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- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
just in the U.S. The rise of the charismatic CEO, escalating pay, and the consequences of Tyco or Global Crossing—these have reverberations across the world. It undermines the medium-term and long-term prospects of countries that are now...
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by Martha Lagace
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
implications for anyone looking to impress others, for those who are tasked with forecasting consumer behavior, or for salespeople who consult with customers on prospective purchases. In short, it’s dangerous to predict what others will...
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- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
and business. My plan is to compare internationally the legal and regulatory limits countries put on the ability to commercialize health information and what this tells us about the prospects for global health-care businesses. I have been...
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- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
management's goals and that of academics in the prospective management enterprise. Finally we review and evaluate the efforts of Fenix, an academically based applied research institute, and TruePoint, a U.S. research based consultancy, in...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
prevalent for large diversified companies that operate in many different businesses. Financial analysts and investors may have an especially difficult time understanding what's going on in these companies, or may lack the industry expertise to assess the business View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
co-founder and CEO of the Rise Fund, has partnered with The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consultancy, to develop an evidence-based methodology for quantifying the impact of prospective Rise investments. Together, they have come up with a...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
RunKeeper became allergic to revenue, ramped up its burn, and tried to pursue both the running app and the Health Graph—but did neither well. At the end of the case, the company is almost out of cash, and Jacobs has exhausted his View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
on the circumstances and prospects of a company. In fact, companies often turn to outsiders because they have failed to recruit, train, and develop the sort of talent that might take over leadership of the organization. To avoid this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
is an emerging market that poses manifold risks to foreign investors. Vale do Rio Doce, Baosteel's prospective partner, is an iron miner with little experience in steelmaking. Baosteel must evaluate whether it is choosing the right...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
was to get widespread diversification. "Reinsurance holds out the prospect that diversification will cheapen the cost of reinsurance and make it attractive to share risk. But if [reinsurers] don't diversify, they can't offer that....
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- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
assembled loans by combining lowest loan offers from different Zopa lenders. Zopa Listings allowed prospective borrowers to post eBay-like listings explaining who they were, how much money they needed, and how they would use it. Lenders...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
explored in the context of advising a prospective investor with particular emphasis on why LLCs are increasingly "go-to" entities. The potential effect of choice of organization on litigation outcomes is illustrated using the...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
raised Audax Group's first fund, and are not able personally to finance the purchase, which would require approximately $30 million. They must decide whether to go through with the purchase, and how to finance it, keeping in mind any issues such an investment would...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
the 2001-2005 period. The reasons why publicly listed Chinese firms are more diversified than companies elsewhere are investigated. Agriculture as a Source of Fuel: Prospects and Impacts, 2007 to 2017 Authors:John N. Ferris and Satish V....
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
declared bankruptcy, leaving the building 38% occupied and significantly overleveraged. In a depressed suburban Chicago office market, Marisa Sanchez, the leasing agent, has to negotiate lease proposals with three prospective tenants to...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
where that motion took him."9 Tony's crime is a self-administered shock treatment. It wakes him up and makes him feel alive. The prospect of living two lives—as the dutiful Tony and as a crook—thrills him. In an odd way Tony's...
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- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
to be sure, but as Wilcox explained and E Ink's experience made clear, its prospects depend on a welter of fundamentally human choices. Twenty minutes after Sahlman's finance students finished dissecting E Ink and one floor up in Aldrich...
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by John S. Rosenberg
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
investors Ram Shriram, Mike Maples, Eric Paley, James Geshweiler, and Jim Southern discuss their investment philosophies and the changing landscape of angel investing. Questions include the following: How has angel investing changed in the last few years? How do you...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209135 URBI and the City Licensee Managers Harvard Business School Case 209-144 A leading low income housing builder in Mexico decides which prospective new local partner best...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007
"reinvent the phone." Yet both the device and the mobile service provided by AT&T involved limitations that could hinder the long-term prospects for the iPhone. At the same time, handset makers and other mobile carriers had...
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Martha Lagace