by Michael Blanding - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Apr 2016
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Businesses Pledge Millions to Boost Baltimore Economy

03 Apr 2019
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Plan a Careful Budget, Then Get Ready to Splurge

29 Mar 2015
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A look at nation’s vast wealth gap, in sharp relief

19 Feb 2020
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Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

Cong. Don Beyer, Anne Kelly (HKS 1996), Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006), Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), Prof. Michael Toffel, and Matt Sonnesyn (HKS 2002). Fifty years ago, the Clean Air Act passed the United States Congress with overwhelming... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy

08 Sep 2010
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Proposed Obama tax cuts aren't enough for companies to start hiring again

03 Oct 2013
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Study: Rankings Affect Student Applications

21 Jun 2016
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Two Black Members of Congress 'Condemn' Racism on Airbnb, Pressure CEO

03 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?

turns out that these research findings hold value not only for football teams, but for any organization that depends on leadership for success. An empirical study of coaching ability In 2009, scholars Tim R. Holcomb, R. Michael Holmes... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

20 Nov 2011
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Occupy the Agenda

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

requirement for operating in the country—sometimes requires creativity. A recent umbrella order took about three months to fill (“I guess there are no umbrellas in Cuba”), and even something as common as room upgrades requires oversight View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

18 Jul 2013
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The Two-Minute Game that Reveals How People Perceive You

01 Jan 2004
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26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

lay-out of supermarkets is more or less the same no matter where you go. Various web sites today may try to differentiate themselves by offering a different experience to the consumer, Papa said, "but we find that people want all TVs to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

The Creativity Maze

wished. Creative people are rarely superstars like Michael Jordan. Indeed, most of the creative work done in the business world today gets done by people whose names will never be recorded in history books.... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa Amabile

09 Nov 2015
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The World's Most Influential Business Thinkers 2015

January 2023 (Revised June 2024)
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Zaoui & Co. (A): Consigliere for High Stakes M&A Transactions

By: Ashish Nanda, Alex Kitsberg and Zack Kurtovich

In September 2019, Zaoui & Co.’s close-knit team of professionals convened for their annual off-site. In its nine years of operation, the boutique investment bank founded by the brothers Michael (HBS ’83) and Yoel Zaoui (Stanford GSB ’88), had garnered a track record... View Details

Keywords: Professional Service Firm; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Strategy; Investment Banking; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth and Development Strategy; Europe; United Kingdom

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2020
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The Power of Experiments: Decision-Making in a Data-Driven World

By: Michael Luca and Max H. Bazerman

Have you logged into Facebook recently? Searched for something on Google? Chosen a movie on Netflix? If so, you've probably been an unwitting participant in a variety of experiments—also known as randomized controlled trials—designed to test the impact of changes to an... View Details

Keywords: Experiments; Randomized Controlled Trials; Organizations; Decision Making; Analytics and Data Science; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques