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  • 01 Nov 2016
  • First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

support not only itself, but also a growing majority of the 6 billion people now living on earth. This unparalleled abundance is allowing our species to develop, distribute, and profit from innovation in nearly every corner of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

building a bedroom suburb or a freewheeling entrepreneurial hub. A competitive infrastructure is vital: Each of these projects put down a main trunk road of more than 20 kilometers, with room for mass transit in the median. Each invested... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

Books

failures as well as successes. A final chapter examines how some companies — even whole industries, like integrated circuits — literally have shifted the locus of experimentation to their customers and created billions of dollars of new... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

sustainability of the natural environment and dramatic increases in urbanization. This paper reviews the goals, business models, and partnerships involved in eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to identify success factors in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2024
  • In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

batteries. No American battery company comes close to CATL. Under intense political pressure, the project has been delayed and scaled back. A Michigan plant was set to create 2,500 jobs. Ford was to retain 100 percent ownership in a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

of employees. We show that employees rely on this information to increase access to credit for borrowers, provide more favorable pricing terms, and reduce the ex-post risk of their lending decisions. These effects remain even when this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 18

consistent with better audit quality from knowledge spillovers due to the joint offering of audit and consulting services. Events related to the repeal of these NAS disclosures in 1982 are associated with a small positive stock price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jan 2017
  • First Look

January 3, 2017

parameters, which must be learned from sales data. In the presence of these unknown demand parameters, the retailer faces a tradeoff commonly referred to as the exploration-exploitation tradeoff. Towards the beginning of the selling season, the retailer may offer... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

than speeches, appeals for better teamwork, and mission or value statements. Consider the case of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, a $1 billion company, whose story was researched and reported by Professor Jennifer Chatman at the University of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 16 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 16

of 145 globally distributed members of nine project teams of an organization, we found that uneven proficiency in English, the lingua franca, disrupted collaboration for both native and non-native speakers. Although all team members spoke... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Oct 2024
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

raising over $10 million to fund academic programs, humanitarian relief, and quality-of-life projects that directly benefit marginalized communities. During her time at HBS, she is deepening her dedication, stepping into leadership roles... View Details
  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

progress and enhance inner work life every day. The book shows how to remove obstacles to progress, including meaningless tasks and toxic relationships. It also explains how to activate two forces that enable progress: 1) catalysts—events that directly facilitate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54634 forthcoming Journal of Finance Limited Investment Capital and Credit Spreads By: Siriwardane, Emil N. Abstract—Using proprietary credit default swap (CDS) data, I investigate how capital shocks at protection sellers... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

Next Level

In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
Keywords: Maggie Mertens; photos by Cameron Karsten; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

India Arrives

Mahindra (MBA ’81), vice chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, a $3.2 billion manufacturer of cars and farm equipment with divisions in IT, infrastructure, auto components, and finance. He cites a confluence of factors... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 12 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

in addition to the already competitive mobile communication segment where the company's once dominant market share was heavily eroded. Mao had to decide on the pricing strategies for the company's various product lines, including fixed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

percent—the lowest in over 30 years. Home prices are perking up, and the number of home mortgages with negative equity is down. Balance sheets have recovered to their 2007 highs. While the United States represents only 19 percent of the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
  • 26 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

billion in sales, many believed that a more disciplined approach to operations would be important for future growth. As a result, the company hired Bob Nardelli, a former GE executive, to lead the change. When Bob Nardelli became the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle

U.S. companies spent a staggering $285 billion on advertising in 2006, according to Advertising Age. That's a lot of dollars and expectations being handed to advertising managers to generate returns. But do marketing managers allocate... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

http://hbr.org/product/kiehl-s-since-1851-pathway-to-profitable-growth/an/514044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 914-407 Boston Children's Hospital: Measuring Patient Costs (Abridged) The case describes a pilot project on applying... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne