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02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

source of information about managerial ability and effort, and (3) before implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley made opportunistic earnings management more challenging. Our evidence highlights a novel channel through which uncertainty affects... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

consumers (or retailers) are unlikely to pay. But the acquisitions provided a convenient distribution channel for residential customers who want to drop off or return goods ordered online, and moved new volume into their existing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

05 May 2023
News

Fail Better

anything, but they ended up retreating and making it, sending it to the international division and making it a Spanish dominant channel again. But it was the time of my life. So I definitely don't consider it a failure because it's one of... View Details

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

Teams draft channel. All parties will also be dialled into a conference call that will last the duration of the draft. Picks will be announced over the call. If the Microsoft Teams channel is not working, teams can also use the conference... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

international provision of tertiary and quaternary care), new opportunities in a broader range of services and treatment channels (e.g., telemedicine, mobile health, enterprise learning, and training for other health care systems), or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

quality of accounting information. Overall, a tractable accounting-based valuation model provides a unifying framework for obtaining reliable proxies of expected returns worldwide. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49238 Design of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

the exceptions—scale to national size. Schumpeter's cycle apparently does not operate in the social sector. This paper proposes that the disparity arises from the nonprofit sector's historically immature infrastructure and poor mechanisms for View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

to calculate demand curves, price elasticity, and profitability metrics for firms and their channel partners; and charts and graphs that help visualize the results. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511028-PDF-ENG View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 2018 (Revised May 2019)
Case

Bord Bia: Strategically Growing Irish Exports

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Forest L. Reinhardt and Emer Moloney

Agriculture was Ireland’s largest indigenous industry. Its agri-food sector was export driven, with almost 90% of production exported. Bord Bia was the Irish government agency charged with the promotion, trade development, and marketing of the Irish food, drink, and... View Details

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22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

creative workers don't become so by following a routine. Almost by definition, people in creative fields are more free-spirited than their gray-flannel counterparts. This can generate intense self-motivation on the one hand; but on the other, it can create difficulties... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and control, and getting everyone to pull in the same direction. How do you accomplish all this? Continually ask the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

had? Second, how should she utilize the growing importance of digital channels that may increase pressure on traditional revenue sources but also fuel new ecommerce partnerships and other opportunities? Can Vogue, as both the fashion... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010

behavior of U.S. politicians. We exploit a unique database linking politicians to other politicians, and linking politicians to firms, and find both channels to be influential. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians, as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

partly a result of poor corporate governance. We also provide evidence of a channel through which the benefits of ownership concentration outweigh its costs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-100.pdf Cases &... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2021 (Revised March 2022)
Case

TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea – helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors... View Details

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24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

video rental chains. The combination of a large national inventory, a recommendation system that drove viewership across the broad catalog, and a large customer base made Netflix a force to be reckoned with, especially as a distribution View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

football team his first year at Dartmouth, before moving over to rugby, a sport he played with bone-breaking gusto throughout college and into HBS. That intensity has been channeled by mentors throughout Keen's life. One such person is... View Details

01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

current brands, and the competition it faces from local and international players. Also provides information on the market structure and prominent channels of distribution. Purchase this note:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

concurrent with an obesity epidemic, suggesting that low-income communities lacked access not just to food in general, but to healthy foods in particular. Rauch believed he could build a non-profit grocery store model that took advantage of grocery stores' built-in... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

January 2023
Case

Natura: Weathering the Pandemic at Brazil's Cosmetic Giant

By: Brian Trelstad, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira

Brazil's Natura, a multi-brand cosmetics group, has taken several measures to safeguard the livelihoods of its thousands of employees and millions of sales representatives during the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. The company has also made strides in its efforts... View Details

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August 2, 2016

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

Fail Better

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

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Bord Bia: Strategically Growing Irish Exports

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

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TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?

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Singing to the Corn

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Natura: Weathering the Pandemic at Brazil's Cosmetic Giant