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- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light
the "Wonderland of Lights." Marshall's most booming industry these days, however, is based in the Baxter Building, an unassuming three-story brick office space in the center of town. Twenty-five businesses fill the space, but... View Details
- 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10
fail to detect dodges when speakers answer similar—but objectively incorrect—questions (the "artful dodge"), a detection failure that goes hand in hand with a failure to rate dodgers more negatively. We propose that dodges go... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
investment directors should be required to make in a company, but my analysis leads me to propose a threshold commitment of $250,000 to $500,000 for companies in the $1 billion to $3 billion revenue range, and $500,000 to $1 million in... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008
How will the proposed new complex be received be faculty, students, alumni, neighbors, and the public? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208079 Crossing Borders: Notes on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
required to accomplish such a planned massive expansion, from yet-to-be hit rural areas to overwhelmed urban health systems. As leaders consider how to tackle the task, they might look at the Harvard Business School case study of... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2444741 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 614-058 Hospital Clínic de Barcelona No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14
knowledge and value creation are distributed across many actors. We propose a theory of IP modularity based on value maximization net of transaction and agency costs. We then use case examples to extend the theory into practical settings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
When is a company not a company? A modern-day Zen koan, maybe, but the evidence is all around us—Airbnb, Elance-oDesk, Handy, HourlyNerd, TaskRabbit, Uber. These businesses seem much more like conglomerations of independent professionals... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Christine Keung (at podium) and Reginald Smith (both MBA 2020) present recommendations for economic development to the West Virginia State Senate in May 2022. How did you meet? Reggie Smith: "We first met before classes started RC year at a big social event in... View Details
- 29 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 29
processes that enable such a resolution, have been proposed in various literatures. Attempting to synthesize relevant works on pluralistic control and collaborative heterarchies, this paper proposes the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12
PublicationsCapitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business Authors:Joseph Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2011 Abstract The spread of capitalism... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5
multiple needs not only possible, but profitable. We conclude by emphasizing the role of business schools in socializing business leaders and how these schools, by incorporating a more stakeholder-centric... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 16, 2007
disclosed by a social rating agency, we find empirical evidence that supports our hypotheses. We present implications for theory and public policy. Download paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsCompensating Family Employees in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Innovation (ICCI) at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is a collaborative effort among physicians, nurses, patients, caregivers, and administrators that focuses on innovative approaches to improving the value of cancer care. ICCI builds on work by... View Details
- 11 Jan 2021
- News
Strengthening Democracy
role business can play in ensuring its success. Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change Business leader Katherine Gehl and University Professor Michael Porter delve into the root causes of why the... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit
This article is a repost from the Social Enterprise Initiative blog. Prior to Harvard Business School, I spent eight years on active duty military service as an Aviation officer and helicopter pilot in the United States Army. My career... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
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First Look -- September 1, 2015
research in finance and economics. We propose two tests to evaluate how well measures of financial constraints actually capture constraints. We find that firms typically classified as constrained do not in fact behave as if they were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
across the business environment. The subject is also a hot political potato, from Republican President Donald Trump's dramatic trade approach to proposals from Democrats on automation, robots, and job loss.... View Details
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
regarding wages ." Gerald Nanninga concluded that, "The problem with universally mandated rules of business (be it wages, hours, or whatever) is that it limits strategic options At least with the laissez faire approach, there is... View Details
- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
individuals identified as likely to defect. The tricky part comes in figuring out exactly who should be targeted. “You have to look at the net profitability of the retention campaign” Sunil Gupta, the Edward W. Carter Professor of View Details