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- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/618028 Harvard Business School Case 618-019 Improving Worker Safety in the Era of Machine Learning (A) Managers make predictions all the time: How fast will my markets grow? How much inventory do I need? How... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
meeting the founding teams. We find that the predictability of venture outcomes varies with the intensity of research and development (R&D) in the sector. In R&D-intensive sectors, such as life sciences, the ideas that elicit more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
destination firm in 10% of our sample, which is significantly higher than in a matched sample. Analyst-manager "co-migration" is significantly stronger when both firms are within the same industry. Analysts who move with managers to the destination firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
Stearns, which was on the brink of collapse. Yet as the global economy faced slower growth stemming from the U.S. mortgage crisis, policy makers were caught in an intense debate over what the 'right' solution would be, and the implication... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
of—engineers.” Louneva, who plans to head to Silicon Valley after graduation, took a computer science course at Harvard College. For others not ready to commit to a full semester, the club offers an always sold-out, two-day intensive... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
that the business of oil exploration is more capital intensive than people intensive. "But those we do have are given a great deal of financial responsibility." James Hackett of Ocean Energy does see a few advantages for smaller companies... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
understanding, especially of my peers,” Johnson says of the experience, which in the end was a resounding success. In the case, Johnson privately wonders if she can transition from the intensity and engagement of “defending freedom” to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
"bridging the valley of death" (i.e., helping young, innovative companies finance technically risky and very capital intensive development and commercialization programs). The case focuses on two DOE programs in particular, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
grounded. How are you managing the grind? You know what? I’m energized by it. It’s not just the hours and travel, it’s the pace and intensity of what we’re doing. There’s so much passion and energy in this company and among our customers... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
unexplored dimension. Deliberate Learning to Improve Performance in Dynamic Service Settings: Evidence from Hospital Intensive Care Units Authors:I. M. Nembhard and A. L. Tucker. Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
possibility that the effects of FDI differ by sector. Second, we differentiate FDI based on objective qualitative industry characteristics including the average skill intensity and reliance on external capital. Third, we use a new dataset... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
rationalized step processes vs. open platform systems. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52466 Firm Selection and Corporate Cash Holdings By: Begenau, Juliane, and Berardino Palazzo Abstract—Among stock market entrants, more firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
help explain all three facts. We then exploit a natural experiment in the expiration in legislation surrounding the H-1B visa cap for high-skilled immigrant workers to study how these costs affect firms' responses to policy changes. We find that companies primarily... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
looked at the situation as a fantasized, rational actor would. This was a cognitive tour de force. It was made possible by Grove’s capacity to frame issues differently from the way others do. Grove said that even after this moment of clarity, effective action was... View Details
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
a substantial anticipation effect that presents as a gradual decrease in operational performance beginning several months before the actual cohort turnover. We identify higher overall quality of nursing and increased intensity of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
more intensive regulatory oversight. What should Tang do to position CreditEase so that it can continue to fulfill its mission of making financial products and services available to millions of underserved Chinese while branching out into... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
investigating the effects of psychological safety on process improvement in a number of hospital intensive care units. One future research goal is to study multiple voice episodes for a given individual, so we can disentangle what part of... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
up. With firsthand experience both in a world of no competition and in one of intense competition, he is decidedly in favor of the latter. A strong, innovative competitor "makes you more efficient in operations and more creative in... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
Until the nineteenth century, the scope for applying (imperfectly) competitive thinking to business situations appeared to be limited: Intense competition had emerged in many lines of business, but individual firms apparently often lacked... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
process of globalization and international trade. But we're putting our bets on our indexes that very clearly [show] a continuation of the now ten- to twenty-year process of intensive globalization. We believe that, particularly the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff