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- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
world that was not a traditional game, Second Life had achieved profitability and strong growth. However, growth had strained the company's infrastructure, resulting in frequent software crashes. Software ease-of-use was also a serious problem. As a result, 90% of new...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
for Wall Street. “It may, in fact, be a very profitable investment,” provided the government ultimately sells the distressed mortgage assets for more than the purchase price, he noted. (On November 12, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson MBA ’70 View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
FIELD as a bridge between tradition and innovation. “As we make these curriculum changes, don’t think that we are abandoning tradition,” he cautions. “We are more committed than ever to the case method as the soul of our school. But we...
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- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
policies, institutions, or resource endowments. I show that firms have agency. When governments attempted to reverse globalization during the interwar years, firms redesigned their international businesses rather than abandon them....
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- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
the rating system. He said that federal financial aid should go to those schools that perform the best. The President eventually abandoned the idea after hearing from many college presidents that there is simply no way to reliably rate...
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- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
later) or abandoning them. In contrast, experienced sellers can attract buyers at any stage and they sell worse ideas sooner and better ideas later. These results have important managerial implications for buyers and sellers and show...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
presents up-to-date scientific research findings that explain why we have unwanted habits (for example, inappropriate angry outbursts, procrastination, breaking a diet, or abandoning an exercise program) and why they are so hard to...
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- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
alienating members and would prompt some to abandon LinkedIn. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707406 Rwanda: National Economic Transformation Harvard Business School Case 706-491 Set in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
adherence and non-adherence, thereby avoiding the complete abandonment of the current system. Herding, Social Preferences and (Non-)Conformity Authors:Luca Corazzini and Ben Greiner Periodical:Economics Letters (forthcoming) Abstract We...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
Argentina and Venezuela—have suffered drastic downturns as China's economic growth has decelerated, Brazil has only slowed down. (Visitors to São Paulo can see evidence of the boom's halt in abandoned rail projects, one of which sits...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
explains. “Rather than abandon U.S. manufacturing, my thinking was that once we had established a capability in China, we could then reinvest back in the United States and reinvent ourselves as a global player.” Working with a Chinese OPM...
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- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
Bradley pointed out, was really very narrow. “Standing on the left bank, embittered because of what’s happening on the other side—that doesn’t make sense. My job is to get every one of us across the river.” Embrace the potential of new technologies—but don’t View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
concept. Based on test feedback, entrepreneurs must then decide whether to persevere with their business model, "pivot" by changing some model elements, or abandon the startup. This note describes, step-by-step, how to follow...
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Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
as the last period becomes closer and closer, the relative benefit of abandoning it and lowering prices to survive a few more periods increases dramatically. The model shows that Microsoft can use piracy as an effective tool to price...
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- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809079 Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (B) Harvard Business School Case 709-056 Toshihiko Fukui, who works for the Government of the Bank of Japan, faced a complex situation in the fall of 2007. An...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
demand of millennials looking for a way to live, walk, and work in the city. Abandoned factories have been repurposed as lofts and retail space; elsewhere, new construction is rising at the BeltLine’s edge. And in Cabbagetown, a...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
in-person work. It’s the summer of 2023, three and a half years into the post-Covid shift to remote and hybrid work, and there’s a growing consensus about the value of in-person collaboration. But many employees are loath to abandon...
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America on the Move - U.S. Competitiveness
they sell it and buy another. Do they epitomize Washington attitudes? It's easier to abandon the old than pay to renew it. Immediate job creation—a goal echoed by US Chamber president Thomas Donohue and AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka in...
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