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- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
significantly higher for companies with a wider divergence between the corporate insiders' control rights and cash-flow rights, suggesting that companies whose corporate insiders have larger excess control rights are more financially constrained. The View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
Lewis Jr. (MBA 1969), George R. “Bob” Price (MBA 1970), and A. Leroy “Roy” Willis (MBA 1969). In commemoration of this milestone, four of AASU’s founders (Price died in 2012) reflect on their time at the School, the creation of the... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
data, is computationally light and allows for flexible substitution patterns. We apply the model to a data set containing browsing and purchase information from a retailer stocking over 500 products, recover the elasticity matrix, and solve for optimal View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
countries serving on the board are rewarded with an average $60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans. This is more likely driven by soft forces like boardroom culture rather than by the power of the vote itself. We find no significant View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
product sped up the process of creating and following up on sales pitches, which resulted in 10 times more meetings for GroupTalent’s two sales reps, Medina says. But the influx of interest overwhelmed the small startup, and they were unable to View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
in the bank, that’s what counts / Money in the bank in large amounts.” The selling cycle is usually the biggest driver of cash out and cash in: Accounts payable accrue during selling, and accounts receivable are mainly determined in most firms by what’s sold at what... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
deficit that drives up interest rates. She cares if we have a huge current account deficit and import everything from elsewhere. Her own business might erode to the point of failure. Finally, the American cares because our economic performance affects exchange rates.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
"name your own price" devices, permission marketing, group buying, price comparison engines, car purchase Web sites, mass customization, etc. It is still largely a new way of thinking whose domain and modalities remain to be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
largely by scale alone." Several respondents offered an explanation for these phenomena. Typical was Rahul Sharma's comment: " . . . these high executive compensation packages are . . . necessitated by the reduced 'lifespans' of chief executives." As Tom... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
indirect selling efforts and at what phase in the startup's lifecycle should each be employed? How can founders themselves be the most effective sales engine for an early-stage company, even though it clearly does not scale as a go to... View Details
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
property rights institutions that restrain the state can be more important as they provide the foundation for contractual institutions. In short, the ability to contract effectively between private parties is meaningless unless you can be... View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
different operations to look beyond their silos to consolidate operations and share best practices to lower costs. Similarly, firms such as big-box retailers that centralize merchandising and distribution to deliver low prices must ensure... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
of directors of Medtronic, Inc., a company known for its commitment to effective corporate governance, must prepare for the departure of Chairman & CEO Bill George and the retirement of four long-time directors. The company had... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
technology is having on business practices. Drawing from papers presented at the 1995 HBS colloquium "Multimedia and the Boundaryless World," the 24 authors - many of whom are HBS faculty members - observe the effects new technologies are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
transit and more effective use of heat, water, and energy — would significantly reduce carbon emissions,” says HBS senior lecturer John Macomber, whose real-world background is in real estate, construction, services, and technology. “The... View Details
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
Product is Worth the Price (37,030) Are consumers more likely to buy if they see the price before viewing the product? Uma Karmarkar and colleagues scan the brains of shoppers to find out. How Hormones... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games
Utku Ünver explain in a paper, factors such as contracts, control of stadiums, and corporate sponsorship effectively tied the hands of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) into a system of early matching of teams.... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
year. Writ large, Barared’s effects could be considerable: There are an estimated 800,000 locally owned stores like this in Mexico, meaning potential revenue increases for what is, collectively, one of the largest employers in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
professor Quinn Mills dissects the other half of the artificially supported 1990s bull market in Wheel, Deal, and Steal: Deceptive Accounting, Deceitful CEOs, and Ineffective Reforms. This time around, he focuses on large corporations that fattened stock View Details