Ed
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations
fit the scale and nature of the firm. Beyond managing risk at the firm level, the FSA is also responsible for systemic risk. Thus, it monitors trends in the financial markets across the individual firms. Consistent with U.S. concerns... View Details
- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
During the past few years inventory turns among U.S. manufacturers have climbed steadily, and it appears as if productivity has improved nicely. One explanation for these happy trends is that the massive investments we've been making in... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 29 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO WAVE
eventually solved at the system level. What is one interesting/exciting trend or issue that our readers should be aware of? Millennials are increasingly motivated by meaning in their work – they want to work for companies that do more... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
this process as post industrialisation, it may help explain trends more effectively. "For example, the need for human beings to focus more on their intellect as opposed to physical labour are redefining our existence . It will... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
to Skullcandy’s survival.” Would you say you mostly follow trends or create them? A little bit of both. We certainly are aware of trends that exist, but great brands and great product companies are always... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
project was born from that feeling, and the belief that the school could convene and analyze and understand in ways we had not taken full advantage of. As Jan and I started looking at the data, a whole set of indicators validated disturbing View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 10 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Virtual Treks: How Student Clubs are Adapting to the New Normal
COVID, sector deep dives in Edtech, Consumer, Fintech and Software, trends in innovation, building a career in VC and picking the “right” investor/founder. In addition to the VCPE Trek, students and companies took a lot from the annual... View Details
- Fast Answer
Making Markets
Use these resources to analyze broken markets and validate your proposed solutions. Understand the Current Marketplace: Gain a sense of the current landscape, major players, and future trends within an industry or sector in order to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices
States will continue to play the role of swing supplier for years to come. And because improving technology will allow the North American oil and natural gas production sector to respond ever more quickly to global demand spikes, this View Details
- 25 Sep 2008
- News
Been There, Seen That
the appropriate market structure for raising capital, but of the role of government and regulatory oversight in managing those structures.” And here is another panelist, HBS professor Joe Bower: “To what extent here at HBS are we researching these worrisome View Details
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
motives, our paradigms, and what we are willing to accept and ignore to get what we think that we need." C. J. Cullinane was concerned that "This trend (service sector relative growth) will indeed catch up with the United States... View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities
technical expertise, said Kapoor. A sense of timing and a good marketing instinct are two qualities at a premium in today's market. "It's not about specialization," said Reiss. "It's about quickly figuring out new trends... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO, WAVE
interesting/exciting trend or issue that our readers should be aware of? Millennials are increasingly motivated by meaning in their work – they want to work for companies that do more good and less harm, and businesses will have to... View Details
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Bibliography - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
Houghton Mifflin, 1979. Garber, Peter M. Famous First Bubbles: The Fundamentals of Early Manias . Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2000. Grebler, Leo, David M. Blank, and Louis Winnick. Capital Formation in Residential Real Estate: Trends and... View Details
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
discount. We also use our approach to test for the presence of trend following in cross-border flows based on relative, as well as absolute returns. Like other studies, we find evidence of trend following... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
recent regulations imposed on the industry. But given the amorphous nature of some of the trends you document, do you think these will be effective? Mark Bradshaw: The entire function of the sell-side analyst is now up in the air, so a... View Details
- 02 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News
more advantageous." This trend is so well established that a simulated long-short stock portfolio created by the researchers to take advantage of this fact earned abnormally high returns of up to 101 basis points per month. (In part, the... View Details