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- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
as entrepreneurs. Although historically there have been few, women are now seeing opportunities, and financing is becoming much more available. They previously saw that their path up the corporate ladder was not a particularly attractive... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
our capital markets—the envy of the world—are so liquid and effective," he says. "Mutual funds deepen the capital markets, and the capital markets lubricate our entire economy by allocating financial resources." For the consumer, the mutual fund combines... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
significant scope in choosing where to work, these uncompensated risks may undermine the efficacy of accountability reforms by limiting the ability of low-performing schools to attract and retain effective leaders. This paper empirically... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
LevelUp considers adjustments to make the service attractive to both consumers and merchants, while trying to accelerate deployment at reasonable cost. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2
area more competitive in attracting and retaining highly educated employees to this small Midwestern city. The CEC is planning an expansion into Seymour with Cummins' help. Will the CEC be able to improve the school system in Seymour... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
large heterogeneity in employers’ values for offshoring labor services in this market, with implications for market policies to attract new employers. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54291 Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
Industry Location Author:Arthur A. Daemmrich Abstract A consumer-oriented model for drug development and use has attracted attention in recent years as an alternative to the much-maligned approach of mass-marketing blockbuster drugs. In a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
short-term debt financing, an attractive source of funding in good times but an accelerant of financial crises when things go bad. And we're getting closer to adopting a "resolution regime" that could enable regulators to wind... View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
tenants to pay the cost of utilities, which reduces a landlord's incentive to invest in LEED, or in other energy efficiency capital expenditures. However, government lessees are attractive to landlords because they come with predictable... View Details
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
favor a highly diverse and geographically dispersed industry, especially low-entry costs and limited economies of scale. The advertising business continues to attract creative talent who form and staff small, nimble firms, all the while... View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
and its most likely future rival. For China, the key attraction of the relationship was its potential to propel the Chinese economy forward by means of export-led growth. For the United States, Chimerica meant being able to consume more,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
examines non-price competition among colleges to attract highly qualified students, exploiting the South Korean setting where the national government sets rules governing applications. We identify some basic facts about the behavior of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28
Twenty-four months after successfully integrating the two companies, Brazos has received two attractive offers for the combined distributor. With the company's management projecting double-digit growth for 2012, however, it is far from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15
Jon and Lawrence saw this chaotic space as fertile ground for entrepreneurship. But the routes these entrepreneurs chose to take were different. "Killing Craigslist" explores the business Jon and Lawrence built to improve the online rental experience and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
biopharmaceutical firms, to evaluate the attractiveness of the merger, and to select a funding option. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/215079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-073 Jimmy Choo Jimmy Choo... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
attractive to businesses, especially to e-commerce firms that thrive on global and scalable business models. Yet, most global e-commerce players, with a few exceptions, have failed to achieve significant success in Asia. This article... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
license the property in exchange for a royalty and when it prefers to use the property directly. We find that variable royalty arrangements that depend on either audited self-reports or third-party attestation become more attractive as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
If only individual companies adopt, they then must also attract the attention of investors to let them know that the company is using the familiar form of accounting. Add to that the credibility issues from above, and you can see the... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
different from that perspective than from the way it looks to more average folks. Some things a giant can see clearly because he has a higher vantage point. Others he can not see at all. His vision is further distorted by spending a lot of his time with other giants... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow