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- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
contracts.” In fixed-price contracts, the supplier provides a product or service to the government at a fixed price. In cost-plus contracts, the supplier bills the government based on reported production costs and profit margin, making it...
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- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
not see any threat or moral hazard when the service provider makes clear to its customer the potential threat of use or sharing of the information by the intelligence or other authorities. Forewarned is forearmed. . . . As in Buddhist...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
variety of immersive experiences, they do share one through line: multisensory engagement. From a theater perspective, Sleep No More has been encouraging audiences to get up from their seats and join the theatrics—literally chasing actors...
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- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
startup financing. To be sure, venture capital offers many benefits, including the networks and insights that experienced investors bring to the table. But all of that comes at a price. Most obviously, a founder who takes venture capital gives up equity, effectively...
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Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
cool and only go-to source, then make the leap to the next level after market share growth rate has peaked. You can prepare for the shift but don’t dilute your momentum yet. You will be able to raise more capital more cheaply once you can...
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April White
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
of its contracts. "Suddenly, I was losing a lot of money," she says "It took us three years to be profitable again." Stringent cost controls and aggressive outreach to commercial clients made the difference. As Centennial One grew through...
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- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
company commands a global market share of more than 50% and is largely responsible for the rapid technological progress in the sailmaking industry over the past 30 years. CEO Tom Whidden needs to consider how to best defend the company's...
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Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
up to the point where the benefit of the marginal project is just equal to the cost. Because labor is a key input to innovation when the opportunity cost of time is lower, such as during school breaks or time off from work, we find that...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
charging people egregious amounts for insurance that they didn't necessarily need," she says. "They were placing insurance at five times the cost they told regulators they would." Estimating that ultimately over a third of...
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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
of old firms, and the creation of new and appealing jobs. "The larger and more liquid an equity market is," Seifert emphasized, "measured in terms of its turnover ratio [that is, the average number of times a share changes...
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by James E. Aisner
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
celebratory fireworks. "We've always thought of OPM as a family, so it's wonderful to see all the families here tonight," he noted. "The friendships and relationships that are reinforced by class reunions are always fruitful, and we hope that this reunion will provide...
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- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
When the pair shared their further research with the women who had attended the HBS roundtable, this time they found the go-ahead they were looking for to launch the fund. As Dodi recalls, "They weren't just giving us advice. A number of...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
In 2012, two seasoned scholars shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their research on designing markets. Lloyd Shapley had developed theoretical methods to create stable matches in unstable markets. Alvin Roth had...
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- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407049 Analyzing Relative Costs Harvard Business School Note 708-462 Introduces students to the technique of relative cost analysis, a core...
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
illustrative example, we show that production subsidies of higher investment and production cost technologies (such as carbon capture and storage technologies) have no effect on the firm's optimal total capacity when firms own a portfolio...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
they “enjoyed eating in exotic surroundings but were deeply mistrustful of exotic foods.” He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional...
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- 19 May 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts
developing countries. Raj De Datta The three of us come from very different backgrounds (entrepreneurship, private equity, and general management) but share a common passion for the problems of economic development; we wanted to identify...
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- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
would it cost to build/change/scale this? - is a frequent question in startup land (elsewhere too) where recruitment targets are typically behind schedule. In my case, I saw two main options to building a MVP (minimum viable product):...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
and new antibiotics—which are priced higher than their older counterparts to recoup development costs—have to compete for a share of that finite budget. In recent years, many large pharma companies have stopped their antibiotic research...
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Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
strengthen their virtuous cycles, undermine those of rivals, and even use them to turn competitors' strengths into weaknesses. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/01/how-to-design-a-winning-business-model/ar/1# Share Issuance and Factor...
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Sean Silverthorne