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- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
and news following insider trades, I also find a negative association between returns around filings of insider sales and SOX. Overall, the evidence suggests that the prompt public disclosures about insider transactions mandated by the new rule are relevant to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
widespread adoption of their online self-service customer support solution that they were expecting based on early success in helping clients save and generate substantial amounts of money. Dr. Jacob O. Wobbrock and Dr. Andrew J. Ko are revisiting their go-to-market... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
have to pay double the price in six months. Morrell: It all started with pots and pans. Haryopratomo: We were trying to find something new because the old business model wasn't really working out and one of the ladies, her name was Tayaya... View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
truly reintegrate into society if few firms will hire them? And, how can society—especially at a time of rising prices and low unemployment—afford to exclude the roughly one in three working Americans with criminal records from the... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
Ariane Cornell Head, Astronaut Strategy and Sales, Blue Origin Cornell calls the West Texas launch and landing a “learning experience,” noting that Blue Origin is slated to reach into orbital space before the end of the decade. (courtesy... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
refers to corporate leaders speaking out on social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their company’s core business. Distinct from nonmarket strategy and traditional corporate social responsibility, the recent wave of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
financial crisis. The trouble is that investment value and asset volatility are simply the wrong measures if your goal is to secure a particular future income. In this article, Merton explains a liability-driven investment strategy whose... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
to choose the ecofriendly bulb, but they also reported that price was the attribute they actually cared about most. Next, another group of participants simply observed the choice that other people made: the selection of the ecofriendly... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
for another ... we have no choice but to let things be as they will, no matter how ludicrous and painful, until the understanding becomes knowledge." Tom Dolembo put it this way: "Nudge this back? Never ... As dumb as we are, we the people have learned that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
stress frequently, but it's a hard thing to teach in a classroom. Each year, thousands of business school students enroll in courses on finance. Their sights set on a career in money management, they dutifully study theories such as the Law of One View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
and the United States: Dr. Werner G. Seifert, chairman of Deutsche Borse (the German Stock Exchange) and an architect of the planned merger between his Frankfurt-based organization and the London Stock Exchange; James L. Cochrane, senior vice president for View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- Web
3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog
heart attacks through a one-time change in a single gene. In most of these cases, business choices like market selection, financing strategy and pricing are critical determinants of the value of the... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
manager in Silicon Valley for a few years before his green impulse kicked in again. In 2001, California was in the middle of a full-blown energy crisis, complete with 800 percent wholesale price spikes and rolling blackouts, so Dawe... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0809.html#wp09-018 Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies Authors:Erin M.Reid, Michael W. Toffel Abstract The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
availability, having the right product in the right place at the right time with the right label and of course with the right price may be what really drives customer satisfaction." Another significant factor was an emphasis on minimizing... View Details
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
authors discuss how these new digital disruptors allow consumers to benefit from one activity (e.g., watching shows) without incurring the cost of the other (e.g., watching ads) and offer strategies for established businesses to respond... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
practitioners alike now recognize that a firm's capacity to assimilate and use know-how from external sources-what Cohen and Levinthal (1990) called "absorptive capacity"-plays a central role in innovation performance. In recent years, a common View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
generating consensus on the specifics of benefit-based taxation. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55548 Harvard Business School Case 818-017 Pricing PatientPing In 2017, Jay Desai, the CEO of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details