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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

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24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

soap before meals can dramatically reduce rates of both diarrhea and acute respiratory infections. To that end, major health organizations have poured a lot of money into handwashing education campaigns in the developing world, but to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

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29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details

01 Nov 2022
What Do You Think?

Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

likely is that managers have OVERESTIMATED the need for face-to-face contact and during the pandemic were (finally) compelled to question the wisdom of spending time and money (not their own!) to travel to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

Spain, was expanding and wanted to exploit customer information to increase commercial effectiveness. At the same time, it was pushing for innovation in the nascent Spanish credit card market. To avoid the considerable investments of time and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

Money Control Is there such a thing as an Indian way of doing business? Harvard Business School professors Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna say yes, and no... 19 MAR 2022 HBS Working Knowledge Five Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

About $162 billion was spent in 2012 in the United States on corporate training—in what Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer calls the “the great training robbery.” Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, says View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

21 May 2012
Research & Ideas

OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

storage racks from collapsing and other major accidents; or perhaps by a particularly dramatic decline in smaller injuries prevented by workers more regularly wearing personal protective gear," says Toffel, who worked as an environment, health, and safety View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

lot of tech firms make big investments in growth upfront, and then the payoff is long-term in the future. In our current macroeconomic climate, it’s harder for them to find money for those sorts of investments, and so that type of... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

05 Sep 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Making the Right Technical Hire

If I had a nickel for every time I get an email or text asking if I know any full stack developers for hire, I could cover the cost of my next trip to San Francisco. I’m also struck by the number of founders who say they’re raising more View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin; Technology

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

its flagship magazine, Harvard Business Review, as well as digital content, live events, books, and tools, HBR Group continued to deliver insights on emerging business trends and management best practices. Paid circulation rose to... View Details

24 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

fraud than other kinds of advertising. An advertiser might think: "Faking that a person paid money is very hard. You need a credit card, and if I'm getting the order, how bad can it be?" In fact, fraud is not impossible. Maybe... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

of hospitals, and to contrast these concerns with national patient safety initiatives. Data Sources. Primary data include semi-structured interviews with frontline staff and 1732 staff identified operational failures at 20 U.S. hospitals from 2004-2006. Study Design.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

second phase involved bringing in lecturers to discuss with employees how to study and manage learning the language. The last phase was encouraging workers to use English in meetings. In line with a do-it-yourself culture, one early... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

26 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Two sides, same coin: How I left the Bay Area as an operator and returned as an investor

Janelle Teng is from the Class of 2020 and a proud member of Section C. From completing her undergraduate studies at Stanford University to working as a product manager at SalesforceIQ, Janelle has spent most of her academic and... View Details

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

let them withdraw their own money until a certain amount or date has been reached. It gives their control over to the bank to help them overcome short-term impulses to spend. The product had a large and significant effect on clients'... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

tenure on the board and a prior career in investment banking/investment management are associated with proposing standards perceived as decreasing accounting "reliability"; while contributions to the Democratic Party are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2003
What Do You Think?

Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?

whether or not too much money is a good or bad thing... it depends upon what you do with the money." An equally strong set of voices doubted whether an economy could have too much productivity. Chris Walker summed up many of these... View Details