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- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
interoperability or efficiency. Openness multiplies options and expands diversity, thus increasing the platform system’s value. The last two decades of the 20th century saw the rise of three distinct types of open platforms in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009
boundaries of these learning behaviors. We find that effective virtual teams, like co-located teams, engage in both reflective and action-oriented learning behaviors. However, the virtual context highlights distinct participation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
decades, we have seen a distinct transformation of the C-suite—a term denoting the most important senior executives in an organization—characterized by the proliferation of new Chief X Officer (CXO) roles, in which X stands for a specific... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
algorithm uncovers two distinct behavioral types: "leaders" and "managers." Leaders focus on multi-function, high-level meetings, while managers focus on one-to-one meetings with core functions. Firms with leader CEOs are on average more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
software product. The case examines both the process and outcomes of pricing research for a collaborative software product and in a fast-growing venture with a distinctive approach to customer acquisition. Basecamp is purchased and used... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015
distinction between investments designed to deepen the firm's existing base of capabilities and those designed to broaden its repertoire into new realms. I explore the applicability of this framework to three general types of competitive... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
varies in predictability and complexity, presenting distinct opportunities and challenges for improving performance in response to an error. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-074.pdf Cases & Course... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Robert C. "The Changing Nature of Debt and Equity," discussion. In Are the Distinctions Between Debt and Equity Disappearing? Conference Series #33, edited by R. W. Kopeke and E. S. Rosengren. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 1990. Merton,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
have distinct and often disturbing memories of the country’s civil conflict. Dumith Fernando (MBA 2000) was 10 years old when some of the first riots took place in Colombo in 1984. He remembers mobs on his street, some with water... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
career. The successes and failures of Apple, NeXT, and Pixar are used to probe the role of strategy in organizational success and to examine a leader's distinctive responsibility to set (and reset) a viable course for a business. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
and 1,004 students receiving their MBA degrees. Fifty-three students earned their diplomas with high distinction and were named Baker Scholars. Eighty-seven students earned their diplomas with distinction, and 205 earned second-year... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
noteworthy distinction is that the presidential marketer needs to win the vote on one day every four years, whereas the commercial marketer needs the cash register to ring every day. Nevertheless, public opinion is important to any... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
General (forthcoming) Abstract Previous research suggests that children develop an increasing concern with fairness over the course of development. Research with adults suggests that the concern with fairness has at least two distinct... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7
Fragmented upstream and downstream channels instead persist, with strong odds against upstream suppliers waging a successful defense of material interests. Such distinctive industrial structures, we show, were a direct result of whether... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009
avoidance and empirical evidence consistent with this view is discussed. This view of corporate tax avoidance implies that shareholders and policymakers should question the rationale for distinct financial reports and that greater... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
grew up in a poorer environment? Morino: My family was blue collar, but we were never poor. There's a distinction between being in deep poverty and living in a low-income world. We had food and clothing. And the world was different in the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
in music and entertainment. A graduate of Georgetown University, Fordham Law School, and HBS (where he earned his MBA with distinction and won a fellowship from the George F. Baker Foundation), Feeley worked for four years with... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
of Maine by Colgate—to ascertain what is distinctive about the merger process and to analyze the elements critical to success. We develop suggestions about how other companies considering similar arrangements might best manage the process... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
firms often fail to take advantage of innovations that involve combining resources from distinct divisions. This failure of cross-line-of-business innovation is a consequence of design choices employed to execute the firm's strategy: in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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choosing. Write a “pre-mortem” for a going concern—or a startup that students might plan to launch—analyzing the factors behind that startup’s imagined future failure. Analyze distinctive factors behind startup failure in a specific... View Details