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  • 28 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-096.pdf Shamed and Able: How Firms Respond to Being Rated (Revised May 2008) Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Abstract We examine how firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

the same music download as Apple's iTunes, and at no charge, why have millions of users chosen to pay a fee using Apple's service rather than download for free from p2p networks? A: The choice between p2p and iTunes is not trivial. Both... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
  • Web

Leadership - Faculty & Research

of caring for not only the corporation and shareholders but also the patients and medical professionals. How should leaders of health-related businesses weigh the demand for efficiency and profit alongside the care of patients and the View Details
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

FDI to Western Europe and North America reflected the many barriers to foreign multinationals elsewhere. In agriculture and mining, and later in petroleum, foreign firms lost the ownership of production facilities in many countries, even... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

Gompers, Paul A., and Sophie Q. Wang Abstract—With an overall lack of gender and ethnic diversity in the innovation sector documented in Gompers and Wang (2017), we ask the natural next question: Does increased diversity lead to better View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2012 (Revised July 2013)
  • Case

Gerry Pasciucco at AIG Financial Products

By: Gautam Mukunda and Thomas J. DeLong
Gerry Pasciucco was appointed to lead American International Group's Financial Products (AIGFP) group after the government bailout of AIG in 2008 and charged with the task of shutting down the division while minimizing the government's losses. AIGFP's failed trades had... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Management Teams; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • June 2005 (Revised May 2006)
  • Case

Vidient (A)

Vidient, a young company, is in the process of being spun out of a much larger, established Japanese business. Vidient is in the business of analyzing the feeds from security cameras and catches security breaches automatically, without human assistance. The parent... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Service Industry; Japan
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  • 28 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Why Get an MBA?

has done an admirable job seamlessly integrating this kind of content into the curriculum.  I’m a firm believer that sessions like this today will pay great dividends in the future as my classmates and I navigate this growingly complex... View Details
  • 07 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

economic spectrum are creating faux management jobs, pointing to wage cases filed by workers at tech and financial services giants. The team found a five-fold increase in manager titles like “directors of first impressions” (aka... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 05 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807158 Westin Hotels and Resorts: Operations of a Lifestyle Experience Harvard Business School Case 607-129 Westin Hotels and Resorts adopted a new "lifestyle" brand strategy which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Game On

supply management, retail operations, a post office, and a food service operation that served 900 meals a day underway. He also saw combat as a boat officer for a squadron of six PBRs in the Mekong Delta. Over the next 30 years, while he... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 10 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 10

intermediary's technology. We develop a model to show that the intermediary would want to restrict sellers from charging buyers more for transactions it intermediates. With this restriction an intermediary can profitably raise demand for its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2017
  • Blog Post

Transitioning to Product Management at HBS

Before coming to HBS, I worked as an investment associate at a growth equity firm in Boston. My role there gave me exposure to founders and various executives of growing businesses, and I was very much invigorated by the prospect of... View Details
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Albert Shin and Charles C.Y. Wang. Ethan C. Rouen : Winner of the 2024 Best Paper Award at the Fox and Haskayne Accounting Conference for "Sustainability Meets Substance: Evaluating ESG Reports in the Context of 10-Ks and Firm... View Details
  • 09 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

Managers today have a problem. They know their companies must grow. But growth is hard, especially given today's economic environment where investment capital is difficult to come by and firms are reluctant to take risks. Managers know... View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony
  • 18 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

algorithm generates fair outcomes. As the algorithm sorts through information to optimize its objective, BEAT detects and eliminates bias at key points in the training process. For instance, BEAT could help a car service charge surge... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

competition.t Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708477 Databank in Africa Harvard Business School Case 708-478 This case tackles issues of regional strategy and strategic institutional arbitrage.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 2018
  • Case

Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Aldo Sesia
It is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a UK-based venture capital firm, has an opportunity to invest in a privately held UK company that manufactured engineered composition leather extracted from waste leather using an environmentally friendly... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Venture Capital; Investment Strategy; Investment; Strategy; Ownership; Valuation; Energy Conservation; Equity; Technological Innovation; Environmental Sustainability; Performance Efficiency; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
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Faculty & Research - Leadership

Advisors By: Hubert Joly , Leonard A. Schlesinger and Tom Quinn Thrivent, a midwestern financial services company with a centuries-long history rooted in Lutheranism, had reached $10 billion in revenue mostly by selling life insurance. In... View Details
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Suggested Resources: Israel - Hamas War

is to balance different perspectives and not limited to "neutral" sources.  We encourage you to engage with multiple sources and perspectives through this list and beyond. These resources have been selected by Baker librarians based on View Details