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- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
the nation's cramped urban centers where vacancy rates held near zero and families often "doubled up" in single-housing units. Hoping to spark a burst of new construction, New York Senator William Calder called for the creation...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
centers on the media, entertainment, and sports industries. One general question I try to answer in my research is what value is created by superstars in these sectors, and how much of that value these stars themselves capture. I was...
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- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
performance challenges are at the heart of the enterprise rather than an external force to be dealt with. In other words, in public school districts, an improvement strategy works from the inside out, rather than outside in. The classroom is at the View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
hedonic products to enhance their enjoyment of future consumption occasions. Current approaches to becoming expert center on cultivating an analytic mindset. In the present research the authors explore the benefit to enthusiasts of moving...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
changed competitive environment the company faced in smartphones and mobile phones. The strategy shift would include transitioning Nokia's phone operating system to Microsoft Windows and closing phone R&D centers and factories in 13...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
than building the whole route with public funds—rather than pencil in a prohibitively high toll. This successful project reduces congestion in the capital, facilitates business investment in the region, and helps to move the center of...
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- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
Effective value-based competition will be centered on addressing health conditions over the entire life cycle of care (not the specific components of care such as surgery, office visits, home care, and so on), and competition will shift...
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- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
functions that are thrust to the center of concern during such crisis events. Pursuing Public Value: Frameworks for Strategic Analysis and Action Authors:Leonard, Herman B., and Mark H. Moore Publication:Ports in a Storm: Public...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608016 China Resources Corporation (B): China Resources Microelectronics Harvard Business School Supplement 107-015 Supplements the (A) case. Late in October 2006, China...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
accessible corporate archives in most countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It also permits a level of nuance that is hard to obtain even if written archives are accessible. Oral histories provide insights into why events did not...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
Endowment Portfolios: The Case of Christ Church College The case centers on Christ Church’s Treasurer, James Lawrie, who is contemplating his options for investing a portion of the College's endowment in real estate. Approximately 1/3 of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
part-time and had gathered £40,000 of initial capital. Yet, making the decision to leave his corporate job and become an entrepreneur was not easy: Was Dinr a good business opportunity? Would it be attractive to outside investors? What...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
quickly to execute the strategy. The firm has committed $1b in investment, building out a new software center in California and a commercial sales function at headquarters to deploy the new products and services. Purchase this case:
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
transactions of all kinds and with the size of firms growing, the reliability of technology becomes increasingly important. "The increased use of technology offers huge economies of scale," notes Warren McFarlan, coauthor of the fifth edition of View Details
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by Susan Young
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
in the strength of agglomeration economies in Silicon Valley, but historically its origins lay in the East Coast. Notably, immediate post-WWII efforts to establish the American Research and Development Corporation created a precedent for...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Nohria and Groysberg, of Harvard Business School, and Lee, of the Center for Research on Corporate Performance. Using the results of surveys they conducted with employees at a wide range of Fortune 500 and...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46138 Forthcoming Accounting Review An Analysis of Self-reported Anticorruption Efforts By: Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim Abstract—We use Transparency International's ratings of self-reported anticorruption efforts...
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
Sloan Management Review (forthcoming) Abstract Many people today in the information technology world and in corporate boardrooms are talking about "big data." Many believe that, for companies that get it right, big data will be...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
University. It also became a medical hub, driven by the brisk expansion of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The education centers of Carnegie Mellon and Pitt attracted students from all over the world, and the city helped to...
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- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410079-PDF-ENG Microsoft's IP Ventures Josh Lerner and Ann LeamonHarvard Business School Case 810-096 Microsoft's IP Ventures program, through which Microsoft spun out promising but unused technologies into new companies, is a...
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Martha Lagace