Limits To Arbitrage - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

blended identity; thus, limiting the extent to which such organizations can truly "re-direct" future career choices. Strategic Orientations in a Competitive Context: The Role of Strategic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier

Looking ahead, the authors investigate two possible scenarios for the unfolding of the digital revolution, each stemming from a different well-established medium. Television, they point out, is belatedly attempting to enter the digital... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

29 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 29

issues. In order to explain the dynamics of these alternative plots, I show that risk experts engage in various kinds of boundary-work (Gieryn, 1983, 1999), sometimes to expand and sometimes View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

does this occur? Across four studies, people justified their dishonest deeds through moral disengagement and exhibited motivated forgetting of information that might otherwise limit their dishonesty. Using hypothetical scenarios (Studies... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Sep 2016
Blog Post

4 Unexpected Things I Learned at HBS

Finance I course. Coming from an operational background, I had very limited exposure to interpreting problems and solutions through a financial lens. After finally admitting to... View Details

15 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Coming Out Calculus: A Reflection in Honor of National Coming Out Day

“Be my gay best friend!”-objectifying statements. Both are annoying. Next—is there a limit to how gay I can be? In many situations, there is a Threshold of Tolerable Gay. For example: in the workplace, a gay... View Details

04 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

or $250,000, or simply will not lend to small businesses with revenue of less than $2 million, as a way to limit time-consuming applications from small businesses. This is... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

24 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Do We Tax?

expand the theory to include the diverse criteria for taxes that most people find compelling. Weinzierl's research shows that a theory with a more realistic perspective on what people believe makes for good tax policy, can make up for the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services

6 PM – 8 PM CDT, 16 Apr 2019
Career Events

Connect with HBS in Houston: Renew Your Work & Life

Connect with HBS and fellow alumni and explore four elements that are always active during career and life decision-making. You will experience a hands-on workshop to explore what work life issues are most in need of your attention at this moment in your life. View Details

15 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

designing focused experiments to test hypotheses in a capital-efficient fashion in order to achieve product-market fit. But ICOs substantially limit the benefits associated... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Apr 2019
What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

a deficit limit although a very high one.” Tony E opined, “The US is unique globally in providing a stable currency (that allows) the rest of the world to eliminate uncertainty in asset/commodity... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Mar 2016
Blog Post

MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business

limited data and resources available to you is a very powerful learning mechanism. After I’d take a stance in class, I’d nervously wait to find out whether I was right or... View Details

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

experienced.) The cognitive science shows us is that there are limits to how fast you can drive in the learning.— Dorothy Leonard Walt and I studied mostly companies on the West Coast. Brian studied the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

and applications. Regression testing should be done well if software is not to revert to an earlier state. The kind of testing that takes place varies according to the needs of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

To Nancy F. Koehn, the history of the Irish rock band U2 has it all as a business case study: teamwork, leadership, creative destruction, branding, and strategy. Koehn's case "Bono and U2", co-written with Katherine Miller and Rachel K.... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

16 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training

a learned ability to capitalize when opportunities to communicate arose, as well as to discern when situations offered a chance for discussion. “Even though negotiation is... View Details

Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn

03 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Money Making Movies

recoup investments, to limit piracy from cannibalizing revenues, and, so it is believed, to capitalize on the buzz that a movie has generated in the U.S. Our study provides... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

29 Apr 2015
Blog Post

2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business

my conception of what a business can do for the world. I realized the inherent limitations of my previous work in activism, and the infinite potential of products to provide tangible solutions View Details

12 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs

well-defined form that people understand," says Lee. "Creating a new hybrid is difficult to explain as a rational choice taking this limitation into account." Lee and Battilana sought other explanations for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

will make more informative adjustments to limit their reputation risk for issuers with a higher likelihood of default—an event that can reveal the quality of assigned ratings. For all issuers, we find that... View Details