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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Within and in Others By Dr. Srikanth Gaddam (OPM 43) Independently Published From vision setting and decision-making to creative thinking and risk-taking, you need to juggle numerous demands at once to become an effective and thriving... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
later an escape for actor Marlon Brando, the islands are now home to a Pacific Beachcomber resort. Central Park Trees and Landscapes: A Guide to New York City's Masterpiece by Edward S. Barnard (PMD 32) and Neil Calvanese (Columbia Univ.... View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
leaders on the central problem of increasing the achievement levels of all students by making the elements of large districts work in concert with the strategy. The framework can be useful when evaluating or changing an existing strategy,... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
in November 2004 by Princeton University Press. Jaffe is professor of economics and dean of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University. Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. In Innovation... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
Complexity By: Célérier, Claire, and Boris Vallée Abstract—This paper investigates the rationale for issuing complex securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households: retail structured products in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
international general manager. "After the earthquake, I was asked to serve on the government commission charged with improving Japan's IT and telecom emergency preparedness and responsiveness," he says. "Over 500 central and local... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
Financial, LLC was a modern merchant bank that provided high quality advisory services and capital to small- and mid-sized inner city businesses. Next Street was a for-profit business that aimed to increase the growth, profitability, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55597 2019 Academy of Management Annals Turning Lead into Gold: How Do Entrepreneurs Mobilize Resources to Exploit Opportunities? By: Clough, David R., Tommy Pan Fang, Balagopal Vissa, and Andy Wu Abstract— The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
Bradley’s personal involvement in its digital strategy and the recruitment of key positions is clear. But that success has been like the man himself—dramatic yet understated. The turnaround deployed two key tactics central to any... View Details
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
corporate initiative with the many business units within Siemens, which were used to being independent and had very specific offerings for their clients. For its new analytics platform, Siemens had opted for a push and pull approach to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Abstract—A central prediction of information economics is that market forces can lead businesses to voluntarily provide information about the quality of their products, yet little voluntary disclosure is observed in the field. In this... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
what all those employees, who call themselves "athenistas," will be doing: improving health care efficiency and quality by connecting doctors, hospitals, and patients. For decades now, EHRs—computerized versions of those banks of manila... View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
assessment and development. The (A) case describes the firm's strategic position as the "manufacturer" of three primary product lines—annuities, insurance, and mutual funds—which they sell to banks, broker/dealers, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
was not clear that the business was profitable. Rapid scale had come at a cost. In June 2016, BlackBuck had $5 million in the bank and two months of runway. BlackBuck’s focus had been on raising capital and hiring operational staff to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
ratings that guide investors to select "socially responsible," and avoid "socially irresponsible," companies. We examine how several hundred firms respond to corporate environmental ratings issued by a prominent View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
government-sponsored organization that was funded with 50 billion yen in equity capital and 10 trillion yen of government-guaranteed funds. Daiei presented the IRCJ with a unique opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of its restructuring strategy which would... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
orders and have them delivered to their tables—a service often performed by managers. “Now when I see a customer talking to a manager, it’s a good thing,” says Karavites, smiling. Traditionally, the bank of cash registers that separates... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
Hutchison Whampoa group as an English-language broadcaster of mainly Western fare that targeted the top five percent of Asia's socioeconomic pyramid. But by the end of its first decade of operation, STAR had metamorphosed into a series of local [national] businesses,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
the design choices that might mitigate these biases,” according to the paper. Acquisitions, exclusive deals, and strategy. Economists draw on economic theory and empirical methods to value exclusive deals in gaming platforms; analyze whether a market can sustain a new... View Details
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Representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza Drive-In Nation Judgment Day for the U.S. Auto Industry? The Producers What’s it like to make movies in Hollywood outside the big-budget studios? A handful of independent... View Details