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- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1625503 iPosture: The Size of Electronic Consumer Devices Affects Our Behavior By: Bos, Maarten W., and Amy J.C. Cuddy Abstract—We examined whether incidental body posture, prompted by working on electronic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
disproportionate share of power. In the past few decades, as legislation that put controls on Wall Street was largely undone, the size and profits of the financial sector grew enormously. That increased its influence, particularly its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Can Financial Advisors Thrive in Shifting Markets? Diversify, Diversify, Diversify
broadly for other industries looking to appeal to younger clients or adapt marketing strategies to a fluid business environment. Sizing up a changing investment world Historically speaking, financial advisory firms have focused on... View Details
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growth and reduced costs for Duolingo. To date, Duolingo had focused almost exclusively on language learning with an estimated market size of $17 billion in 2020. As a technology-first company, Duolingo recognized the enormous potential... View Details
- November 2004 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process
By: Paul M. Healy and Boris Groysberg
In 2003, Steve Hash, research director at Lehman Brothers, prepared to initiate the firm's "Ten Uncommon Values" stock-picking process for the year. An investment committee had to pick the 10 best stocks from about 100 stock ideas presented by the firm's analysts. The... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Investment; Financial Strategy; Decision Making; Groups and Teams; Financial Services Industry; United States
Healy, Paul M., and Boris Groysberg. "10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process." Harvard Business School Case 405-022, November 2004. (Revised March 2007.)
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (D) Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa BartonHarvard Business School Supplement 411-004 Dow's board and management team worked on arranging appropriate financing to complete the acquisition of Rohm and Haas.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
experience yields improved performance. Experience, however, can take many forms. Building on recent studies on learning in operations, we distinguish between repetition of task (i.e., prior experience with the task) and repetition of interaction (i.e., prior... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
Harvard Business School Case 716-408 Turkish Airlines: Widen Your World This case tracks Turkish Airlines' transition from regional player to global powerhouse. With an order for 212 aircraft in the first half of 2013, the airline had moved to double its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2024
- HBS Case
Slim Chance: Drugs Will Reshape the Weight Loss Industry, But Habit Change Might Be Elusive
eating healthy and limiting portion sizes with support groups often composed of Weight Watchers alums. How significant is this change? Regina Herzlinger: It means there will be a huge shift to the drug-based model. But that does not mean... View Details
- 01 Nov 2017
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?
control, questionable organizational (particularly human resource management) practices, and human behavior traits in general. As “Former Employee” put it, “much of the language in the Visions and Values about caring for team members and... View Details
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
makes entrepreneurial leaders tick, the answers are far from clear. In fact, most studies present conflicting findings. Entrepreneurs, it seems, are still very much a black box waiting to be opened. A Harvard Business School research team... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
define theirs, the authors have devised a tool called the corporate brand identity matrix. It guides teams through an examination of the nine components of corporate identity, which include mission, culture, relationships, and core values... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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HBS - The year in Review
pandemic travel restrictions, the program pivoted to focus on US challenges and opportunities, taking more than 1,000 students to one of 15 domestic locations. With a lens on the course’s three modules—contextual intelligence, team... View Details
- 21 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year
the size of government and amount of state services. Paula Rettl spoke to Working Knowledge about her research examining these trends in Italy, Brazil and around the world. A native of Brazil, Rettl is an assistant professor at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 02 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable
together as a watchdog of corporate behavior, explain the researchers. The size of the company may also be a factor in lack of corporate oversight, since business leaders may have trouble keeping tabs on larger firms operating in multiple... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
panel displays were ¥140 billion in 2006 (approximately $1.2 billion), with the market expected to double in size by 2009. The company is also expanding into cosmetics and dietary supplements. As it happens, the technology that prevents... View Details
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
share in the billion dollar DNA-synthesis market. Codon had several distinctive features for a company its size and age: it was already generating revenue from several different types of customer for its genetic products; it looked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
listen to podcasts like Reboot or Masters of Scale. Put your ego aside! Managing is hard, let alone learning how to do it when you’re also trying to launch a company. From 20-30 employees. The best practice for team View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 02 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities
Hoel (hbs Mba '93) Managing Director, Menlo Ventures I always look at the market first. By that I mean a strategic view that includes evaluating market growth, market size, competition, and customer adoption rates. If a company has a great market, it doesn't need to... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
AI system contain bias, she contended, the outputs will contain the same bias, a problem that multiplies as the size of the dataset grows. In 2020, Gebru and Emily Bender, a linguistics professor at the University of Washington, led the... View Details