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- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
online ad budget is spent on search advertising, which is more effective than banner advertising at driving traffic. The ability to place your ad on the screen exactly where someone is searching for information is profound. And with...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
experience running a P&L or equivalent. So some of those experiences still apply. But what we’re starting to do, and I think the most progressive organizations are starting to do, is identify things like how do you really cultivate...
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- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
research model, we go out in the field to develop and test hypotheses about the managerial challenges identified and shared by the nine PELP districts, write cases and notes that are relevant to addressing the challenges, and then deliver...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
industry at large, the new owners implemented a transparent strategy to identify and solve the problems, ultimately leading to improved effi ciency, reduced costs, and an expansion of clientele. The course also considers the role of...
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- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
commercial implementations of these practices and then identify their effects on competition. I conclude that Google's tying tactics are suspect under antitrust law. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
company's sources of advantage over time. The analysis suggests that the effectiveness of a particular business model depends not only on its design (its levers and how they relate to one another) but also, most importantly, on its...
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Carmen Nobel
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and valuations. Specifically, we explore the implications of...
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Re: Multiple Faculty
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
other words, the more labor treaties a country signs, the more likely it will live up to its promises. Another factor that had a significant effect on factory performance was the degree of freedom of the press in the country. To measure...
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by Michael Blanding
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
Publications August 2013 pub Cannibalization and Option Value Effects of Secondary Markets: Evidence from the U.S. Concert Industry By: Bennett, Victor Manuel, Robert Seamans, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how reducing search...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
effective leader of innovation. The truth is, leading innovation takes a distinctive kind of leadership, one that unleashes and harnesses the "collective genius" of the people in the organization. Using vivid stories of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5
worldwide establishment dataset, we investigate both the significance and causes of multinational firm co-agglomeration. In contrast to the conventional emphasis of the literature on the role of input-output linkages, we assess the effect...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!
hardships? Professor Nancy F. Koehn discusses lessons for leaders. Key concepts include: As the ship froze into place, Shackleton quickly overcame his own ego to reset the enterprise to focus on survival. Shackleton played to his strong suit and View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
The MBA at a Crossroads
innovative thinking skills; working on global experiential projects; and engaging in reflective exercises that underpin effective leadership. They also identified eight “unmet needs,” ranging from gaining a...
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- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
essentially enumerating the qualities that we should look for in a leader without suggesting how we identify and select for them. Some of the more interesting ones included Kapil Kumar Sopory's suggestion that we look for "... the...
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by Jim Heskett
- 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015
broadly consistent with theory. Quantitatively, the network-based propagation is larger than the direct effects of the shocks. We also show quantitatively large effects from the geographic network, capturing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
supported the emergence of a diverse array of media for the American consumer to enjoy. Moreover, these investments in marketing attracted talented businesspeople into the marketing field. Best practices in marketing were documented so its View Details
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
DVDs in one order and return them in the reverse order when should DVDs (e.g., documentaries) are rented before want DVDs (e.g., action films). This effect is sizeable in magnitude, with a 2% increase in the probability of a reversal in...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
entity that can effectively lobby to pass such policy. It’s time to revisit the assumption, one speaker argued, that sustainability can be reconciled with economic growth. "What’s the use of a zero-waste and carbon-free island resort...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
became the first women MBA graduates of HBS. One would have hoped that these first women to receive an MBA degree from HBS would have been both identified and recognized for their pioneering accomplishment. Judith S. Gibson (HRPBA 1959,...
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- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
potential profit drivers rather than the first troops to cut in a downturn. Ton's working paper, "The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality", examines how mundane activities such as stocking shelves, setting up displays,...
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