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- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
devotees, while drivers of the Cayenne (which came to be known as 'the SUV for soccer moms') tended to be safety-conscious, family-oriented, and conservative. Evolving debates on forums allow a class to debate whether the brand had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
inclusive, merit-based society," she recalls. As a Harvard undergraduate, Thomas- Graham majored in economics and briefly considered entering the Ph.D. program, but realized she was most intrigued by law and business issues. The joint... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
content. Mandalay is trying to reinvigorate its core movie and television businesses, maintain growth in the sports business, and be prepared for the opportunity to buy a major league professional sports... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
definitions of what constitutes a "team." For this paper we collected a unique dataset from the men's major soccer league in Italy. For each match we computed the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
Last month, more than one million people lined the streets of Boston for a parade in honor of their National Hockey League champion Boston Bruins. Talk about consumer excitement over a product! On that score (or should I say “SCO-ORE!”),... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
all-consuming. He makes time for family and outside pursuits. As his three children grew, he coached his daughters’ soccer teams and attended his son’s recitals. And he is deeply committed to a number of philanthropic causes. Klarman... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
guru Ingrid Nilsen and comedic “internetainers” Rhett & Link, in addition to offerings from A&E and Major League Soccer.) When describing the current potential for online video, Kilar cites the early days of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
backlash, I found that only immigrants who were linguistically far from English and who came from majority non-Protestant countries fueled political opposition. In other words, native-born people feared immigrants who seemed more... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
Thomas examined whites who plateaued, minorities who plateaued, whites who broke through, and minorities who broke through. He found that the majority of minorities who broke through to the top have had a heterogeneous network of peers... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
Abstract Stigmatized minorities may have an advantage in persuading majority group members during some face-to-face interactions due to the greater self-presentational demands such interactions elicit. In contrast to models which predict... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
models and policies are incomplete without taking into account the bargaining process and, in particular, the way in which this process interacts with underlying control structures in the household. Testing the Commitment Hypothesis in Contractual Settings: Evidence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
allow people to act on temporary emotions and impulses. (A recent paper by David Card and Gordon Dahl shows a 10 percent spike in domestic violence immediately after a local National Football League team suffers an upset loss,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
manufacturing firms, asking whether they would be willing to take part in a study of how CEOs spend their time. Some 356 CEOs agreed to participate. Some family CEOs spend less time at work than professional CEOs, especially during major... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Winners and Losers at the Olympics
enthusiasm they engender? A: The Olympics is one of most powerful brands in the world. The only other sporting event in that league would be the World Cup in soccer, which has a huge following every four years just about everywhere except... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
citation David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing READ MORE L. Paul Bremer: In His Own Words David "Bull" Gurfein: Leading the Charge Gurfein: Bronze Star citation David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing Marine Major David (“Bull”) Gurfein (MBA ’00) Lieutenant... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
Crawford. “I’m proud that 50,000 of the President’s supporters voted for me,” Edwards says. Moreover, he’s the only Democrat to survive a 2003 redrawing of Texas congressional districts by state GOP legislators and orchestrated by former House View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
would take a German commodity chemical business to a major position in detergents and perfumes, that Eileen Friars would trade in her jeans and long tresses and take charge of a $20-billion credit-card operation, or that Jeff Seder would,... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
It's not a thing that he tolerates. It's a thing of mutual respect, and that makes all the difference in the world. And thirdly, he talks about this with our boys. Our children don't think this is abnormal. There are many, many, baseball games, View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
alter interactions between functions, in ways that hold major implications for organizational structure. Intense, ongoing coordination becomes necessary across multiple functions, including design, operations, sales, service, and IT.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
the product! Class Secretary Major Albert C. Riggs, Jr. (MBA '50) August 1974 Up to my ears raising kids, plus skiing at Sun Valley and fly-fishing in Montana and Idaho; working has been interfering something terrible! William B. Webber... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry