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- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
Boston has always been fueled by an Enlightenment belief in scientific progress and human perfectibility. It is home to America's first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), and college, Harvard College (1636). After the American...
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by Spencer E. Ante
- 2007
- Working Paper
The Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters
By: Charles Cohen and Eric D. Werker
Natural disasters occur in a political space. Although events beyond our control may trigger a disaster, the level of government preparedness and response greatly determines the extent of suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model...
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Policy;
Government and Politics;
Strategic Planning;
Mathematical Methods;
Natural Disasters;
Welfare or Wellbeing
Cohen, Charles, and Eric D. Werker. "The Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-040, December 2007. (Revised November 2008.)
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
issues, and the organization has demonstrated its willingness to be influenced, committing significant resources to efforts suggested by the groups. Trust was also built as the task force structure allowed employees more face time with...
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by David A. Thomas
- April 2019
- Article
Shooting the Messenger
By: Leslie John, Hayley Blunden and Heidi Liu
Eleven experiments provide evidence that people have a tendency to “shoot the messenger,” deeming innocent bearers of bad news unlikeable. In a preregistered lab experiment, participants rated messengers who delivered bad news from a random drawing as relatively...
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Judgment;
Communication;
Sense-making;
Attribution;
Disclosure;
Interpersonal Communication;
Perception;
Judgments;
Motivation and Incentives
John, Leslie, Hayley Blunden, and Heidi Liu. "Shooting the Messenger." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 148, no. 4 (April 2019): 644–666.
- 02 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors’ Prison
reduce the principal as part of loan modification. Consider a commonplace scenario. The value of a house has dropped 30 percent from its mortgage. The owner has already lost whatever equity she sank into the down payment. There is very little View Details
- March 2014
- Teaching Note
E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health
By: John A. Quelch
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were heralded by some as a healthcare game changer, enabling smokers to switch to a new product which carried lower risk of cancer. However, there were concerns about the public health risk of e-cigarettes, particularly the chance...
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- 05 Dec 2013
- News
Obama’s effort to build a legacy
- 09 Dec 2012
- News
The analyzed gift
- 12 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
3 Facts About HBS Discussion Groups
Reading cases is an integral part of the HBS experience. The case method was pioneered at HBS, and 80% of the cases published each year are written by HBS faculty members. By the time students complete their...
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- March 2019
- Supplement
KITEA (E): IKEA's Opening Day
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in 2016 as Amine Benkirane, CEO of the furniture retailer KITEA, observes KITEA’s dormant sales on the day IKEA opens its first store in Morocco. It then provides information on IKEA’s Morocco store, as well as a detailed pricing comparison between IKEA...
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Private Sector;
For-Profit Firms;
Business Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Adaptation;
Corporate Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Africa;
North Africa;
Morocco
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "KITEA (E): IKEA's Opening Day." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-422, March 2019.
- 17 Apr 2020
- News
Q&A with former SBA Administrator Karen Mills
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
other aspect of my life for professional achievement, but professional achievement has been at the center of my decision-making process throughout my adult life." At first, Tony's crime and confession are hard to explain. By looking...
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- 19 Feb 2018
- News
The Hidden Status Battles That Can Roil the Office
- 15 Dec 2005
- News
Generosity Can Unite Us
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and officials across the...
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- 2017
- Working Paper
Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation
By: Paul A. Gompers, Kevin Huang and Sophie Q. Wang
We study the role of homophily in group formation. Using a unique dataset of MBA students, we observe homophily in ethnicity and gender increases the probability of forming teams by 25%. Homophily in education and past working experience increases the probability of...
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Gompers, Paul A., Kevin Huang, and Sophie Q. Wang. "Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-104, May 2017.
- January–February 2021
- Article
Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino and Metin Aksoy
By aligning executives’ financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard to get pay packages right. In this article four experts break down the key elements of compensation and explain how to...
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Executive Compensation;
Compensation and Benefits;
Motivation and Incentives;
Strategy;
Performance
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino, and Metin Aksoy. "Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 1 (January–February 2021): 102–111.
- 21 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Didn't Know About HBS Faculty
the largest oil company in the world, Saudi Aramco, prior to attending HBS. One of Khalid’s most profound experiences at HBS so far has been the relationship he has forged with faculty members. Here, Khalid shares his experience at HBS and the opportunities provided to...
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- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’
Over time, the media conversation about work-life balance has shifted slightly, Ely said, from discussing women's individual choices to showing "a whole set of experiences that look less like women opting out and more like women being pushed out View Details
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by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
The 85-year-old Business History Review, published quarterly by Harvard Business School, is the acknowledged leading peer-reviewed journal in the field. (BHR has recently been made available online through Cambridge University Press.) So...
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by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman