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  • 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

presenting his perspective on risk taking and the challenges of living a fulfilled life. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/119043-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-043 Discover Capital: Closing an Acquisition No... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

effects (on the low bidder) and indirect effects (on others), and we show that most of the incremental revenue from setting reserve price optimally comes from indirect effects. Download the paper: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/optimalauction.pdf View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

trade-level data, we study whether brokers play a role in spreading order flow information. We focus on large portfolio liquidations, which result in temporary drops in stock prices, and identify the brokers that intermediate these trades. We show that these brokers’... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

was considering whether to buy natural gas properties from Dominion Resources. The question is whether the acquisition fits the corporate strategy. In exploring the questions, students will have the chance to consider what is in fact a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

quarter. Overall, the unit now accounts for 38 percent of the company’s business, according to its financial statements, with IBM spending more than $5 billion in acquisitions in the first half of 2016 to nourish cloud businesses like... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
  • 02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

boss. We had an external client who loved my work. There came a point, however, where for various reasons my boss felt threatened by my work and decided to oust me from the organization and proceeded by giving me a horrible review. I was... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
  • 26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

reflecting upon the company’s “agile” transformation, a reorganization of work that had been critical to respond to and exceed rapidly changing customer expectations. Launched in 2015 at the head office, agile had spread to the rest of the Dutch organization, from... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life

think the so-called rewards they bring are pretty overrated." Rather, Glover finds immense satisfaction in helping clients create safer workplaces and a cleaner environment. "The icing on the cake," she says, "is that we simultaneously... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

do get sh-t done! To ask bold questions. Yes, we are comfortable asking for directions. Empathy: We tend to see the full person, as well as the client or colleague. Perhaps this is most important of all. Enduring power in the workplace... View Details
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807145 Micro Insurance Agency: Helping the Poor Manage Risk Harvard Business School Case 307-089 The notable success of insurance products for low-income clients of its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 General Management, Technology & Operations Management Regina Herzlinger , Ben Creo Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition... View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni

its implications for the future of capitalism Lesson Plan After serving alongside senior US Treasury officials during the financial crisis and advising clients at Goldman Sachs, Paige Gebhardt Cognetti took on her hardest challenge: the... View Details