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  • 13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13

  PublicationsRegulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Microdata Authors:Jonathan Haskel and Raffaella Sadun Publication:Economica (September 2011) Abstract We explore the effects of planning regulation on the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

Which U.S. Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from UK Companies Authors: Joseph Gerakos, Joseph Piotroski, and Suraj Srinivasan Publication: Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines how different types of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2016
  • Op-Ed

Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?

and acrimony in Scotland, with those wishing their country to remain part of the UK often accused of being traitors and sellouts. The referendum on staying or leaving the European Union, called entirely because of Cameron’s desire to hold... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
  • 03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-041_1af09bde-47f9-4364-bad6-aaac464be909.pdf   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-008 The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity After struggling through the country's longest recession... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20

advertising budget to online ads on YouTube? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/youtube-for-brands/an/514048-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-453 J Sainsbury Plc, Road to Recovery In 2012, J Sainsbury Plc (Sainsbury's), the number three supermarket... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More

Reading The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs What do you think of tariffs and the US-China trade war? Share your... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail; Manufacturing; Steel
  • 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

"make the numbers work." Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/busse-place-b-marisa-s-dilemma/an/214104-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-496 Babcock International Plc. In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jul 2022
  • Op-Ed

Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams

we care about. Care about the sound of our own voice (E or I) and we don’t listen. Care about the other person too, and things shift radically.” Alan ArnettLondon, UK Re: "Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 17 Mar 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper

data-id=_/5WV9qIO851dKEzcCnWEy][/div] We found that roughly 33 percent of US shoppers and 20 percent of those in the UK had not purchased from online retailers before the pandemic. In March, that figure decreased slightly to 32 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Ayelet Israeli, Eva Ascarza, and Laura Castrillo; Retail
  • 02 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

objective function from government in that sense." Ferri points out that when the economy was doing well, for example, shareholders had a healthy appetite for the sort of risk-taking that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis. Modeled after the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services
  • 18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18

https://hbr.org/product/pfizer-s-centers-for-therapeutic-innovation-cti/615024-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 215-027 Barclays Bank, 2008 In the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's fourth largest bank by assets) is forced by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Finding Success in the Middle of the Market

dealers and consumers alike. The other products in the line—and their relative prices—hinge on the midfield entry. “Midfield is a moving target.” A company controls midfield by fielding a complete product line that includes backs and forwards. In its supermarkets,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto; Retail
  • 08 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 8, 2006

M. Ketels Publication:In Productive Partnerships: The Role of Employment Relations in Growing the UK Economy, edited by Tony Pilch, pp. 12-23. London: The Smith Institute, 2006. Publishers link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

product managers spent on average only three percent of their time in contact with end consumers. Terry Leahy, CEO of Tesco, the UK supermarket chain, spends two days a week in stores interacting with employees and customers. But how far... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

http://hbr.org/product/winning-in-emerging-markets-a-road-map-for-strateg/an/13216-HBK-ENG?N=4294958505%204294934481 The Architecture of Platforms: A Unified View Authors:Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard Publication:Chap. 2 in Platforms, Markets and Innovation,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

gone from hundreds of thousands of state-owned businesses down to around 20,000. Meanwhile, developed countries including Australia, Canada, France, Japan, and the UK have each gone from hundreds to dozens of companies that are either... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

interested in AstraZeneca, a UK company, as a way to reduce its corporate taxes. In recent years, AstraZeneca had significantly strengthened its pipeline of potential new drugs, and its board felt it was in a strong position to go it... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

with these markers of poor market performance? Q: And what’s your response to that? Dafny: It is heavily linked to the limited and diminishing degree of competition in so many health care sectors. Sadun: And we actually see that in the data. Researchers in the View Details
Keywords: by Alumni Bulletin Staff; Health
  • 04 May 2009
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands

was acquired about ten years ago by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). RBS has been fiercely criticized and is perhaps the worst UK example of bad bank behavior surfaced by the current crisis. RBS advertising these days is minimal; advertising... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Banking; Financial Services
  • 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25

Sweden, Canada, and the U.S. obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to Italy, Brazil, and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e., government funded but with substantial independence like View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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