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- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
Flavr Savr tomato, introduced more than 20 years ago. The decision was driven by the economics of bringing a value-added product to consumers, Baker says of the marketing of the White Russet. The fresh market would place the most value on...
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- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
commercialization and adoption. Emerging opportunities must be nurtured, and the transition to high growth must be managed. Once breakthrough innovations catch hold, growth must be funded and managed to exploit the full value of the...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016
evidence. NPEs on average behave as "patent trolls." Indeed, NPEs hold and frequently litigate patents that are likely to be at least partially invalidated; moreover, NPEs target cash irrespective of its relation to alleged infringement. Cash-targeting is...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8
gaming and institutional corruption that occurred at Citigroup. I then examine the key drivers of short-termism in contemporary business and their potential effects on the behavior of both executives and their organizations. I conclude by...
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Carmen Nobel
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Managing the Future of Work Wholesale upskilling: Walmart’s workforce value proposition Businesses are getting strategic about skills building, focusing on what they and their employees need to reach their respective goals. As the largest...
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- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
in order to capture value in the by-product market ("full+ conversion"), or only convert part of its waste into by-product so as not to flood the by-product market ("partial conversion"). As waste is now a useful input...
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Martha Lagace
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value drivers and risks; evaluating the degree to which accounting policies and standards capture underlying economics; assessing earnings quality; and making adjustments to eliminate accounting distortions....
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- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Alumni Books Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969 by John Fredrickson and John Andrew (MBA 1959) Schiffer Military History Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and myriad human interactions. Boeing Metamorphosis...
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- 04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4
government debt is financed by another sovereign and not by private lenders. Our results show that the failure to consider official flows as the main driver of uphill flows and global imbalances is an important shortcoming of the recent...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
deal with Comcast put us in the content business, with a share not only in baseball broadcasts but also in NBA basketball, Pac-10, and other college sports broadcasts; news shows; magazine shows; and various specials.” When asked about a key View Details
- 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13
PublicationsHigher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Authors:Michael Beer, Russel A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
is still an industry, with economic inputs, business models, competitors, value chains, and a dynamic, challenging marketplace. Gaylin examines each of the major segments (Broadway, regional theater, orchestra, opera, and dance) along...
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15
decisions from descriptions were obtained with a stochastic variant of prospect theory assuming that the sensitivity to the weighted value decreases with the distance between the cumulative payoff functions. The best predictions of...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
the third of five children. The family placed a heavy emphasis on the value of good, honest labor; at 18, he became a firefighter to help pay his university expenses. The occupying workers also came from large families, and many had...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
bringing in components piecemeal and assembling the phones in India. The business was a huge success, creating the early foundations of what would become Bharti Tele-Ventures, India’s leading private-sector telecom with a market value of...
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Julia Hanna
- 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25
exiting shareholders receive fair value in MBOs. This article identifies four factors that create an unlevel playing field in that market check: information asymmetries, valuable management, management financial incentives to discourage...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
state’s estimates. But the major driver is the state’s inability to control costs.” Herzlinger further notes that “universal coverage has not meant universal access. That’s because if you increase demand by so much and you don’t bring...
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- 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10
market's growth that is the primary driver of profit margins and sales growth. A few retailers have succeeded in going global by developing strategies that apply four retail-specific rules for globalization. Rule 1: The home market is the...
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Carmen Nobel