Real Activities Manipulation - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2014
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Download working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism By: Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract—We examine how shareholder activist... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

theory the classical logic of benefit‐based taxation in which an individual's benefit from the activities of the state is tied to his or her income‐earning ability. First‐best optimal policy is characterized analytically as depending on a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

developing an outside-in orientation? A: Developing an outside-in orientation is difficult to achieve because it requires both insight and action. Gaining real insights into customers' needs demands more of companies than those arising... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

28 Mar 2012
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Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

Summing Up: What Next, If Manufacturing Proves Not To Be A Creator Of Those Good "factory Jobs" Of The Past? Manufacturing is essential to the health of an economy. It both fuels and results from innovation. It is natural in the course of economic View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

07 May 2014
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How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

earned (vs.) that which is inherited Each member of society must contribute to society's wealth by building their own and sharing Once you die, the wealth gets transferred to society." Carlos Avendano made the point that wealth eventually flows to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

strategy is built around the value proposition, which is the demand side of the equation. But a robust strategy requires a tailored value chain—it's about the supply side as well, the unique configuration of activities that delivers... View Details

Keywords: by Joan Magretta

12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

November–December 2015 Operations Research Active Postmarketing Drug Surveillance for Multiple Adverse Events By: Goh, Joel, Margrét V. Bjarnadóttir, Mohsen Bayati, and Stefanos A. Zenios Abstract—Postmarketing drug surveillance is the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Sep 2014
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The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

hoc process at many firms. Most adopt a simple decision rule: look at the best reps, and try to hire more like them. But you'll never have enough stars for all sales positions and, in fact, don't want stars in all jobs. In any organization, some View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

experiment in India with 100 high-growth technology firms whose founders received in-person advice from other entrepreneurs who varied in their managerial style. We find that entrepreneurs who received advice from peers with an active... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Jun 2007
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HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

some kind of conspiratorial development that was imposed by manipulative entrepreneurs trying to make women feel a certain way. It was much more organic and part of a huge social transformation." Church And Capital One of the secrets... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

16 Apr 2001
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Strategy and the Internet

positioning. Strategy goes far beyond the pursuit of best practices. It involves the configuration of a tailored value chain—the series of activities required to produce and deliver a product or service—that enables a company to offer... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter

12 Dec 2005
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Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

"bridge the communications gap" between lawyers and managers. Sean Silverthorne: You argue that managers shouldn't just view the law as a compliance issue, but rather something that can be used actively to increase the firm's... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

04 Jan 2022
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Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

can learn,” says Takeuchi. To improve your narration abilities in the year ahead, Takeuchi recommends listening to the top 10 speeches ever delivered, or the 10 most popular TED Talks of all time. 6. Try a high-energy outdoor activity By... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

23 May 2018
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How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

close to real time. Although the study helps identify where gentrification is occurring, it’s unclear what’s causing what. “It could be that people see a Starbucks coming in and say, ‘This is a neighborhood we should move into,’” says... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Sep 2011
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Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

rather than simply accepting it. But for those who don't see themselves as change agents, do you think there's a middle ground between blindly accepting change and actively effecting it? A: In my view, we should really think twice before... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Jul 2020
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Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

state governments rankle some restaurant operators. While important, Paul Brown said, “it would be nice if those guidelines were a bit more consistently applied. It’s a real challenge. We maintain a 32-page document for each of our... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

09 Jul 2020
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It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

dance floor...The process must be iterative, not static. The challenge is to move back and forth between the dance floor and the balcony, making interventions, observing their impact in real time, and then returning to the action.” This... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

23 Jun 2022
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All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

remote work. “There’s a huge value to real interactions even if they are occurring virtually,” says Goldenberg, who is a psychologist by training and an assistant professor at HBS. To test online experiences, the group took advantage of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016

rhetoric and symbolic activities in the process of creating new markets. This study analyzes how entrepreneurial firms use these cultural strategies to position themselves in a nascent market category they are creating. Using an inductive... View Details