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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
while reading the New York Times. An article on the front page of the Business section about an innovative Brazilian retailer prompted an immediate e-mail to Gustavo Herrero (MBA ’76), executive director...
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- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Business Firsthand in South Korea
MBA students interview consumers in Seoul, Korea, to help inform the marketing strategies they developed for Orion Snack International. The project was the culmination of a required first-year course...
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- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact...
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Carmen Nobel
- 06 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales
the best chance of ringing in a sale if the considered product is surrounded by related items in the same category, rather than a mishmash of random, unrelated items, Karmarkar says. In other words, if a...
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- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
they focus on the main price component and mistakenly discount smaller fees. Alternatively, consumers might assume that something is discouragingly expensive just because it has several fees attached to it....
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
percent where that change is occurring." Related Article e-Commerce in Brazil: A Look at olook André Beisert (MBA 2009), CEO of São Paulo–based women's online fashion retailer olook, sees the impact View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Tom's of Maine by Colgate—to ascertain what is distinctive about the merger process and to analyze the elements critical to success. The article offers suggestions on how other...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
safety net for emergencies, but also would reduce financial stress and improve their quality of life. "In the private sector, a lot of startups fail, and the market provides a signal about whether the...
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by Kim Girard
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
Murch: from high-tech success to hands-on development (photo courtesy of Steven Murch) Murch: from high-tech success to hands-on development (photo courtesy of Steven Murch) Another in a series View Details
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
and performing the analytics necessary to supply the talent that the "new management" will need. While exploring the substantial impact of organizational culture on...
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by James Heskett
- 06 Oct 2015
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October 6, 2015
technology and improved digital communication have been explored in a variety of contexts, the impact on economic activity—from consumer and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2015
- Blog Post
Venture Capitalist Returns to HBS to Mentor MBA Students
at HBS. It is not just the absolute desire and determination to start a business that I enjoy; it is also how diverse the set of ideas are. For example, during my last office hours, one student was working...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The path to philanthropic entrepreneurship
Sherry Coutu (MBA 1993) recalls that one of the things she liked most about attending HBS was that it empowered its graduates to continually strive to have increased impact in...
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- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
individuals' cognitive limitations in explaining unethical behavior, we focus on the socio-psychological processes that function as triggers of moral neglect, moral justification and immoral action, and...
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
platforms, but new industries are also springing up around them; witness the multibillion-dollar ringtone business. To record the impact of software platforms on the economy...
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- 11 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’
scientists, although more interested in firms, have focused primarily on the politics and policy decisions which impacted and drove globalization. Sociologists, who have approached the subject View Details
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Re: Geoffrey G. Jones
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
efforts they could have a powerful collective impact on the country. By the time of the BEE Commission Charnley found herself at the top of the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
causes of all this that you lay out in the book is what you refer to as the “great wealth migration.” Can you talk about the great wealth migration? Define it and tell us a little bit about its impact View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?
The music industry likes power. Power chords, power ballads, even Towers of Power. The balance of power in the industry, however, has been completely upset with the advent and rapid proliferation View Details
- 14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009
consumers to purchase more than one brand. When consumers purchase all varieties from which they derive non-negative net utility, there is no competition, so that each firm...
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Martha Lagace