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- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
lobbying efforts in local and federal circles for stricter regulations governing Airbnb. The study focused on data from 2014, and the impact on hotels could be even greater today given Airbnb's strong growth since then. In addition to... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17
responsibility for securing these materials. Working PapersPayout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007
overall corporate strategy. Fu Ji has enjoyed phenomenal growth as the corporate catering market in China develops. But that growth in the business also entails a transition from a single restaurant to a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 9
quantities of vaccines for the developing world. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/vaxess-technologies-inc/an/514107-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-034 Sasol: U.S. Growth Program Sasol, the world's largest producer of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
because of the challenges associated with measuring effectiveness. Notably, these obstacles are not limited to evaluation by external parties, as firm managers also struggle to assess the returns associated with investments in compliance.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
consumer tastes, increased competition, and evolving advertising trends and sales channels. Seeing innovation as a key to future success, in 2016 the company established eighteen94 capital, its corporate venture capital arm, which had announced View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 10
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610018-PDF-ENG J.P. Morgan Richard S. Tedlow and David RubenHarvard Business School Case 810-052 An account of J.P. Morgan's remarkable career in government, railroad, and industrial finance. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
Point’s market opportunity and growth rate but can be seen as a change in their growth strategy. The founder needs to decide his strategy for his next board meeting. Should he focus on past performance? Or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
explosive growth in working capital. At the end of 2009, the company was awarded the United States distributorship for the specialty chemical di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) from a large Taiwanese producer and had almost tripled its sales in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
resulting currency position tends to rise in value when equity markets fall. This strategy works well for investment horizons of one month to one year. In the past 15 years the risk-minimizing demand for the dollar appears to have... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 31, 2007
become major players in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Collectively, these investment decisions could have a major long-run impact on South Africa's economic growth and political stability. South African... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
particular social welfare decisions. Current research: "Is Brazil on the Path of Sustainable Growth and Development?" Laura Alfaro Alfaro: "I want to look at competition for foreign direct View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
alternative paths to career success: officers of higher initial ability are more likely to invest in skill, but caste affinity to the politician's party base also helps secure important positions. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
consumers but exclusively on an online basis. Taking advantage of its low no-bricks-and-mortar cost structure, ING was able to offer generous rates on certificates of deposit. Just four years on, ING is the third-largest holder of consumer CD View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 13 Jun 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants
the industry might have continued as it had for decades were it not for the growth of a different type of financial product. Structured finance instruments, described in the case as securities "constituting a claim on a pool of... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
indicators in China’s economy have been slowing for some time. In January, the official data for GDP growth was 7.4 percent, the weakest in 24 years and the first time in a century that growth fell short of... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
World Company has achieved a gross-margin return on inventory investments of more than 300%—a substantially higher return than any other retailer we are aware of. Dallas-based CompUSA, which sells computers and associated merchandise, has... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
many of these businesses is still challenged," says Lal, the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing. "From a profit perspective, from a growth perspective, and more importantly from a return on investment... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
profitable investment decisions. During the last ten years, Wall Street research has been battered by a series of shocks. As concerns over conflicts of interest mounted, the integrity of research output was questioned, leading to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works
learning. Separately, Lilly has opened its labs to test people for coronavirus, saying it can test 1,000 to 2,000 per day. Mike Roman, CEO of 3M, is doubling production of N95 masks to 1.1 billion per year in response to rapidly growth in... View Details