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- 03 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'
starts to look more like the past if I make automatic decisions that are all based on inferences of the past. For consumers and the world, we have this opportunity right now to... View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis
- 09 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?
With the global economy still reeling from inflation and supply-chain disruptions, the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to further destabilize the world’s fragile recovery from COVID-19. The impact... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
California consumers who rely on gas to heat their homes and cook their food. On the other hand, directors negotiating the sale of a Delaware... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
interpret that to mean that it’s safe.” Luca and Glaeser teamed with University of Maryland Professor Ginger Zhe Jin and Benjamin T. Leyden, an assistant professor at Cornell University. They detailed their findings in Learning from... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
that stands between the consumer and the provider. You don't see this problem in food service - where restaurants pile on needless amounts of food just to charge for more View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)
The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
although nostalgia may help some companies sell consumers a range of products, it’s ultimately bad for business and the economy. They imagine that by keeping people focused on... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- May 2011
- Article
Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting
By: George Serafeim
I analyze Embedded Value (EV) reporting by firms with life insurance operations to assess the impact of unregulated financial reporting on transparency and to examine the institutional characteristics that promote unregulated reporting. Under EV accounting the present... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Reporting; Cash Flow; Contracts; Equity; Profit; Value; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Earnings
Serafeim, George. "Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting." Journal of Accounting Research 49, no. 2 (May 2011).
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
From the dawn of the U.S. transcontinental railroad in 1869 to the widespread embrace of consumer products like cell phones and iPods in our time, the story View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
Frei is the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at HBS and is the author of Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You. Joseph Fuller: Focus View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Real Wal-Mart Effect
Wal-Mart's domestic sales volume, U.S. consumers save on the order of $18 billion per year. And because Wal-Mart forces its competitors to charge lower prices as well, this... View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
of independent or boutique research firms in your analysis of trends concerning overly optimistic estimate forecasts? Do you think they could have an impact View Details
- Awards
American Marketing Association. Marketing Communications Special Interest Group Best Paper Award
By: Sunil Gupta
Winner of the 2003 Best Paper Award from the Marketing Communications Special Interest Group of the American Marketing Association for "Long Term Impact of Promotion and Advertising on Consumer Brand Choice" (with Carl Mela and Donald R. Lehmann, Journal of... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
play on the standard pre-Internet belief, based on the results of only one research study that became a mantra, that satisfied customers tell... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Inflation with COVID Consumption Baskets
Keywords: by Alberto Cavallo
- December 2017 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
In the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm: South Korea's Lotte Group, China and the U.S. THAAD Missile Defense System (A)
By: Andy Zelleke and Brian Tilley
By late 2016 and early 2017, Lotte Group, a South Korean chaebol (large family-controlled business group) had become embroiled not only in the domestic political turmoil surrounding President Park Geun-hye, but also—uncomfortably—in a four-country geopolitical storm. ... View Details
- 07 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
Marketing Reimagined: A Recap of the 2016 Marketing Innovation Conference
A highlight of the conference was the wide range of panels available. Each featured up to five industry experts speaking on a wide range of... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
Elephant Live Happily Ever After?" focuses on acquisitions of three social icons: Tom's of Maine acquired by Colgate, Stonyfield Farm Yogurt purchased by Danone, and Ben... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 Dec 2012
- Working Paper Summaries