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01 Aug 2001
News

T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)

efforts to make the inner city a viable and competitive economic entity," says University Professor Michael E. Porter, who is researching economic development in America's inner cities. Dunphy has also... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Management

Student-Profile

Patrick Ferguson

the attendance and consumption of sports, investigating the validity of the assumption that uncertainty of outcome is the primary draw for fans. Patrick sees broad applicability to his research beyond the fields of management and sports. “Ultimately,” he says, “our... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS

December. Business was one of several issues touched on by the 61-year-old veteran Communist Party technocrat, an engineer and geologist by training. The second-highest official in China’s hierarchy, Wen is charged with economic oversight... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

05 Nov 2014
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

contribute to decision theory and management. Their work most applicable to business, however, was often overshadowed by that of economists. But as the assumptions of rational behavior and "perfect information" that formed the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2023
News

Turning Point: Sum of the Parts

Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) In a kind of twisted and sometimes painful way, I learned from a Japanese norm how to achieve great things in life, even if the path I took wasn’t... View Details

Keywords: happiness; purpose; meaning; work-life balance; social pressures

01 Mar 2003
News

Brazil Banks on Experience

situation today is absolutely viable, Brazil’s economic basics are absolutely solid, and we have conditions to grow,” Meirelles told the New York Times (December 13, 2002). Meirelles headed BankBoston’s Brazil operations from 1984 to 1996... View Details

Keywords: Finance

13 Feb 2020
News

Honoring a Legend

Inventions at Georgia Tech’s ATDC incubator, with a mission to commercialize a set of scientific breakthroughs for improving silicon photovoltaics. Through his Freeing Energy Project, Nussey is writing a book to help people outside the industry understand the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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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... View Details

13 Dec 2011
News

Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project

RELATED LINKS Video: Dean Nohria introduces the Project U.S. Competitiveness home page HBS Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness The Path to Economic Revival Made in America — Making Their Way How Boeing Competes — James McNerney Jr.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

have been hitting best-seller lists lately, and conferences on spirituality and business have been springing up all over the United States and Canada. Web sites dedicated to such topics now pepper the Internet. Even the World Economic... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Dec 2008
News

Lesson from the Fall

is unclear and the spirit of the law is open to interpretation. A close reading of the record suggests that much of Enron’s behavior fell into this penumbra. But that same record also suggests that Skilling lost his way in this shadowed... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

25 Aug 2014
News

Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999

Founds Care.com 2009 Named one of Fortune’s Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs 2011 Named Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum 2012 Launches WomenUp as Henry Crown Fellow 2014 Care.com IPO Founder, Chairwoman, and CEO, Care.com As a child in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

Note on Human Behavior: Character and Situation Harvard Business School Note 404-091 When we think of human behavior, especially from a moral perspective, we are often drawn to explanations that rest on character. In simple terms, we conclude that virtuous View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 13

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138794313/ January 2015 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Strategic Disclosure: The Case of Business School Rankings By: Luca, Michael, and Jonathan... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 26

"get excited"), which lead them to feel more excited, adopt an opportunity mindset (as opposed to a threat mindset), and improve their subsequent performance. These findings suggest the importance of arousal congruency during the emotional reappraisal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2000
News

Stevenson Named Director of External Relations

"Technological change is enabling and driving globalization," he says. "In order to meet the challenges of rapid growth and change, companies are forming alliances, building a sense of community, and recognizing their role as both View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

August 2002 (Revised February 2003)
Case

Siebel Systems: Anatomy of a Sale, Part 2

By: John A. Deighton and Das Narayandas

How does a $2 million software sale happen? This case traces efforts by Siebel Systems to sell lead management software to discount broker Quick & Reilly. The buying process is mapped out over four years. Covers in detail the last six months--from Siebel's initial... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Leadership; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Structure; Behavior; Competition; Applications and Software; Technology Industry

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June 2024
Article

Inflation with COVID Consumption Baskets

By: Alberto Cavallo

The Covid-19 pandemic led to changes in expenditure patterns that introduced significant bias in the measurement of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation. Using publicly-available data on card transactions, I updated the official CPI weights and re-calculated inflation... View Details

Keywords: COVID; Consumer Expenditures; CPI; Inflation; Consumer Behavior; Inflation and Deflation; Health Pandemics