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- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
findings contribute to the corporate strategy literature by shedding light on the roots of the diversification discount and by showing how analysts' research enables investors to overcome asymmetric information. Paper: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
financial management advice. But startups often run into issues outside those categories, everything from what to ask potential hires in a job interview to analyzing sales funnels. Experienced investors have likely run into those issues... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12
learn some lessons from the limited success of current approaches to design their strategy in this exciting area. Do You Really Want to Be an eBay? Authors:Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Publication:Harvard Business Review Abstract Most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
the income taxes paid by residents with good jobs, from the tolls paid by drivers, from property and sales taxes. Without revenue, costs can't be covered. Can cities with high liabilities expect to be bailed out and propped up without... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008
form of new capabilities and team-member resilience. We then highlight the critical roles of leadership and of communication and conflict management training as strategies for overcoming the challenges to team effectiveness in NPD, as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
Resource Management Review Cross-boundary Teaming for Innovation: Integrating Research on Teams and Knowledge in Organizations By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Cross-boundary teaming, within and across organizations, is an increasingly popular... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
liquidity, and a bustling economy. Early this decade home price appreciation in many markets far exceeded the growth of income, he continued. By 2005 such a high rate of home price appreciation drew ever more investors to the market. Between 25 percent and 30 percent... View Details
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Business School. Peter Stebbins MBA '91 Harvard University; Princeton Chemical Engineering 1985 Peter was a Commercial, M&A, and Strategy executive at J&J for 30 years and is now working with a cadre of medtech and digital (operative AR,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
percent. “In 2004 and 2005, as these subprime loans started to emerge, it really wasn’t a particular problem because of the lag effect. People who couldn’t pay off these mortgages with toxic terms and exploding payment schedules figured, ‘If I cannot pay off my... 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
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organizations. There are three main themes to the class – people, go-to-market strategy and operations and analytics. The people section will address how to hire and manage first line sales managers, define... View Details
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
sufficient consumer demand and investor interest. But they did so knowing that if the company could get its product right, grow its sales and geographical footprint, and succeed in its larger vision of reinventing agriculture, the social... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
authors argue that meticulous integration management is the key to success in M&A transactions, half of which are unsuccessful because this key factor is neglected. This practical manual helps managers optimize and streamline their growth View Details
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
high-value customers.” It would almost be as if a high-end retailer such as Louis Vuitton or Gucci told people to go their outlet store first, Ngwe says. Huge gain in sales In a series of experiments involving a real online fashion and... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
potential risks at most other organizations? A: One of the next steps with our research is to look at leader strategies that reduce the chances of becoming seen as hypocritical. We theorize—but still need to test the ideas—that employees... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
bankruptcy court protection in November 2008 despite high advance demand for its planes. In January, a judge approved the sale of Eclipse’s assets to Eclipse Jet Aviation International, an affiliate of Luxembourg-based European Technology... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
strategy be different from that of South Africa? What is the appropriate structure? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809066 'Lather, Rinse, Repeat': FeedBurner's Serial Founding Team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
and where the host does not punish symbiont misbehavior. Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B Organizations Authors:Frank V. Cespedes Publication:In Business to Business Marketing Handbook. Edward Elgar Publishing Company, forthcoming... View Details
- 26 May 2022
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Bidding Up
working with consulting clients—Wilson was able to move on to his studies with Raiffa and others who were developing a new approach to using economic theory and mathematics to drive strategy and management decisions. JH: And tell me what... View Details