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- 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27
context of the current fund of hedge funds industry, the case considers challenges and opportunities for these potential new areas for growth. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/213129-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-030#... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
services will become its key competitive advantage in the decade to come. This case traces the evolution of the CRO sector from a small, secondary cluster of firms into a major player with essential capabilities for global drug development. The View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016
Dubra, and Alejandro Lagomarsino Abstract—We analyze the role of people’s beliefs about the rich in the determination of public policy in the context of a randomized online survey experiment. A question we study is the desirability of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17
succeed in the context of the art market where exclusive access is a prime driver of value? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812047-PDF-ENG Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System F. Warren McFarlan, Mark... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007
stake. How should Rogers respond to these challenges? Allows for an in-depth examination of critical social marketing issues in the context of one of the world's biggest sports events. Provides rich data on the possible benefits and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
intense margin pressure. This case allows students to discuss the keys to Beingmate’s past successes and debate its existing strategy in the context of a very complicated market. One key question is how Beingmate might leverage its... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12
Ulrike Malmendier Abstract To what extent do peers affect our occupational choices? This question has been of particular interest in the context of entrepreneurship and policies to create a favorable environment for entry. Such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23
archival and published sources. Similar to recent studies that emphasize the importance of income, political decentralization, and the level of political voice to the spread of primary education in developed economies, we also find these factors to be important in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
Badaracco, Jr., the School's John Shad Professor of Business Ethics, sums it up this way: "I wouldn't want a Fortune 500 company bringing me religion." Echoes Vaill: "Talking about spirituality in the business context feels... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
cope with uncertainty about their task, and I'm working on a theory piece delving into the conceptual foundations linking teams' context to their use of expertise from members and outsiders. In addition, I've just launched a research... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
outperformance." This case provides an opportunity to evaluate Goldman's decision to raise capital, the cost to the firm of Buffett's investment, and the decision by Warren Buffett to make the investment, all in the context of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
opportunity to start over, similar to our thought experiment. I wanted to follow their efforts, and specifically to see what entrepreneurial activity would spring up in the highly uncertain post-storm environment. I wrote a context case... View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
explosion of trade and capital flows created a world that looked in many ways like ours. Yet even in the early 20th century, there remained tensions of increasing inequality and wage competition in a context of ruthless international... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-064.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsLinkedIn Corporation Francois Brochet and James WeberHarvard Business School Case 112-006 The purpose of this case is to help students critically evaluate the market value of LinkedIn's stock... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007
Wal-Mart must decide whether to expand the retailer's selection of organic food. The decision is made in the context of wider attempts to move the giant retailer slightly upscale and to focus on environmental sustainability. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
Others pointed to classical Kantian ideas such as the pacifying effects of trade and that economic ties were a mechanism of security for China, the US, and other major economies. So, it is a great irony that now, in the context of China’s... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
gender, family) in the context of organizational/occupational pressures and personal preferences regarding this identity. We propose that the dual forces of pressures and preferences vary from inclusion (e.g., incorporating the non-work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
are being caused by rapid technological changes on the one hand and tectonic shifts in customer preferences and societal behaviour on the other. Marketing knowledge and practices have to advance at a significantly higher pace to address the changing View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
Abstract—Is racial heterogeneity responsible for the distressed financial conditions of U.S. central cities and for their limited ability to provide even basic public goods? If so, why? I study these questions in the context of the first... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 7
and forming R&D partnerships in Europe and North America. As the company continues its growth in the context of a slowing Chinese economy, how can Yili integrate its new global resources and supply chain to meet local market needs and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne