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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
to gauge performance. Examine how Green Mountain Coffee evaluates business performance and potential using financial statements. Show Hide Details Modules The Accounting Equation Recording Transactions Financial Statements Adjusting View Details
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
Education, 2005, pp. 75-91. Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling, A Theory of the Firm: Governance, Residual Claims and Organizational Forms, Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 3, No. 4, 1976. View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones By: Dur, Umut, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak, and Tayfun Sönmez Abstract—Admissions policies often use reserves... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
Sonnenberg, Susan J. Barraclough, and Anne N. Thorndike Publication:American Journal of Preventive Medicine 43, no. 1 (September 2012) Abstract Background: Effective strategies are needed to address obesity, particularly among minority... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
language problems but also what managers can do to overcome them. Neeley explores language and its connection to power dynamics on global teams in Language as a Lightning Rod: Power Contests, Emotion Regulation, and Subgroup Dynamics in Global Teams, published in the... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
for all enrollees) is associated with physician beliefs unsupported by clinical evidence. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54341 forthcoming Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Religious Shoppers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30
PublicationsHappy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending Authors:Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton Publication:Simon & Schuster, forthcoming Abstract If you think money can't buy happiness, you're not spending it right. Two rising stars in behavioral science... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
PublicationsRepublic of China at 60-An International Assessment Author:William C. Kirby Publication:Harvard University Asia Center, forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=31216 Let the Right... View Details
- 04 Oct 2023
- HBS Seminar
Ithai Stern, INSEAD
- 25 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
When Your Passion Works Against You
Passion: When and How Expressing Passion Elicits Status Conferral and Support from Others, was published in July 2019 in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. “Passion, like a smile, is contagious.” In the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19
on criminal recidivism of treating individuals with electronic monitoring relative to prison. The Fog of Negotiation: What Negotiators Can Learn from Military Doctrine Authors:Wheeler, Michael A. Publication:Negotiation Journal Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18
one side of the market, the incumbent always invests (weakly) more in first-party content relative to the case in which it is a monopolist. Bolstering and Restoring Feelings of Competence via the IKEA Effect Authors:Mochon, Daniel, Michael I. Norton, and Dan Ariely... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make
Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, and Olivia Jung, a doctoral student at HBS. Co-authors on the paper, which was published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient... View Details
- 19 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior
Beshears and colleagues, recently published in the journal Psychological Science. The paper, Should Governments Invest More in Nudges? answers its own question with a resounding “Yes.” “We suspected that nudges on an impact-per-cost basis... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Nov 2022
- News
Victoria’s Secret Buys Alumni-Founded Adore Me
Morgan Hermand Waiche Morgan Hermand Waiche The Wall Street Journal reported last week that startup lingerie retailer Adore Me was bought by Victoria’s Secret for $400 million. Launched soon after Hermand Waiche graduated, Adore Me aimed... View Details
- 03 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business
Lovers, and Lotteries," forthcoming in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. In one experiment, the researchers set out to determine whether rituals led to an increased sense of control, and whether that sense of control... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2015
- HBS Seminar
Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
passenger operations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts." He believed that his strong trucking company, combined with newly redesigned cargo ships, would become a formidable force in the transportation industry. Commenting on McLean's controversial business plan, the... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Spot a Liar
Pinocchio Effect: Linguistic Differences Between Lies, Deception by Omissions, and Truths, which was published in the journal Discourse Processes. Asked why the topic of deception is important to business research, negotiation expert... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
Structure and Performance in Information and Solution Spaces, with Jesse Shore, an assistant professor at Boston University's Questrom School of Business, and David Lazer, a political science professor at Northeastern University. The paper appears in the View Details