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  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

In addition, we provide details on the leading sources of energy in China as well as information on the rise of alternative energy. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808130 Colbun—Powering Chile Harvard Business School Case 709-060 This case is about Colbun, Chile's second largest electricity generator, which is facing significant uncertainty regarding the cost and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?

cameras are almost expendable devices, offering much less quality but good enough to be incorporated into cell phones and PDAs reaching mass markets. Solar cells met limited success as alternative energy... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5

realized returns. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-103.pdf 'Power from Sunshine': A Business History of Solar Energy Authors:Geoffrey Jones and Loubna Bouamane Abstract This working paper provides a business history... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

supported this prediction. Auxiliary analyses suggest that contrast effects and non-random scheduling of interviews are unlikely alternative explanations. Six Myths of Product Development Authors:Stefan Thomke and Donald Reinertsen... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Jul 2016
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July 5, 2016

range of behavior change models and evidence related to littering, water and energy conservation, and land management. We also discuss the methodology and data needed to answer these questions. We illustrate how these questions have been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

of reducing allocative inefficiency. However, an alternative interpretation is that hospitals with greater expertise in a treatment use it more because of their comparative advantage, suggesting that standardization is misguided. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

conglomerate Tata Group and Envision, an entrepreneurial alternative energy company based in China-and found significant commonalities. These three companies demonstrate the essential attributes of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

political will to push for alternative energy sources. Yet even in the midst of gridlock in Washington, economic anxiety around the world, and government liquidity crises in Europe, technology marched on,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5

service provider effort induce feelings of reciprocity that together mediate the link between operational transparency and increased valuation, and explore boundary conditions and alternative explanations. Read the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

terms shape the impact of economic shocks on trade. Analysis of transaction-level data from a U.S.-based exporter of frozen and refrigerated food products, primarily poultry, reveals broad patterns about the use of alternative financing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0910.html#wp10-061 Accelerating Innovation in Energy: Insights from Multiple Sectors Authors:Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell Abstract A combination of concerns about climate change and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

Even some of the forum participants, says Leonard, "didn't think what we are calling for is either appropriate for or likely to come from business and business leaders." And while Leonard agrees that some of the criticisms are valid, "the View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 30 Jul 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

"Early on, they may think that they understand the other side, but sometimes asking a question once is not enough," Mohan says. "You often need to explore the other side's interests and true alternatives more deeply, or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education
  • 11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11

performance of a comprehensive set of alternative peer identification schemes. Our results show the peer firms identified from aggregation of informed agents' revealed choices in Lee, Ma, and Wang (2014) perform best, followed by peers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

but they are very concerned about competitors' ability to benefit from LEGO Group's R&D investments or alternately interfere with its freedom to operate. The case frames important intellectual property issues around appropriability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

tight monetary policy. The bank-to-bond substitution can only be measured for firms with access to bond markets. However, we show that this substitution behavior has strong predictive power for bank borrowing and investments by small, out-of-sample firms. We consider... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

only what is traded, proves integral to constructing legitimacy, thus suggesting a practice-based view of moral markets. The professionals, including a group of "gatekeepers," construct a narrative distinction between their own commerce and an implicitly less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

a sovereign default may affect the economy. 2017 Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century Entrepreneurship, Policy, and the Geography of Wind Energy By: Jones, G. Abstract—This study examines the geography... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

  PublicationsHeterogeneity and Graceful Technology Retreats: A New Perspective on Responding to Dominant Technological Threats Authors:Ron Adner and Daniel Snow Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change (forthcoming) Abstract We explore the implications of a real... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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