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- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
same entrepreneurial energy that it had when she joined. She and her colleagues reflect on how Google has been able to maintain its culture as the company keeps doubling in size. Purchase this case:...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016
answer a reflection of a strategic weakness, or was it actually consistent with design principles established by the development team? The case seeks to expand students' view of the product development process. Traditional software...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015
new urban data sources and illustrate how they can be used to improve the study and function of cities. We first show how Google Street View images can be used to predict income in New York City, suggesting that similar image data can be...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5
earns an average risk-adjusted return of 4.68% per year. Firms with central boards also experience higher future growth in return-on-assets (ROA) with analysts failing to fully reflect this information in their earnings forecasts. Return...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
strengthened. These changes may reflect the growing role for the euro as a reserve currency in the international financial system. The risk-minimizing currency strategy for a global bond investor is close to a full currency hedge, with a...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
find that diversified firms increased in value relative to single-segment firms during the crisis, a result that is not driven by the endogeneity of either financing constraints or firms' diversification choices. We also find that the increase did not simply View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
The (B) case presents the final outcome of the events. Reveals how Keller is able to turn around perceptions about him and forge relationships with key decision makers. Includes reflections and lessons learned from all parties and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
visibility outside its areas of expertise. In their study of these two financial institutions, the authors identified four competencies-trailblazing, toolmaking, teamwork, and translation-that help functional leaders or groups compete for...
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Anna Secino
- 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3
budget across various offline and online channels. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511096-PDF-ENG State Bank of India: Transforming a State Owned Giant Rajiv Lal and Rachna TahilyaniHarvard Business School Case 511-114 February 2011: O.P. Bhatt...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
Abstract The potential supply of biomass feedstocks in the U.S. and Canada is estimated using a static supply function approach. Estimated total biomass available at a price of $100 per metric ton is 568 million metric tons in the U.S....
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
established players in the advertising industry. Next, the case examines the firm's internal dynamics. Here, in addition to describing the culture of Big Spaceship, the case puts special emphasis on the firm's recent shift from a View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
(forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, I examine the sensitivity of promotion and demotion decisions for lower-level managers to financial and nonfinancial measures of their performance and investigate the extent to which the behavior of lower-level managers View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Business School Case 709-025 In 1987, President Ronald Reagan established the President's Commission on Privatization to identify federal government functions that could be shifted to the private sector. One agency that the Commission...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
analysts' forecasts of firm performance actually reflect any of these factors and which are considered most important. We use survey data from 967 analysts ranking 837 companies to judge how their forecasts are related to evaluations of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
"bottom-up" forces highlighted in these models and instead reflects more "top-down" interventions. We conclude with a discussion of some of the historical evidence on top-down interventions. Economic Catastrophe Bonds...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8
re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. We use "quality" to mean the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth. However, this is difficult to establish because it is a function of many different country and project...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
associated with billing and insurance activities at a large academic health care center that had a certified EHR system. The center enjoyed economies of scale by concentrating its bill paying functions within a single, dedicated unit. The...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
of great experience managing a couple billion dollars in revenue and 1,500 salespeople. Our VP of engineering and our CFO are also like that. It makes a huge difference, because you can't have people going through this the first time—you need the bench strength....
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