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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
specifically, to that roadblock. If you want to work out more but find exercise difficult and boring, downloading a goal-setting app probably won’t help. But what if, instead, you transformed your workouts so they became a source of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
orchestra’s longest-serving members, his tenure extending to the group’s previous iteration as the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra. When that orchestra went bankrupt in 1991, felled by poor management, the musicians decided they probably... View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16
share the same ethnic, educational, or career background are more likely to syndicate with each other. This homophily reduces the probability of investment success, and the detrimental effect is most prominent for early-stage investments.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
kiosks. The interesting question is, where do you fall on that continuum? Acurio is probably more on the commercial end, because he is trying to create a brand to launch in other countries—it's not that he's trying to make money,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
Peru. Later, Lewis decided to pursue a career in business, prompting him to apply to HBS. LEWIS: I was expecting Harvard University to be a more racially diverse campus, but because the location of HBS was isolated from the undergraduate campus, I thought that it was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
going through major reorganization or collapse were probably headed there in five to ten years anyway. It’s a difficult transition, but it’s exciting in the sense that this economic recession is forcing transitions faster, quickly... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
points out that given that "a series of people have fallen off the wagon," more formal measures will probably be called for soon. "There's really deep suspicion out there," Silk says. "I think issues of privacy are going to come under... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
the system for how we lead and manage,” Kaplan explains. “Virginia Mason used to be a physician-driven organization,” he continues. “Now we’re patient-driven. Our goal is to be the highest quality provider in our area at the lowest cost. We’re View Details
- 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
countries for the period 2001–2010. We uncover the following stylized facts: In emerging Asia, real depreciations are associated with faster growth of firm-level total factor productivity (TFP), sales and cash-flow, higher probabilities... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
increase the discount rate so that it includes the cost of capital plus the probability of a downside Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-036.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsPricing, Profits and Customer Value Frank... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008
important determinant of delegation and the provision of incentives. Using a sample of convenience store chains, we show that market-type dispersion is related to the degree of franchising at the chain level as well as the probability of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007
quality of the search service offered to consumers is more likely to be degraded (i.e. the probability that consumers find their favorite store in the first round of search is less than 1) when the intermediary derives higher revenues... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
suppliers in particular. Intel became a near monopoly in microprocessors, and Microsoft, which provided the operating system, is probably the most powerful regulated monopoly in the history of U.S. industry. Tedlow: When I joined the HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
company encourages its instructors to stick to English and keep the spirituality to a minimum. “If you talk about a life philosophy, maybe that’s OK,” says DeCoons. “But I think that [yoga’s spiritual side] probably draws a little too... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
say there. So it needs to flow from the moment. And if it doesn't, it probably won't work. Because that means that you went in there determined not to learn. Morrell: You obviously have spoken to your fellow negotiators. And your fellow... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
acknowledgement of that. And that took probably a year to two. We still worked through that, but really almost a couple of years to lay that new foundation of trust. And then the other part was just proving it, was having Reddit be safe... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
controlling for financial performance. The likelihood of demotion in this organization is also sensitive to nonfinancial performance on the dimension of service quality, while the probability of exit is primarily sensitive to financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
(MBA 2002), private investor, senior executive “First, my wife and I felt our top priority was to decide where we wanted to live and then look for a job, as opposed to letting my work drag us around the country. Second, I have elected to travel less than I could or... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue By: Rashid, Faaiza, Amy C. Edmondson, and Herman B. Leonard Abstract—Three years ago, when a cave-in at the San José mine in Chile trapped 33 men under 700,000 metric tons of rock, experts estimated the View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7
characteristics enhances investment performance, collaborating for affinity-based characteristics dramatically reduces the probability of investment success. A variety of tests show that the cost of affinity is not driven by selection... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne