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- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
desires (e.g., spending instead of saving money, eating junk food instead of health food). The should-self, on the other hand, prefers to behave in a way that will maximize long-run benefits. If left to its own devices, the should-self...
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- 24 Apr 2023
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks
requiring that all cannabis products (including smoke, vapor, edible, and beverage products) be sold via designated “dispensaries,” not at more accessible or common outlets such as liquor stores, supermarkets, and convenience shops....
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Past Issues - Alumni
from chaos, affect performance, and ascribe meaning to the mundane details of our personal and professional lives Quantum Leap Quantum computing has revolutionary potential, but it’s been stuck in the lab. John Levy thinks his startup has a way to make it an View Details
- 14 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt
professor at UBC. The research team recruited 96 heterosexual couples to participate in the study. The men were instructed to wear a plain white t-shirt for 24 hours, and to refrain from using deodorant, smoking, or eating foods like...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
counterparts in other industries such as food and cleaning materials who talked about the dangers of chemical ingredients and the need for environmental sustainability, were often dismissed as crazy, or at best irrelevant. Today, many of...
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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online
attributes and skills required 6-7 hrs Module 2 Private Debt, Distress Investing, and Secondaries Compare and contrast private equity and debt and identify the skills needed for successful distress investing. Highlights From Equity to Debt Structuring the Pierre View Details
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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
products and also entered new markets abroad. In late 2014, Gore and his team had to decide how to further develop the company and prioritize among many growth opportunities. Nestle by Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer, Kerry Herman, and Sarah McAra In 2014, Nestle was...
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- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
Section H), Summer Internship: ICM Mosaic Fellow / Summer Associate at Pangaea Ventures Pangaea is a hard-tech focused impact investor. For Pangaea, this means investing in companies across three key themes: food and water security,...
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
BEAM Nathan Dass (MBA 2025) Sara Ballantyne (MBA 2025) Business Track Crowd Favorite We provide continuous, high-bandwidth access to satellite data through a software-enabled optical communications module and data transfer service,...
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- 16 Nov 2010
- News
The HBS Tunnels
Did you know that the HBS tunnels are connected to the Harvard University tunnels across the river? Read on, and all shall be made clear! Although connected, the two tunnel systems are very different. The ten miles of Harvard steam tunnels are hot, View Details
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Keith Larson
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
suits are the physical embodiments of ethnography, immersing the engineers in their customers' life experiences," says Avery. The resulting redesign of the car not only made it easier for those impaired consumers to use, but it also improved View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
volunteer before becoming a successful corporate leader. He and his work partner, Robert Saudek, had to deal with defective solar cells, embezzlement, and an Ebola outbreak before finding a smooth path to lighting and power sources for thousands of people with no View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2010
- HBS Case
Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market
eliminated discount coupons, and decorated in a spare style more suited to a hospital than a food retailer. Five years later, Fresh & Easy has not made a dime, and analysts are wondering whether the company should pack up and go home,...
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- 28 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Food and Drug Administration faced the task of convincing a skeptical public of the safety of new vaccines when the agency began authorizing them for emergency use less than a year after the pandemic...
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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
When Tara Fung (MBA 2016) explains Co:Create, the company she cofounded in 2022 and now leads as CEO, she doesn’t mention Web3 first. “We help innovative brands and creators unlock the power of community,” she explains. Co:Create does this with a new, gamified approach...
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April White
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
of employees. We show that employees rely on this information to increase access to credit for borrowers, provide more favorable pricing terms, and reduce the ex-post risk of their lending decisions. These effects remain even when this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
have been affected. Just a handful of these children were born in the U.S., where safety concerns were raised by Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, the medical officer handling the thalidomide application at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration....
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
actionable strategies, this guide is tailor-made for the ambitious young professional who is eager not just to navigate but to conquer today’s workplace. Guide to Foods of México: Discover the Delights of Mexican View Details
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
accessible education to more than 30,000 students. CWI’s primary focus is delivering affordable, high-quality, and accessible education. Jones is passionate about promoting affordable higher education that...
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- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
opening up the shareholding of the parent trading company, but by floating separate 'free-standing' firms on the British capital markets, which the merchant houses continued to control through management contracts and other means in the established tradition of 'agency...
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by Geoffrey Jones