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- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
evaluated under more permissive incentive schemes are rated significantly less risky than the same loans evaluated under pay-for-performance. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
experiences, but most were financial industry professionals located in the U.S.. More than 80% of the participants listed investment management, real estate, private equity, or banking as their industry. Figure 1: Share of Respondents by... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-008.pdf Risky Business: The Impact of Property Rights on Investment and Revenue in the Film Industry Authors:Venkat Kuppuswamy and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Our paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
1980s was that it lacked familiarity and networks within that country. Finally, and most important, Unilever had distinctive strengths in management. Unilever invested heavily in its management. It recruited some of the best available... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
fuels—investing in new fuels is risky because anticipated demand might not materialize, and investing in ships that rely on new fuels is risky because ample fuel supplies might... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
category Weiner is credited with inventing, it is also more expensive and more artistically risky than anything he has ever done before. Has Weiner finally gone too far, or will he be able to pull this off? This case explores the creation... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
expenditures. In doing so, we show that fiscal spending shocks appear to significantly dampen corporate sector investment and employment activity. These corporate reactions follow both Senate and House committee chair changes, are present... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
experiment, the researchers expected that elevated testosterone would encourage cheating. Previous studies have shown that elevated testosterone increases sensitivity to reward while decreasing sensitivity to punishment, which encourages View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
performance," and reaches conclusions that might give pause to many who chase stars. Their subjects are top investment analysts (as identified annually by Institutional Investor magazine) and the organizations that develop and hire... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally
services. Institutional investors, such as endowments and pension funds, often have “vice clauses” prohibiting investments in Schedule I industries. Even private investors are dissuaded by the industry’s lack of access to bankruptcy... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
once the Gleevec patent expired. Last year, Novartis’ revenue from Gleevec dropped more than 40 percent, Novartis reported in a recent SEC filing. The example demonstrates the central dilemma faced by drug makers, and underscores their caution in View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
is ready for audiences, making them risky and expensive propositions. “Each one is a huge project, and the success rate is quite low,” says Hong Luo, the James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Associate Professor of Business Administration in... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
in Washington politicians. Fairly or not, people have become willing to believe that executives, as a class, are greedy and dishonest. However natural it might be to ask how so many executives—not to mention accountants, investment... View Details
- 13 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas
opportunity for the investment pendulum to swing from fast-money ventures to slower, potentially more rewarding endeavors. “If you are willing dive into the frontier of scientific journal articles, the rewards of science-based innovation... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
training typically doesn’t yield the return on investment in improved organizational effectiveness and performance that companies expect. “Individual development has to take place in the context of a larger change process motivated by the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
hiring (in this study, by the head office of a U.S. retail chain) or decentralized hiring (by store managers) leads to higher quality employee-company matches. While centralized hiring can ensure that enough resources are invested in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
you have to interact with both the thredUP website and its sellers." Clearing The Air A general misunderstanding of how MSPs work has hampered entrepreneurial attempts to create them and venture investments to bankroll them, says Hagiu.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
focused strategy that builds off your unique strengths. Step 4: Make vital investments during the downturn. Intel and Exxon offer evidence that you cannot wait to make vital investments you need to win in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
thoughtfully and purposefully. Every founder should read it—and take the time to digest its rich data and lessons." In this excerpt from Chapter 9, Wasserman discusses the advantages and disadvantages of a common but risky practice... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman