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- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
innovate." Data.gov allows people to be watchdogs as well as innovators, he continued. One helpful innovation marries government data about recalls of baby products with the nifty Red Laser app that is available for the iPhone: Before considering purchase of...
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- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
life when he was a child was a life and death matter in the most literal sense. We're not talking about the life and death of a firm. We're talking about the physical survival of a human being and of his parents and of their extended...
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- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
Internet. But once the major tobacco brands began acquiring e-cigarette makers and displaying those products alongside their mainstay cigarettes, policymakers took particular notice. Public health advocates and parents alike worried about...
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- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
positions were significantly more likely than others to repatriate dividends to parent companies in the United States. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w18107 How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
program grew. However, final exam results for students participating in Ivy Academy are mixed, and certain staff and parents remain skeptical of its effectiveness. This case explores whether DASD is ready to scale Ivy Academy and make it...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
American companies, found itself operating after 1933 in a country whose government violently suppressed political dissent and engaged in intimidation and discrimination against Jews. Explores the tensions between IBM's German affiliate and its View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
theme parks—was to ensure a steady flow of creative software for its global hardware businesses. Senior MCA management agreed to the acquisition, expecting the new, cash-rich Japanese parent to provide capital for acquiring more record...
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- 03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3
The case explores the kinds of influence company management can, and should, have in the sale process. The case also explores issues at the PE firm level, including the fact that the firm has recently been spun off out of its large parent...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
low-income parents than existing U.S. tax policy. The optimal policy increases the probability that low-income children move up the economic ladder, generating a present-value welfare gain of 1.28% of consumption in our baseline case....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
into account the role of contextual features. We conclude with a discussion of key themes, unresolved issues, and promising research directions. Effects of Description of Options on Parental Perinatal Decision-Making Authors:Marlyse F....
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs between rich countries. The share of vertical FDI (subsidiaries which provide inputs to their parent firms) is larger than commonly thought, even...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
Equity Investing Authors:Lily H. Fang, Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract Bank-affiliated private equity (PE) groups account for 30% of all PE investments. These affiliated groups' market share is highest during peaks of the PE market, as is the fraction of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
into a first-pick school wasn't likely to get into a second-pick school either, because that second-pick school would already be full of students who had listed it as a first pick. "That meant it might be too risky to choose your first choice," Roth says....
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- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
lawsuits alleging that the company had damaged creditors in their quest to preserve equity value. Of particular focus were a series of transactions that took place during 2013 and 2014 to sell assets from one subsidiary to another and to eliminate a valuable View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
Approximately 40 percent of the company's revenues are derived from products introduced within the last two years. Natura achieved this result with an R&D staff of about 150 and a budget totaling only 3 percent of net income. Compare this with L'Oreal, the View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
America. What actions should Audubon take to get to that goal? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518025-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-480 VMware and the Public Cloud In 2015, VMware, a pioneer in server and network virtualization...
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Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
show that, even in a world with perfect capital markets and without differences in innate ability, wealthy parents invest, on average, more in their offspring than poorer ones. As a result, persistence of economic status is higher at the...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211090-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement (B):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211096-PDF-ENG Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (E) David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Supplement 111-119 Spanish View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
to an initial public offering in May 2005. SSG's parent company, the K. Raheja Corporation, and its affiliated companies held 66% of SSG's shares. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508017...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
investors. People who owned their homes took advantage of this equity buildup, some becoming what he termed "serial refinancers." "What used to be a goal of people like my parents to someday have no mortgage, all of a...
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