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- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
the end I believe this accounting innovation played an important role in the ultimate financial success of the restructuring. Some critics have pointed to recent labor unrest at the airline as evidence that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
particular challenge the company faced was about selling its line of prestigious, professional beauty tools to chain drugstores—risking dilution of the brand, losing existing core customers, and taking on financial commitments way beyond... View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
of these structural changes to compete "differently" and innovate in their business models. However, there is not yet agreement on what are the distinctive features of superior business models. This dispute may have arisen, in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
more stereotypic assumptions. From a strictly economic perspective, companies with more women in senior leadership and board positions, on average, financially outperform those with fewer according to Catalyst’s research. Organizations... View Details
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
war years; and innovator Herb Kelleher at Southwest near the end of the century. In this e-mail interview, Mayo, director of the HBS Leadership Initiative and the Thomas S. Murphy Distinguished Research Fellow, discusses how executives... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
technology over the past forty years, Nolan offers managers who are seeking a competitive advantage the opportunity to gain insights from leaders in the IT industry who have adapted in remarkably innovative ways during their fierce... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
financially benefit most from home delivery are more likely to choose it. Those who benefit least from insurance subsidies are more likely to make no active choice and lose those subsidies. The implicit default incentivizes people to make... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
recording employees’ creative work affected the quality of creative work, job engagement, and financial performance. We found that, on average, this system did not have a significant effect on any outcomes. However, it significantly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
representatives in support of the successful campaign for marriage equality in New York State. Our social media campaigns have reached 14 million people, and we've won awards for the innovative advocacy technology we've created and built.... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
Gompers, Paul A., and Sophie Q. Wang Abstract—With an overall lack of gender and ethnic diversity in the innovation sector documented in Gompers and Wang (2017), we ask the natural next question: Does increased diversity lead to better... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
Energy is one of the largest and most innovative clean energy companies in the world. Headquartered in Florida, NextEra operates primarily through its subsidiaries, including Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and NextEra Energy... View Details
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
regional clusters. Naomi Lamoreaux and others have also underscored the financial and regulatory conditions in which innovation has flourished. Large datasets and econometric methods have enabled researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 13 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 13, 2016
out firms that, absent NPEs, would produce welfare-enhancing innovations without engaging in infringement. Our empirical analysis shows that on average, NPEs behave as opportunistic patent trolls. NPEs sue cash-rich firms—a one standard... View Details
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
implications of these results for retail atmospherics are discussed. Small Worlds and Regional Innovation Authors:Lee Fleming, Charles King III, and Adam Juda Publication:Organization Science (November 2007) Abstract Small-world networks... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
Working PapersMandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability Authors:Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Abstract This study examines the effect of mandatory International View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey By: Amel-Zadeh, Amir, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using survey data from a sample of senior investment professionals from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
If companies are willing to embrace a new model of health coverage—one that places control over costs and care directly in the hands of employees—the competitive forces that spur productivity and innovation in consumer markets can be... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 05 Jan 2016
- News
Alumni Top Two New Lists of Rising Stars
HBS alumni and students are among the names topping two major lists of up-and-comers in the worlds of retail, finance, health, nonprofits, and more that were released this week. Forbes has just published its annual “30 Under 30” list, which includes these HBS alumni:... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
demographics that have boosted it, will inevitably lose steam. What then? "We've seen a tremendous amount of creativity in the financial services industry, including the mutual fund sector, so I have no doubt that there will continue to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of marketing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace