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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

journal for "The Value of Descriptive Analytics: Evidence from Online Retailers" with Ron Berman ( Marketing Science , 2022). Shunyuan Zhang : Nominated for the 2022 John D. C. Little Award for “Frontiers: Can an AI Algorithm Mitigate Racial Economic Inequality? An... View Details

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

of analysis afterward. “These debates are often great moments of television,” Pons says. “We all remember the gaffes that candidates make as well as the memorable comebacks. Debates are entertaining.” Who could forget Trump calling... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

Highlights Conducting a Root Cause Analysis Learning from 360-degree Feedback Stepping in as CEO Show Hide Details Concepts Introduction to Project Week Bank Leumi Case Study Organizational Challenge Conclusion Featured Exercises Perform... View Details

07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

Whether it’s booking a hotel, renting a movie, or buying a car, many of us consult multiple reviews before deciding. It’s called aggregating opinions, and we do it without even thinking about it. Crowdsourcing works so well, in fact, says Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

and Corporate Accountability Leading Change and Organizational Renewal Leading with Finance Management Essentials Negotiation Mastery Organizational Leadership Power and Influence for Positive Impact Strategic Financial Analysis Strategy... View Details

27 May 2015
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What is an HBS Section?

classroom experience as well. Section also provides a level of academic support. You become very invested in making sure everyone in the section is thriving academically. From frequent student-led review sessions, to informal phone calls with section mates asking about... View Details

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

meanwhile, is known colloquially as "the stress hormone," because cortisol levels go up when people experience stress. An analysis of the post-math-test saliva samples, compared with the pre-math-test saliva, revealed something unexpected... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Why White-Collar Crime Spiked in America After 9/11

economic, and other variables, Nguyen’s analysis found that the FBI referred 15 percent fewer white-collar cases for prosecution in judicial districts whose corresponding FBI field offices had a larger portion of Muslim residents. In... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

outlook for the next fifty years, I would say it's sensational. How would you rate your personal computing skills? I've kept up pretty well, by necessity. You can't get a stock quote today without being able to use a computer. Our ability to produce information for... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

policy that hold sway among the public, political and economic leaders, and leading tax thinkers, and then characterizing the implications of using those objectives in the analysis of optimal taxation. In other work, he has explored the... View Details

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

architecture to it Perform a root cause analysis Explore the value of learning from mistakes to develop a culture of innovation Term 2 Course Elective (Term 2) CLIMB features two electives: one finance elective (any course in the Finance... View Details

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

contradictory to sound judgment. It only emphasizes it . Judgment is an encapsulation of all those elements data, facts, processes, etc that go into decisions from which we have learned in the past." Joe Schmid said: "Our education and work environments are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

provide analysis and derive general insights from this negotiation campaign. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52027 Henry A. Kissinger as Negotiator: Background and Key Accomplishments By: Sebenius,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26

Publications August 2014 Management Science Smart People Ask for (My) Advice: Seeking Advice Boosts Perceptions of Competence By: Brooks, A.W., F. Gino, and M.E. Schweitzer Abstract—Although individuals can derive substantial benefits from exchanging information and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura & Marion Fourcad; Education

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Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950 (BOOK)

In my first book manuscript, Experiments in Financial Democracy, I challenge the idea that it was colonial institutions that sent Brazil, a civil law country, down a particular path of corporate governance and finance. Detailed archival research reveals... View Details

28 Nov 2018
HBS Seminar

Jon Jachimowicz, Columbia University

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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

interested in the compilation and analysis of business information. He first published Poor’s Manual of the Railroads of the United States in 1868. The massive volumes included detailed information culled from state and company reports,... View Details

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

of the 1997 Raymond Vernon Prize for outstanding article for "Fair Siting Procedures—An Empirical Analysis of Their Importance and Characteristics" (with Bruno S. Frey, Journal of Policy Analysis and... View Details

10 Dec 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman & Wesley Brandi; Publishing; Technology

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