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  • 10 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

become the Amazon of freelance labor, and transforming its business model from a marketplace to software-as-a-service (SaaS). Each of the three paths was risky and required financial and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

research had taken root. Over the past 35 years, examination of social and environmental influences on creativity has become increasingly vigorous, with broad implications for the psychology of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 23

714-510 Health City Cayman Islands Narayana Health (NH) had been successfully delivering affordable high quality tertiary care to the masses in India through its chain of hospitals for over a decade. To... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 24

corporate bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

interest costs. Finally, we can estimate the welfare implications of agency costs, because firm values increased when the rules were introduced. We conclude that equity-bondholder conflicts are economically important, determine View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

more than 20 case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of school improvement. At the center of this work is the concept View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 10

Galinsky Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract In four studies employing multiple manipulations of psychological closeness, we found that feeling connected... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: December 20

technological development offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of England at annual competitions between 1839 and 1939. We find that the effects of prizes on competitive entry are large, and we also... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

international business in the nineteenth century was not easily fitted into national categories. The place of registration, the nationality of shareholders, and the nationality View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jan 2012
  • News

Charter Supporter

Burke: A need to close the income gap. After her graduation from HBS, few people could accuse Mary Burke (MBA 1985) of having led a dull life. As reported in the Madison, Wisconsin Capital Times (October 5,... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services
  • March 2013 (Revised July 2014)
  • Case

Bay Partners (A)

By: Josh Lerner and Lauren Barley
In April 2010, Salil Deshpande has recently resigned from Palo Alto, California-based Bay Partners (Bay) where he had been a general partner. Although Deshpande had built a successful track record at the venture firm, he resigned with two other Bay general partners as... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Conflict Management; Partners and Partnerships; Resignation and Termination; Policy; Management Teams; Financial Services Industry; California
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  • May 2025
  • Case

The Micro-Family Office: Aamir Rehman

By: Lauren Cohen and Sophia Pan
With a successful career and strong academic credentials, Aamir Rehman sought to design a life grounded in autonomy. For him, this meant serving on boards, continuing his professorship, and ensuring a secure and comfortable life for his family. While he didn’t possess... View Details
Keywords: Family Office; Organization Design; Family And Friends; Family; Balance; Stability; Trends And Opportunities; Wealth Management; Family Business; Investment; Financial Strategy; Personal Finance; Investment Portfolio; Private Equity; Organizational Design; Family and Family Relationships; Happiness; Satisfaction; Balance and Stability; Human Capital; Compensation and Benefits; Economy; Trends; Business Model; New Jersey; United States
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  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Lessons from a Megacity

capital by foot, subte (subway), bus, and bright yellow bike-share bicycles. Pedestrian-only Florida Street in Buenos Aires. (Photos courtesy of John Macomber) Professor Macomber and students at the new... View Details
Keywords: April White; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation
  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

development of host developing countries. A hypothesis is suggested that, given adequate domestic growth-supporting institutions and human capital development, developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

and the western lab benefiting from that," Choudhury says of the findings. "It illustrates the mobility of human capital leading to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology
  • 08 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs

one-standard-deviation increase in store labor brought about a 10 percent increase in profit margin. These findings ran contrary to the thinking of store managers that Ton interviewed. They consistently identified service View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 16 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 16, 2016

competition. The codes, instead, popularized a third way, an alternative vision for American capitalism that partnered private trade associations with government agencies. The codes of fair competition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2011
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

When Reynold Levy took over as president of New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 2002, he faced a classic challenge for any nonprofit leader navigating a complex environment: staying relevant to the next generation. Levy... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

coordinate with one another to reduce costs and ensure that patients were receiving the highest quality of care. PatientPing sold its platform to a range of customers, from... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Mar 2000
  • Research & Ideas

No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business

food, shelter is perhaps the most basic human need. In modern society, stable, safe housing is more than a matter of comfort and convenience; it positively affects childhood development, individual... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate