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- 04 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 4
Players Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Dov Monderer, and Moshe Tennenholtz Publication:Artificial Intelligence Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We analyze two-terminal routing games with linear cost functions and with an unknown number of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 2017
- Teaching Note
Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Teaching Note for HBS No. 216-057. View Details
- April 2016
- Supplement
Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield
In December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC’s CEO James Squires and the NSC board must now value... View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
the value chain framework to define the set of activities through which products and services are created and delivered to customers.6 Once activities are defined, it is then possible to analyze the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
conflict of interest settlement, many brokerages such as Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley, and J.P. Morgan Chase are outsourcing a lot of the number crunching activities of sell-side analysts to places like India, where labor View Details
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
Skinner III, head of the Atlanta-based consultancy LCS Partners. The article discusses the importance of understanding your ideal customers; the implications for selling, cost management, growth strategy, and organizational relationships;... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
enhance the due diligence process for mergers and acquisitions, and to support continuous improvement activities such as lean management and benchmarking. In presenting their model, the authors define the two questions required to build... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA
residing in the immersion location may not participate in course activities (e.g., group sessions, field work, cultural excursions, group meals, etc.) nor may they stay in GEO-provided accommodations whether a student has been assigned a... View Details
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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA
Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid Every student admitted to Harvard Business School demonstrates a unique ability to become a leader who will make a difference in the world. While admission is based on merit, financial aid is awarded... View Details
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
Working PapersInternational Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Abstract This paper examines differences in the size and roles of corporate headquarters around the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
money-maximizing evaluation procedure. Our findings are compatible with a behavioral model of information processing and with the System 1/System 2 distinction in behavioral decision research where people have two distinct modes of thinking that are View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024
the School’s global offices, and residence costs for Executive Education program participants. The rise in on-campus activity drove an increase of $3 million, or 4 percent, in space and occupancy expenses,... View Details
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
Abstract—To create social ties to support their professional or personal goals, people actively engage in instrumental networking. Drawing from moral psychology research, we posit that this intentional behavior has unintended consequences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA
reimburse for travel or related costs (luggage, seat selection, etc.) booked outside the flights portal. Students must research and obtain (at their cost) any required transit visas based on their selected... View Details
- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
“Reimaging Capitalism” into practice by helping funds build investing strategies and philosophy around how they evaluate potential investments via a series of ESG ratings. I’m currently organizing a teach-in for the company management to build on these ideals and we... View Details
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
capability in order to preserve proprietary information (Kulkarni). Doherty was concerned that organizations might extend their boundaries without a clear strategy. He offered a "2x2" rule-of-thumb strategy for doing this based... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Books
discuss the spread of mutual funds to Asia, Europe, and Latin America; compare them with other investment vehicles like hedge funds; and show how to sort mutual funds by categories and subcategories based on security type and investment... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
the United States. The latest Interbrand listing of the most valuable global brands reveals seven American brands in the top ten and sixty in the top hundred, more than twice the expected numbers based on the United States' command of 28... View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
environmental regulation. Previously, it was believed that corporate managers resisted the extra costs imposed by environmental regulation from the 1960s. This argument was primarily based on empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne