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- 09 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
Business has long recognized the connection between an effective school system and a qualified workforce—by some estimates, the private sector invests $4 billion annually in efforts intended to improve public education. So why isn't that... View Details
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
these hypotheses using network analysis and a simple multivariate regression that explains bank connections. I use comparable business directories to create databases with names of directors and financial information for all major... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
three, from 2008 to 2012, Cross Country entered the high-tech telematics/connected-vehicle business, invested in additional innovations to strengthen its service provider network, and rebranded itself as "Agero." Wolk and his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
training has a greater impact on improvement when coupled with a cooperative approach than with external compliance pressures. These findings suggest key considerations that should inform the design and implementation of monitoring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
Toffel Periodical:Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and capabilities influence billions of dollars of "socially responsible" investments as well... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
new. There are simply many more users than companies. They are more likely to come up with innovations, and there are more of them to come up with something people will pay for. If you did a comparison of time spent in formal R&D and View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
sales. Tensions escalated: Komatsu saw Dresser as backward and unresponsive; Dresser complained of learning about key Komatsu decisions after the fact. As the situation worsened, executives from both companies clamped down on communications, which prevented dealers... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
exhibit a decline in information asymmetry, with the decline increasing as EV reporting evolves to address methodological deficiencies and to permit more comparability across firms. The decrease in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years." It's margin call time in a real-world market View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
a company’s population health footprint. Examples, statistics, and visuals showcase emerging corporate involvement in public health and underscore the business opportunities available to companies that invest in health. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji, Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many independent rating systems are designed primarily to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
viewed as a new asset class that competes with stocks and bonds for investment capital. It earned that newfound status on the strength of market-stabilizing structural changes that took root after the last crash. "Everything we do... View Details
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
organizations had 512 trustees and numerous senior staff. Levy oversees the Lincoln, but has no hiring or firing power within its organizations. Like many nonprofits, Lincoln Center has both thrived and struggled over the years. By the late 1990s, deferred View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
Internet: adding digital sensors to its machines; connecting them to a common, cloud-based software platform; investing in software development capabilities; building advanced analytics capabilities; and embracing crowd-based product... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
Corstjens and Rajiv Lal Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012) Abstract Most companies assume that the easiest way to grow is by investing overseas and that the developing world offers the best opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
analyze conditions under which these attack types are likely to succeed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-104.pdf Unstable Equity? Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing Authors:Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
much an alternative as investment banks has led to students asking more fundamental questions." Thomas said students are finding new ways to use their expertise as the workplace changes and the definition of business expands.... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
counterparts in sectors that were hardest hit by the subsequent crisis. We present a model where higher turbulence benefits decentralized firms because the value of local information and urgent action increases. Since turbulence rises in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
Summing Up Personal Predictive Analytics: Should We Be Careful What We Wish For? The world of continuous monitoring of numerous sensors for machines and humans, limitless information storage capacity, and big data combined with rapid... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11
students and investors how to evaluate mutual funds and other collective investment vehicles. It discusses how different types of funds are managed, marketed, and regulated. It also reviews how funds invest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne