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- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
the Cuban market, she has to rely on el paquete—a sort of informal, underground media delivery service hand-distributed weekly to subscribers via flash drives filled with everything from the latest Game of Thrones episodes to last week’s... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Finally, in contrast with some cross-country analyses, ethnic and caste polarization, land inequality, and political participation are not significantly associated with violence. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-065.pdf Demographics, Career... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
buyers, Jim should imagine the game from their points of view. For example, if one of them senses the market is hot, she might put her property up for open bidding. If she is less confident, she might try a sealed-bid auction with a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
practicing harder and working harder. (The example was shared of the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team, which has its starters practice not against five other players, but against eight, to simulate the most difficult circumstances imaginable, and... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
Sahlman: Good venture capitalists are process literate: They have been through the game many times, they know where the traps are, and they know how to avoid them. They also have a strong set of relationships that they can bring to bear... View Details
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
context of price competition models with differentiated goods and asymmetric firms allowing for general non-linear demand and cost functions merely assuming that both the pre- and post-merger competition games are supermodular along with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 22, 2006
importance of moving forward with its current approach. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=606094 Public Law: The Rules of the Game Harvard Business School Case 806-172 Outlines the four... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
emerging markets. In settings where contracts are weakly enforced, opportunistic behavior by partners is more likely. While most people emphasize having local partners that are well connected, this can backfire in these markets because such partners can more easily... View Details
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
Mexican history, he found a common thread running through the country's various shifts of power: reliance on a third party to enforce the rules (such as property rights) that make it possible to do business. A Stake In The Game Porfirio... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
leaders avoid the guessing game of trying to discern whether or not people truly agree with a choice that has been made. Q: In your book you discuss three cultures of indecision that typically appear in organizations: the cultures of yes,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
with these messy, complicated sets of challenges. My focus for participants will be on questions such as: What is the role of activists in transforming organizations? What is the game plan for getting your action started? and, How do you... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
develop 25 gigawatts of solar power by 2025. “It takes empathy to do this work, to work with different stakeholders and make sure they are heard. The work is very challenging, complicated and sometimes frustrating. But the tangible results of renewable energy, the... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
footballs should be.” “I don’t think this is about football at all. I think this is about human nature and organizations and performance” As Iansiti watched the AFC title game in January 2015, and the ensuing uproar, he was hooked. As an... View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
(e.g., those who might take a competitor's bid to be a personal attack), and those who are highly sensitive to what others think of them, might fall prey to the effects of competitive arousal. Finally, those who are well-prepared and have a View Details
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
of those networks, influencing both word-of-mouth intentions and consumption. Consumers were exposed to friend- or family-related products (e.g., game consoles or refrigerators); when asked to list the first people they knew who came to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
world through television and print publications, as they had for decades. There was, however, one big media game changer: the Fox News Channel (FNC). Founded in 1996 by Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch, FNC was an unusual newcomer... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
became the marker," Deighton says. These days, marketing mavens realize that social media is best at building emotional bridges with consumers, done by inviting them to be part of the process. And so they are hard at work inventing playful View Details
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
like the color blue. Could insiders to corporate America not even recognize the invisible obstacles that outsiders face? What would happen if we named the unspoken rules and gave everyone the tools to play the game and play it well? View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
as the relevant risks. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/213019-PDF-ENG Angry Birds Gupta, Sunil, and Dharmishta RoodHarvard Business School Case 512-033 Within months of its launch in December 2009, Angry Birds, a mobile game... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
"reasonableness" review. Second, Delaware courts should apply basic game theory to identify the deterrent effect of match rights and new economy asset lockups. And third, Delaware courts should take a functional approach to deal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne