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- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
the competition among agents on the same side of the market. An agent who sees fewer candidates knows that these candidates also see fewer potential matches, and so are more likely to accept the match. As agents on both sides have access to more candidates, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse" bid valued the assets at $125 million, after a long day... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
had affected the outcomes of the portfolio companies in the study. (For the purposes of the paper, a successful outcome was defined as one in which a company eventually filed for an initial public offering.) They found that the... View Details
- 10 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
PRIDE in the HBS Community
initiative where a couple of HBS students volunteer each month to share anything in their lives to the broader HBS community. In commemoration of National Coming Out Day, individuals shared their coming out stories in their sections. Some... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the PRIDE Club
about building not only a network but a family that celebrates and uplifts each other's unique and diverse identities. PRIDE Priorities for 2019-2020 Integration across identities: Develop event programming that bridges the needs of our... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
Alvarez moderated a panel that offered solutions from the perspective of the alumni business community and industries addressing climate change on the ground.) Part of a global series of events produced by the HBS Business & Environment View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
short term, but produces complementary effects in both the catalog and the online channels in the long term; the complementary effects, which are magnified in the online channel, more than overcome the initial losses in the catalog... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
recently named a Thinklist Amplify Nominee by the University of Bath’s Centre for Business, Organizations, and Society. She is also the co-founder of POISED, a micro-community within the Center for Positive Organizations, member of the Harvard Business School Race,... View Details
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
purchasing power parities (PPPs) with a closely matched set of goods and identical methodologies in a variety of developed and developing countries. Our results are close to those reported by the International Comparisons Program (ICP) in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
start, locate, or invest in a city. As HBS professor Michael Porter has explained in The Competitive Advantage of Nations, political units—whether nations or cities - are in competition with each other and can control their destiny using the analytical tools of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
we could send machinery to the Chinese factories we managed. In return, we received shipments of apparel that we then sold to discount retailers in the United States." With an initial focus on high quantity and low prices, Esquel was just... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
in innovative capabilities, and increased employee engagement as a result. The programs vary but have seven major elements in common. Companies should 1) team with governments or nonprofits experienced in working with people with... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
clients. A critical component of the One-Firm initiative was a technology-enabled performance management system that articulated metrics for individual and group performance and aligned these with the overall performance of IDFC. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
functionality and status. Cultural exchanges. While advertising has always been part of popular culture, technology has increased the rate of exchange and competition for buzz. In addition to Dove's campaign, Deighton cites BMW's View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
twenty years ago the company was unprepared for changes in the marketplace as competitors emerged that offered clients individual pieces of the technology package, such as a database program or storage device. This brought about increased... View Details
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
to recognize and deal with. For example, an organization that has just completed a learning initiative may see a drop in productivity, at least in the short term. Edmondson and doctoral student Sara Singer explore the problematic... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 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
Lightsource bp has partnered on a specific program to train veterans and their new construction skills are transferable to other solar projects across the country. Overall, Diana said, an estimated 250,000 people are working in the solar... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
Behavior, applied to a few doctoral programs in Business, got into Harvard, and was thrilled. My mentor, Professor Renato Tagiuri, connected me with the Owner President Program where I worked with him for... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
transforming locally engaged citizens into viewers consuming programming from distant sources. In response to such concerns, many regulatory agencies, including the Federal Communication Commission in the United States, curtail the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
on-demand programming. Priced at $39.99 per month, Hulu Live TV offered consumers a tremendous savings over traditional cable program packages and allowed subscribers to watch programs on Internet-connected... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne