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- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
health," one health advocate said. Consisting of a small barrel-shaped design that mimics an actual cigarette, the devices vaporize a liquid nicotine solution, which is then inhaled without the tar and carcinogens found in smoke....
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
conducted for the case. He learned that although ANA is one of the world’s most pro table airlines, a majority of its revenues come from the domestic market, which is shrinking due to Japan’s declining...
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- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
them—not back in the laboratory, but rolling them out, getting audience reactions, and making changes immediately. We learn about the speed of change, and about a work style that makes people feel motivated...
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by Staff
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
bankruptcy. While initial ownership concentration is important for coordination of a prearranged bankruptcy filing, it is consolidation of ownership during bankruptcy-and specifically consolidation View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
cybersecurity. Revenues declined, criticism grew, and challenges of change remained. Watson businesses were new, unproven, and required change in nearly every aspect of legacy operations and culture. To...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
government should speed up its reforms in the internal sector rather than scale back external sector reforms. Q: On the influence of émigrés, you write, "With the help of...
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by Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
Fran Seegull by Jill Radsken Fran Seegull is a woman on a mission, and it started with a paper she wrote at Harvard Business School. A lifelong passion for philanthropy brought Seegull (MBA 1998) to HBS, to see if she could mobilize the business world to View Details
- 13 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Ask A Coach: How Do I Find a Mentor?
Career & Professional Development breaks down answers to some of the most common questions we get from alumni at all stages of their career journey. Q: I’m feeling stuck in my career and hoping to find a...
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- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
Canadian facility that performs hernia operations only, has developed procedures to maximize surgical success rates, save patients money, and speed their recovery in a friendly, noninstitutional environment. The hospital's advertising...
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by Garry Emmons
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
overestimating the speed and magnitude of possible investment returns. First, what's the amount of risk at the macroeconomic level? Wenbin Guo suggests that it is lower than...
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by James Heskett
- 13 May 2014
- Op-Ed
The Alibaba Effect
great online giants. “Alibaba's only limits are those imposed by the speed at which these enterprises continue to grow” Still largely unknown in the West, Alibaba dominates China's Internet and logistics space with over 600 million...
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- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?
nature and delivery of the IDA program could be the answer, he says. Rather than administering IDAs through brick-and-mortar channels—banks, paperwork, and more paperwork—why not use technology to speed up,...
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by Carla Tishler
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
evidence that this effect is driven by psychological reactance rather than by overcompensation for potential bias. We discuss both the theoretical and practical implications of our findings. Download working paper:...
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Anna Secino
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
of “just in time” inventory management that led to greater speed and dependability among manufacturers and suppliers of logistics services to companies like Toyota and others....
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- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market By: Wen, Wen, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how app developers on the Android mobile platform View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’
As the pace of globalization speeded up from the 1960s, the term "multinational enterprise" (hereafter MNE) was coined, and there was an outpouring of discussion,...
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Jeremy Andrus
like? We went public in July 2011, a few months after I was put in the CEO role, so there wasn’t a lot of breathing time. I had worked closely on day-to-day operations with the firm’s founder since 2005, so I was up to View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
with a long history in the airline and hotel industries now gaining traction in the arts world. By analyzing existing data, Hodges and her team have the flexibility to adjust ticket prices on a weekly, or even daily, basis to smooth the...
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Julia Hanna
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
right thing and adjusting what you're doing." In a world of heightened hazards and uncertainty, leaders who make commitments to other parties are basically saying, "This is the overall direction we plan to...
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by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
early strategic contingencies tend to misfit later ones. Over time, innovating units must either minimize the negative effects of misfit, or make difficult changes in design. Using four paired case studies, we examine how firms address...
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Sean Silverthorne