House Of Cards - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

particular tool put forward in reforms is the idea of "say on pay," which gives shareholders a non-binding vote on executive compensation and severance packages. The Obama administration has proposed requiring it in all public... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

07 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?

research is starting to look at customers whose value is not as readily apparent, and where CLV calculations break down. In a recent working paper, Harvard Business School professor Sunil Gupta calls them "free" customers—think View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Web Services

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom on proper sequencing: "Get your own house in order first." Yet this was not the path that President George H. W. Bush followed in preparing for the first... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

entity, but the bank’s digital assets were managed exclusively by the bank. Third, if a separate app was not developed, then would the required breadth and depth of functionality for the credit card... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Global Change in the Built Environment

away with? We had sessions on innovation, real estate derivatives, the history of housing crises, trade deficits, the global economy, business ethics, stem cell research, and China's role in the new world... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur Segel; Construction; Real Estate

06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

behavior. Then we can understand that rationality also includes things that were once considered irrational, such as altruism or sacrifice in the interest of the greater good. The Economics of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jan 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

managers can team with creative talent in six "culture industries": Fashion, publishing, art/architecture/design, film, music, and food. Her subjects include fashion pioneer Chanel, publishers Penguin and Atavist, film icons Variety and the Sundance... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

Most ethical principles are pretty unambiguously good. Honesty, fairness, compassion—sure they have their downsides (being “honest to a fault”), but that’s more a by-product of something good than it is something evil in and View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

and also broadening the circumstances in which they arise. We discuss applications to travel reservation systems, payment card systems, marketplaces, rebate services, search engine advertising, and various types View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

Working PapersInvestable Tax Credits: The Case of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Authors:Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala, and Monica Singhal Abstract The Low Income View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/712028-PDF-ENG Social Strategy at American Express Mikołaj Jan Piskorski and David ChenHarvard Business School Case 712-447 American Express has developed a number of strategic partnerships with... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

slogan—Make America Great Again—Trump emphasized the power of tax cuts to drive economic growth. TCJA divided the U.S. Congress. The Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

industry executives, collectors, auction house operators, and other actors who played active roles as institutional entrepreneurs and guardians in shaping the resurgence of the industry. We find that the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

attention to increase financial inclusion among individuals with historically no access to banking or financial services in countries around the world with large underserved populations. The effort included partnerships with governments and banks to issue MasterCard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016

have a higher probability of walking by the clinic for reasons other than vaccination. Method: We obtained data from an employer with a free workplace influenza vaccination clinic. Using each employee’s building entry/exit swipe View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

three owner-directors must decide whether it is time to stop customer acquisition for a while to "get their house in order." At that moment, though, one of Shuberg Philis perhaps most important... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

Publications April 2015 John Wiley & Sons The Integrated Reporting Movement: Meaning, Momentum, Motives, and Materiality By: Eccles, Robert G., and Michael P. Krzus Abstract—The Integrated Reporting Movement explores the meaning of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

Working PapersMental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman (revised March 2008) Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 1980 (Revised January 1992)
Case

Savannah West

By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.

Allison Porter, a loan officer for Chemical Bank, must decide whether to make a construction loan on a 216-unit apartment building to be built in Savannah, Georgia. In teaching this case, one begins by looking at the economics, marketing data, etc., of the proposed... View Details