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- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
wins were more frequently associated with the positive emotions and intrinsic motivation that in turn generated the creativity needed to develop innovative approaches to problems. That doesn't mean that managers don't have some control over the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
their dividend policy to serve their institutional shareholders. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13283 Taxes and Portfolio Choice: Evidence from JGTRRA's Treatment of International Dividends Authors:Mihir A. Desai and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
Government: Yes Or No? Shin Yasunobe, a former director within various departments of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), and now executive director of Stanford's Japan Center for Research, warned against... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
Journal (not to mention Wired and Fast Company), the managers who are celebrated are the entrepreneurial figures who buck the industry and go their own way, only to eventually conquer and reinvigorate the industry they rejected.... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
organizational differences could account for about 16% of international differences in post-crisis GDP growth. Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective By: Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael L.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
Clinic’s warfarin anticoagulation clinic. The study measured the personnel and supplies costs to monitor and manage anticoagulation therapy for 5,526 patients. Results: The cost of warfarin management for patients who display unstable View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) leads to capital market benefits through enhanced financial statement comparability. UK domestic standards are considered very similar to IFRS (Bae et al., 2008), suggesting any... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
Financial, was contemplating the various opportunities and challenges associated with the firm’s international expansion, inclusive finance in rural regions, and regulatory uncertainties. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-029.pdf Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve the Information Environment? Authors:Joanne Horton, George Serafeim, and Ioanna Serafeim Abstract We examine the effect of mandatory International... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
established players in the advertising industry. Next, the case examines the firm's internal dynamics. Here, in addition to describing the culture of Big Spaceship, the case puts special emphasis on the firm's recent shift from a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808033 The Home Depot, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 608-093 For its first 20 years, Home Depot was known for its entrepreneurial spirit and focus on customer service. Merchandising, purchasing, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 2014 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Husk Power
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Sid Misra
In late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced with the decision of quitting his corporate job in the US to head to India and help form a new management team. Husk... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Business Startups; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Foreign Direct Investment; International Finance; Globalized Markets and Industries; Crime and Corruption; Employee Relationship Management; Independent Innovation and Invention; Employment; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Skills; Emerging Markets; Social Psychology; Culture; Business Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; India; United States
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Sid Misra. "Husk Power." Harvard Business School Case 815-023, August 2014. (Revised May 2016.)
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
will make significant commitments to nuclear power internally and aggressively export nuclear power plant components, the bulk of its power generation will remain with coal, serving markets—domestic and foreign—where demand for low-cost... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
PublicationsForward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance Authors:Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky, eds. Publication:Brookings Institution Press and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2011 Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the impact of leveraged buyout firms' bank relationships on the terms of their syndicated loans. Using a sample of 1,590 loans financing private equity sponsored leveraged... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
international scientific authority on climate, announced the pressing need to reduce global levels of carbon dioxide by 80 percent to 95 percent below 1990 levels in the next 40 years—actions which, if taken, would yield a 50 percent... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
official International Olympic Committee (IOC) worldwide sponsors are said to pay $90 to $100 million each for the right to use the rings globally in their marketing efforts. These companies typically spend large additional amounts on... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
change and disruption that is going on in the business environment. Indeed, almost 50 percent of the CEOs surveyed in the IBM study said the source of innovation was from changes in the business environment. Less than 20 percent reported that innovation came from View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3
Publications February 2015 Journal of Finance The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Katherine L. Milkman Abstract—Using a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
drove the rise in importance and prestige of American beauty brands. In the more recent past, L'Oréal has fostered a new pluralism in beauty by acquiring American and other international brands and offering global consumers a portfolio of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne