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Inflation Threat May Be Boosted by Changes in Globalization, Demographics and E-Commerce

01 Nov 2011
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Banning immigrants’ languages can backfire. Just ask Ohio and Indiana.

10 May 2018
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Founders of African American Student Union (AASU) at HBS Awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Medals

21 Feb 2017
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Why Some Apps Use Fake Progress Bars

12 Feb 2015
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Reading the Tea Leaves: Sourcing News from Chinese Social Media

Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College.

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Keywords: executive search

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Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the Profession II, given after students have taken their clinical clerkships. Read More on Their Website Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law and Policy, Harvard Law School The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School... View Details

October 2013
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Note on LBO Capital Structure

By: Victoria Ivashina, Paul A. Gompers, Paul A. Gompers, Victoria Ivashina, Joris Van Gool and Joris Van Gool

This note discusses the capital structure often found in LBO transactions. Although the specifics of each capital structure vary case by case, in any given year, there is a great deal of similarity in the capital structure of these buyouts. These similarities exist... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Capital Structure

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June 2012
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Short Termism: Don't Blame the Investors

By: Francois Brochet, George Serafeim and Maria Loumioti

The article presents research on executives and corporation investor relations. A study is conducted of the language used by executives in conference calls discussing earnings with investors and financial analysts. A correlation was found between the use of language... View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Business Earnings; Managerial Roles; Investment; Agency Theory; Communication Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations

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February 2008 (Revised May 2009)
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The Center for Creative Leadership

By: Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) was founded in 1970 on the notion that leadership was not innate but could be learned. CCL evolved into one of the world's top leadership development organizations, involved in both research and program design and delivery. This... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Learning; Training; Leadership Development; Personal Characteristics

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November 1988 (Revised July 1998)
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WaterTest Corporation

Describes the founding and subsequent growth of WaterTest, a New Hampshire firm run by a entrepreneur with little business background. Three Harvard Business School students are working on a project to help the firm refine its marketing strategy. The students collect a... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Customers; Entrepreneurship; Data and Data Sets; Marketing Strategy

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