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  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. In addition to offering promotions more frequently, we find that firms offer deeper price discounts to manage earnings during these periods. Furthermore, our results confirm managers' stated willingness... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

outline a consumer-oriented research agenda that will provide individuals with good advice about core purchase decisions. My anecdotal experience is that many homebuyers search until they fall in love with one house, negotiate only for... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
  • 16 Nov 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

keep their eyes on the work to be done. Silverthorne: For new CEOs, what should their initial steps be in assuming power and laying out an agenda for action? Kanter: New CEOs need to be adequately informed. One thing that makes... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008

such as stable value funds, balanced funds, and life-cycle (or target date) funds. We find that life-cycle funds designed to match the risk tolerance and investment horizon of investors have small welfare costs. All other choices,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

"idle." So it is with organizational conversation, which puts a premium on developing and following an agenda that aligns with the strategic objectives of a company. Over time, the many voices that contribute to conversation within an... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

"socially responsible" actions, the scope of the agenda covered, and the definition of what is the ultimate goal (e.g., increased profit, shareholder value, or longer-term success and value of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

the value of business school research. Henry Mintzberg of McGill University in Montreal devoted a book to his contention that "conventional MBA programs train the wrong people in the wrong ways with the wrong consequences."... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

there are important implications for firm boundaries, design, and identity. The Consequences of Financial Innovation: A Counterfactual Research Agenda Authors:Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano Publication:The Rate and Direction of Inventive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

a check on my own behavior because of the triggers in the environment. It is possible that at some point in time these triggers will be gone. ... One of the premises in the chapter and involved in other research we do is that it is often expectations, attitudes, and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 10 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

fruitful new agendas for research on the political-economic nexus as it has developed in the Western world since the end of the Middle Ages. New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy brings together a select group of young and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

is to suggest a (preliminary) taxonomy and research agenda for the topic of “firms, crowds, and innovation” and to provide an introduction to the associated special issue. We specifically discuss how various crowd-related phenomena and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

requirements, reorienting the discussion around housing finance reform from keeping mortgage credit cheap to ensuring financial stability, and instituting measures that compel asset managers to compete on the true value of the services... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

scholars to reintroduce entrepreneurship into the research agenda of business historians. We examine the value and limitations of adapting recent social scientific theories and methods on entrepreneurship to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

diversification strategies. The article concludes by suggesting a research agenda for dynamic capabilities. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53220 Carbon Tariffs: Effects in Settings with Technology Choice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

abridged version of an earlier case. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/913036-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 113-113 Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation In June 2012, Cheah Cheng-Hye and his colleagues at View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

choice, and non-traditional methods for estimating models. An agenda for important future work in these areas is also proposed. Corporate Tax Avoidance and Firm Value Authors:Mihir Desai and D. Dharmapala... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

of capital, causing them to shrink and possibly exit the market. The strategy was used by Sun Microsystems in the 1980s and Dell Computer in the 1990s. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-063.pdf The Determinants of Individual Performance and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

http://hbr.org/2014/01/can-a-strong-culture-be-too-strong/ar/1 January 2014 MIT Sloan Management Review Strategic Decisions for Multisided Platforms By: Hagiu, Andrei Abstract—Multisided platforms such as eBay and Facebook create value by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

companies has become available in the past 10 years. Myth Number 5: ESG adds value almost entirely by limiting risks. Reality: Along with lower risk and a lower cost of capital, companies with high ESG scores have also experienced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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