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  • 28 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 28

by examining the association between top executive turnovers and guidance. Although firm and industry characteristics are important determinants of guidance, we conclude that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2024
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Crash Pad

of these buildings are functionally obsolete,” says John Macomber, a senior lecturer in finance at HBS and the coauthor of Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well. The former... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate
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HBS Working Knowledge – Harvard Business School Faculty Research

Leaders by Avery Forman 08 Nov 2024 | HBS Case How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis by John Macomber 08 Nov 2024 | Op-Ed... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511015-PDF-ENG Malaysia: People First? Diego Comin and John AbrahamHarvard Business School Case 710-033 On March 30, 2010, Prime Minister Najib Razak presented his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge

Eisenhower, and Robert McNamara. 08 Nov 2024 Op-Ed How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis by John Macomber Africa faces... View Details
  • 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

they made by history, or do they make it? In Indispensable, Harvard Business School professor Gautam Mukunda offers an enticingly fresh look at how and when individual leaders really can make a difference.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5

  PublicationsTowards an Understanding of the Role of Standard Setters in Standard Setting Authors:Abigail M. Allen and Karthik Ramanna Publication:Journal of Accounting & Economics (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

within markets: When sentiment is high, future returns are low on relatively difficult to arbitrage and difficult to value stocks. Private capital flows appear to be one mechanism by which sentiment spreads... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Business Economics - Doctoral

lens of business. Jointly administered by HBS and the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the program combines theoretical analysis with in-depth,... View Details
  • 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

  PublicationsHow Leaders Kill Meaning at Work Authors:Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer Publication:The McKinsey Quarterly, no. 1 (January 2012) Abstract Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

1985–Present Allen F. Jacobson Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1986–1991 John K. Jamieson Exxon Corporation, 1969–1975 Edward G. Jefferson DuPont Corporation, 1981–1986... View Details
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model By: Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—Survey evidence suggests that many... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2018
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Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments

By: John Macomber and Pippa Tubman Armerding
The so-called “infrastructure finance gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but their financing and... View Details
Keywords: Pension Fund Investing; Infrastucture; Power/Energy; Credit Enhancement; Infrastructure; Project Finance; Investment Funds; Emerging Markets; Nigeria; Africa
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Steinway & Sons: Buying a Legend (A)

By: John T. Gourville and Joseph B. Lassiter III
It is 1995 and Steinway & Sons has just been purchased by two young entrepreneurs. For 140 years, Steinway has held the reputation for making the finest quality grand pianos in the world. The past 25 years have proven to be a challenge, however. First, the company has... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Crisis Management; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Quality; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; New York (state, US)
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Faculty & Research

Journal of Financial Economics 165 (March 2025). Optimal Illiquidity By: John Beshears , James J. Choi, Christopher Clayton, Christopher Harris, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian We study the socially... View Details
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Strategy - Doctoral

first year typically by working with a faculty member. By their third and fourth years, most students are launched on a solid research and... View Details
  • 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3

authors provide a checklist that managers can use on a daily basis to monitor their progress-enhancing behaviors. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/05/the-power-of-small-wins/ar/1 The Best Way to Name Your Product 2.0 Authors:Marco Bertini, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2009
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Young Presidents' Organization

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, John D. Macomber and David Chen
The board of Young Presidents' Organization needs to decide on the future of its Networks Initiative, designed to connect its geographically dispersed membership base through 60 different interest-based networks. So far, one half of these networks have been considered... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks
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Accounting & Management - Doctoral

individual firms; rewarding and monitoring the performance of managers; formulating, executing and evaluating strategy by firm managers; understanding the profitability of... View Details
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Africa - Global

Prof. John Macomber in Kampala On 25 February 2025, Pippa Armerding, Executive Director of the Africa Research Center, joined Professor John View Details