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  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

information in online retail. In our experiments, customers are randomly assigned to a treatment condition where virtual fit information is available or to a control condition where virtual fit information is not available. Our results... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

211-044 Magna International, Inc., a Canadian-based automotive parts manufacturer, is considering whether and how to unwind its dual-class ownership structure. A family trust controlled by the founder owns a 0.65% economic interest in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

Retailing, supply chain experts Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman explain how to use analytics to better manage your inventory for faster turns, fewer discounted offerings, and fatter profit margins. Featuring case studies of retailing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Blog

Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School

proactive in our communication back to the community. The work we've been doing to build the team and infrastructure is low visibility but vitally important. So, I understand why people might wonder what we've been up to. We're navigating the processes for things that... View Details
  • 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and stewardship) and that verifiability and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Leading In a New Era

arrival at LC in 1994 that the company had done relatively little consumer research, he immediately launched an intensive survey of customer needs. He also performed an asset inventory of the entire organization, which revealed "a lot of... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

further promote commercial avoidance. Based on the model estimation, we optimize the branding activity under marketing control for ads in the sample to reduce commercial avoidance. This reveals that pulsing the brand presence—while... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

with open disagreement). The paper thus provides micro-foundations for the idea that bringing a project inside the firm gives the manager control over that project, while explaining concentrated asset ownership, low-powered incentives,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

control for this effect in our model specifications. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-006.pdf Level II Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its 'Behind the Table' Challenges Authors:authors Abstract A long... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

compare those clicks with users' subsequent purchases. Ever-cheaper IT makes this tracking cost effective and routine. In addition, a web of interlocking ad networks trades inventory and offers to show the right ad to the right person at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2015
  • News

The ‘F’ Word

agreed to, and my assignment resulted in the successful integration of operations and rapid growth. I was then asked to take an assignment in Japan as managing director, Far East, to wrest control of a 50-50 joint venture with Sumitomo. I... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
  • 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

development as a means of raising the lives of previously disadvantaged South Africans. By 1999, the company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, making 36-year-old Surve the youngest CEO of a listed diversified conglomerate. From its inception, Sekunjalo only... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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executives, short sellers, and whistleblowers. Career Focus The course is relevant for future leaders, as they develop expertise to understand financial reporting implications of business decisions and identify key control fault-lines in... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

"option value" by actively seeking out opportunities—lateral and diagonal moves, along with upward movement—that open up career paths not just now but every step forward. Continually mark-to-market yourself by taking inventory of your... View Details