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Patrick Akl
Growing up in Lebanon, Patrick Akl lived with a fascination for consumer electronics – and with the ever-present fear of war. “We often had to sleep in an underground bunker,” Patrick says. “And the conflict caused setbacks in my father’s...
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Ximena Garcia-Rada
which suggested that research would be a good fit for me.” Ximena put her theory to the test by accepting a position as a Research Associate at the Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke University, working with Professor Dan Ariely on issues related to View Details
- 08 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief
Barasz’s new paper, “Hoping for the Worst? A Paradoxical Preference for Bad News,” which recently appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, documents this peculiar preference for worse-case scenarios in a variety of medical...
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by Michael Blanding
- 14 May 2024
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship
consumer lawsuits against companies from The Hershey Co. to United Airlines. In a landscape with increased awareness about the gaps between promises and action, it is worth considering one fundamental building block that does not always...
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- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
thinking about where to hold them, specifically, inside or outside of tax-deferred accounts. "Getting this decision right can be pretty close to a free lunch," says Bergstresser, who with colleague James Poterba, a professor at MIT's Department of Economics,...
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by Ann Cullen
- November 2016 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Selling on Amazon at Tower Paddle Boards
By: Thales S. Teixeira and David Lopez-Lengowski
By June 2012, Stephan Aarstol felt that he had successfully passed the first critical stage of his ecommerce business. As the founder and CEO of a standup paddleboard (SUP) business, he had built a strong relationship with Asian manufacturers, built a small warehouse...
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Tower Paddle Boards;
Amazon;
E-commerce;
Online Shopping;
Distribution;
Internet and the Web;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Marketing Channels;
Distribution Channels;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Consumer Products Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Teixeira, Thales S., and David Lopez-Lengowski. "Selling on Amazon at Tower Paddle Boards." Harvard Business School Case 517-047, November 2016. (Revised July 2018.)
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
of eyeglasses can cost more than a month's wages. That's because much of the world relies on highly trained specialists who use sophisticated and expensive equipment, in a market that provides consumers with View Details
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eyeglasses
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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
Sustainability Associate and Advisor to BEI Gina Pak HBS MBA 2015 Founding Member / Marketing, Blueland “Our mission is to make it easy for people to make the environmentally responsible choice in the products they buy and View Details
- 29 May 2017
- Blog Post
The Diverse Community at HBS
Before I came to HBS, I worked at Disney in a consumer insights role with the Corporate Brand Development and Studio Marketing teams. Tracking evolving consumer behaviors in entertainment was part of my job...
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- March 2011 (Revised October 2011)
- Case
If We Ran the World
By: Hanna Halaburda, Radka Dohnalova and Aldo Sesia
Cindy Gallop launched IfWeRanTheWorld (IWRTW) in February 2010, as what the tech world called minimum viable product, in order to real-world test Gallop's "business of the future" concept while development was ongoing. IWRTW was conceived to bring together human good...
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Business Model;
Outcome or Result;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Network Effects
Halaburda, Hanna, Radka Dohnalova, and Aldo Sesia. "If We Ran the World." Harvard Business School Case 711-490, March 2011. (Revised October 2011.)
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
that patients may feel are necessary; and squeezing down compensation for talented physicians and hospitals. Indeed, activist American consumers even rebel against perfectly rational HMO tactics like reducing hospital lengths of stay....
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- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/kuziemko%20buell%20reich%20norton_3e675fb6-f83c-47fc-912d-e0c0b383e56d.pdf Working Papers Competing with Privacy By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Andres Hervas-Drane Abstract—We analyze the implications of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
studies consumer decision-making, with a particular interest in how we make sense of other people’s choices. Just five days after the election, Barasz conducted an online survey that asked Trump voters what spurred them to vote for the...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the extent of control to exert over the different segments of their production processes. We describe a property-rights model of firm...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest...
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Strategy Execution - Course Catalog
structures, we will teach you how to make the tough choices needed to ensure successful strategy execution. The course is divided into seven modules: Allocating resources to customers: You will learn how to choose a primary customer and...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Career Services Shifts into High Gear
CHOICES Financial Services: 45% Investment Banking: 9% Investment Management: 6% Hedge Funds: 4% Private Equity/LBO: 17% Sales & Trading: 1% Venture Capital: 4% Other: 4% Consulting: 20% Manufacturing: 17% Biomed/Pharma: 3% View Details
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
Source: iStock In June 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act, a 589-page bill designed to repeal many of the regulations in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
bypass passwords, maintain purchase records from multiple sites, and link to customer service departments. Wallet advocates say that the technology gives consumers greater control, allowing customers more freedom of movement and View Details
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Judith A. Ross
- Student-Faculty-Profile
Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell
best decisions and undermine our service experiences in the process. Behavioral science and economics has identified choice architecture as one path for helping consumers make better decisions in these...
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