US Postal Service - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 2

sold, inventory, and gross margin (defined here as the ratio of sales to cost of goods sold) as three endogenous variables. We construct a simultaneous equations model, estimated using public financial and non-financial data, to provide... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2010
News

Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations

her name on the card, and if you got five in a row, you had “bingo.” Variations ensued (“X”, four corners, whole card, etc.). At first, the “free” spot was free. As it evolved (degenerated?), I believe someone used the computer lab’s... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

the bakery's finances." For her part, Nundy, an intern in the HBS Nonprofit and Public Management Summer Fellowship Program, was equally energized by her experiences during her twelve weeks of service in India. She spent the first six... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

responsible" investments as well as some consumers, activists, and potential employees. Unfortunately, there is little evidence about the validity of these ratings. We examine how well two of the most widely used ratings—those of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2012
News

Expertise From The Front Lines Of The Eurozone

timing, he says, that couldn’t have been better. “The US financial crisis made students particularly interested in my views, and since the European crisis, I’ve been concentrating my research and case writing on this latter topic.” From... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2005
News

London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS

Worldwide. Moore described the lengths to which Time Inc. goes to probe for insights into the ever-changing mindset of consumers. The company conducts more than 1,000 research projects a year. But insights can come from unexpected places. A secretary who View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Services; Educational Services

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

offered as the high-speed substitute for mail service in the world of tomorrow. Watson was sixty-five years old when the fair opened, an age when many businessmen think about retirement. But Watson had the energy of a man in his thirties,... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Group Therapy

discovered that family ties in that country are so prevalent that they are not as useful as interlocking directorates and pyramidal equity structures in delineating business group boundaries. Furthermore, stock returns of group affiliates... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

01 Dec 1996
News

Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business

less, attractive. Hardware and software are complements. So are hot dogs and mustard, cars and car loans, cable television and TV Guide, the Internet and high-capacity digital phone lines, catalogues and overnight delivery services - even... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

HBS Records an “Excellent” Year

$2.8 billion on June 30, 2007, contributed $7 million to revenue growth. The market value of the HBS endowment and current use funds has grown at a compound annual rate of 16.1 percent for the past five years. For the first time in the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

Moreover, it is unclear whether standard theories about organizational strategy, such as planning, hold true in such environments. We explore these issues using a sample of 730 new ventures in Colombia from 1997 to 2001. We find that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2008
News

Immersion Program Digs Deep

business executives,” he notes. “It was very useful for learning about how to do business in emerging markets.” Limor Moshkovich (HBS ’09) served as one of the immersion’s student leaders. “Wherever I end up doing business in the world,... View Details

Keywords: immersion; Educational Services; Educational Services

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

Orleans after graduating from Princeton. While pursuing her degree, Hurricane Katrina hit and she decided to take a service trip to New Orleans—motivated to provide future generations of children with access to the same quality of... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

A Matter of Opinion

1932 in New York City, where his father ran a small clothing-manufacturing business in the Garment District. After attending progressive city schools, Navasky graduated from Swarthmore College in 1954 with Phi Beta Kappa honors in the social sciences. Next came Army... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2004
News

One-on-One with Robert McNamara

Americans of the second half of the 20th century. But regardless of how history may judge his record, McNamara’s decades of service in the public and private sectors enable him to speak with singular authority about the strengths and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2013
News

Your Own Medicine

Winners With everyone else in the house asleep, Tracy spent all night online. She found pictures of children with muscular dystrophy employing something called the Gowers' sign to get off the floor, using their hands to push themselves... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; biomedicine; biopharmaceutical company; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

Business Review Case Study: Can You Win Back Online Shoppers? By: Teixeira, Thales S., and Sunil Gupta Abstract—This case study discusses the options that brick-and-mortar retailers can use to combat the negative consequences of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Negotiation is Like Jazz

negotiation requires adapting your communication acts to the most advantageous pattern. Learning The Notes Imagine you're a sales rep negotiating with the procurement manager of a professional services firm. Your company is the only... View Details

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn

11 Sep 2009
News

I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…

someplace similar is the obvious exception.” “How do I eat and drink at company presentations and receptions?” “Don’t,” Smith advised. “Eat in advance, or afterward.” Your drink is a prop that you hold in your non-dominant hand.” Yes, do hold a glass of seltzer, but... View Details