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- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
figures that IBM alone has probably invested billions so far, and Google has announced that it intends to spend billions more to develop an error-free quantum computer by 2029. In addition, venture capital can be difficult to secure, in... View Details
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
Brian Kenny: In September of 2013, President Obama sent shock waves through American higher education by announcing plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily compare colleges. He said he would... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
have been impossible to create only a few years before. However, in 2014, both Apple and Google announced features in their new mobile operating systems that collected and displayed output from various health-wearables (like heart-rate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
evidence. This paper analyzes the role of third-party information for VAT enforcement through two randomized experiments among over 400,000 Chilean firms. Announcing additional monitoring has less impact on transactions that are subject... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
abnormal returns associated with routine traders are essentially zero. Further, opportunistic insiders predict future firm-specific news, as well as announcement returns around future analyst forecasts, management forecasts, and earnings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
jumping in for an $81 million stake last December); in March, Verizon announced it will partner with the duo that brought you Shrek and Cheerleaders New Jersey to launch an online video service that promises more than 200 hours of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
posts—the movement seems to have reached a critical media mass. In June, the White House announced more than $1.5 billion in impact investment commitments from more than 20 private investors—including the Omidyar Network—as well as the... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
refurbished parts was inaccurate and resulted in profits being shifted from one segment to another. Prior to his report to the SEC, Mayhem had reported his concerns to his managers and to the company’s internal compliance hotline. At about the same time, IGT View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
he had to handle the situation carefully so the company wouldn't set a precedent, and he was able to announce on Twitter that he had solved the student's problem. "We got 30 million impressions in two days," he said. "How much advertising... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge Authors:Bo Becker, Daniel B. Bergstresser, and Guhan Subramanian Abstract We use the SEC's unexpected announcement on October 4, 2010 that it would significantly delay... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
improving inventory management for its network of small and large retailers. Set just after the announcement of the Adidas-Reebok transaction in 2005, with New Balance having recently initiated a companywide effort to improve operational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
game, highly profitable Toyota has announced it will produce 9.06 million cars worldwide this year, while money-losing GM will cut production (after manufacturing an estimated 9.08 million vehicles in 2005). Increasingly, the glory days... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
announced a small profit. Do you think this is giving heart to other online businesses? A: Priceline failed in the grocery business. But I'm not sure I would develop much out of that [the profit]. There are plenty of profitable online... View Details
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
scale. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm shares Diana’s optimism. On June 2nd, she announced a “grid interconnection initiative” to address the gridlock issue that is hampering clean energy adoption, the same issue that Diana has... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
chairman emeritus of the Bajaj Group, announced that the firm would be donating Rs 200 crore (~$27 million) to address the “on-the-ground challenges” resulting from the surge in coronavirus cases in India. As noted in the Business... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
fashion destination for 20-somethings." Did this lofty ambition make sense? And did ASOS have the right strategy to achieve it? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716449-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-455 Reinventing Best Buy On... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
into global markets. In a critical stride toward becoming the world's No. 1 Internet services company, Mikitani announces Englishnization-a highly publicized aggressive two-year English proficiency mandate for all 7,100 of Rakuten's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
and context. By afternoon, 28 teams in the business and social venture tracks will be named semifinalists. A later round of judging will narrow the field to nine finalists, with the winners to be announced just over two weeks later. First... View Details
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
years building an open team based culture, one in which they had made themselves accessible, so employees believed them. When they were prepared to announce their restructuring to the financial community, executive committee members were... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
side. Addresses the prospects of the graphics function becoming integrated with the microprocessor on a single piece of silicon. AMD had just announced the acquisition of ATI and Paul Otellini, Intel's CEO, is faced with the question of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace