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  • 08 May 2019
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Lessons from the Ashes

with all these ideas that the company could be taken over and it’s not being well run and a lot of youthful naivete and enthusiasm. So in those first few months of '87 after my dad died, I'd study for my cases that night, go to class. But then in the evening, I'd be... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

A Force for Good

ruled out any such demolition. With seeming reluctance, McArthur then proposed to invest heavily in the building to create a guest house for visitors to the campus — which, according to friends on the faculty, is what McArthur had in mind... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation
  • 19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

"money management" and the "investment systems platform" businesses. Students analyze why BlackRock decided to unbundle its Aladdin investment platform and if the firm should consider expanding the platform in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3

http://hbr.org/product/experience-the-finger-lakes-the-groupon-partnership-decision/an/814010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-086 Learning From Extreme Consumers Traditional market research methods focus on understanding the average experiences of average... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53441 forthcoming Operations Research Letters Orienteering for Electioneering By: Kallenbach, Jonah, Robert Kleinberg, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—In this paper, we introduce a combinatorial optimization problem that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Cameron’s low profile makes him the perfect candidate for an FBI investigation that he wants no part of. Before he knows it—and with his family’s future at stake—he discovers DC’s darkest secrets as he races to expose a deadly conspiracy. The Next Factory of the World:... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

these actors to change established practices and entrenched behaviors within a short timeframe to help Unilever meet its sustainability targets and also to improve the operations of its partners in the value chain? By encouraging... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2015
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December 1, 2015

Statistics Survive Another Day: Using Changes in the Composition of Investments to Measure the Cost of Credit Constraints By: Garicano, Luis, and Claudia Steinwender Abstract—We introduce a novel empirical strategy to measure the size of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

notifications for the specific product before. Moreover, low service providers improve their service. At the same time, there is an increase in opportunistic behavior among top retailers, retailers that received notifications for other... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

carved out business opportunities despite formidable odds, including Madam C.J. Walker, a daughter of slaves who founded a million-dollar hair-care enterprise. Gail J. McGovern, president of Fidelity Personal Investments in Boston, asked... View Details
Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21

  Publications October 2014 Harvard Business Review Press Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract—There are many books that provide strategy advice and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2003
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Business Answers the Call

of personality, coupled with the leadership of his successor, a former investment banker, extraordinary structural changes were made in the Seattle system. Nielsen retired from the school board in 2001 but remains active with a community... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 10 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 10

Gino, F., and C. Mogilner Abstract—Money, a resource that absorbs much daily attention, seems to be present in much unethical behavior thereby suggesting that money itself may corrupt. This research examines a way to offset such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22

approach. Finally, we show that the relation is driven by both the social and the environmental dimension of CSR. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-130.pdf The Impact of a Corporate Culture of Sustainability on Corporate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/Papers%20on%20RIS/Land%20Reform.pdf August 2013 Psychological Science Evil Genius? How Dishonesty Can Lead to Greater Creativity By: Gino, F., and S. Wiltermuth Abstract—We propose that dishonest and creative View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

system in Germany is more cumbersome than the U.S. system. Germans are more formal in their interpersonal behavior inside corporations than Americans, which often leads to an appearance of stuffiness or stiffness. The use of titles or... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17

catastrophic threats such as climate changes, natural disasters, technological hazards, and human malevolence. At the crossroads of decision sciences, behavioral and neuro-economics, psychology, management, insurance, and finance, their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

generate significant returns? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze Perry's decision to invest in NEC Electronics. In doing so, it asks for the reasons that NEC might take actions that destroy value and shift value... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

United States, what questions would you recommend they ask themselves before proceeding? A: The most important thing that any executive considering an investment in the United States can do is to ponder the evidence of recent business... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace