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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
FIELD 3 Tests Students
each of the 10 sections then pitched their ideas to another section. Afterward, the entire class participated in a stock-market simulation, with each student investing in the 15 business ideas pitched to his or her section. The stock View Details
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FIELD program
- 2023
- Working Paper
The Market for Healthcare in Low Income Countries
By: Abhijit Banerjee, Abhijit Chowdhury, Jishnu Das, Jeffrey Hammer, Reshmaan Hussam and Aakash Mohpal
Patient trust is an important driver of the demand for healthcare. But it may also impact supply:
doctors who realize that patients may not trust them may adjust their behavior in response. We
assemble a large dataset that assesses clinical performance using...
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Banerjee, Abhijit, Abhijit Chowdhury, Jishnu Das, Jeffrey Hammer, Reshmaan Hussam, and Aakash Mohpal. "The Market for Healthcare in Low Income Countries." Working Paper, July 2023.
- May 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Teaching Note
Reliance Baking Soda: Optimizing Promotional Spending (Brief Case)
By: John A. Quelch and Heather Beckham
Teaching Note to Briefcase 4128
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- August 2022
- Article
The U.S. Approach to Antitrust Policy in Technology Markets
By: Shane Greenstein
This report illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. approach to antitrust policy by drawing lessons from three cases: United States v. AT&T, United States v. Microsoft, and United States v. Google. The cases against AT&T and Microsoft are historical cases,...
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Greenstein, Shane. "The U.S. Approach to Antitrust Policy in Technology Markets." AEI Digital Platforms and American Life Project (August 2022).
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
community are no exception. To give alumni the chance to sample the latest faculty thinking on some of the most pressing business issues of the day, last May the School launched Breakthrough Insights, a new Executive Education program...
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Laura Singleton
- April 1990 (Revised April 1992)
- Supplement
Ad Council's AIDS Campaign (B): Program Adoption
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Janet Montgomery
The answer to the (A) case. Explains Ad Council's plan. Outlines alliance with American Advertising Federation to enlist support of local Ad clubs, media presentation, and implementation strategy.
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Janet Montgomery. "Ad Council's AIDS Campaign (B): Program Adoption." Harvard Business School Supplement 590-106, April 1990. (Revised April 1992.)
- 19 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value
Public company shareholders have long complained that corporate boards don't always act in the best interest of their investors. But does the addition of a shareholder-sponsored board member increase the market value of the firm? The...
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by Carmen Nobel
Fiscal Risk and the Portfolio of Government Programs
This paper proposes a new approach to social cost-benefit analysis using a model in which a benevolent government chooses risky projects in the presence of market failures and tax distortions. The government internalizes market failures and therefore perceives project...
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- 01 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing Challenges of the China Olympics
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Normally, the...
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- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
we refer to the situation in most emerging markets when specialist institutions and intermediaries—such as executive search firms and business schools—are either completely absent or not functioning as well...
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by Martha Lagace
- 2018
- Working Paper
Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Matrix: I. Disrupting the Demand Landscape
By: Das Narayandas and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu
Executive development programs have entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills. Unlike other segments of higher education,...
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Executive Education;
Internet and the Web;
Disruption;
Management Skills;
Leadership Development
Narayandas, Das, and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu. "Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Matrix: I. Disrupting the Demand Landscape." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-020, September 2016. (Revised June 2018.)
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
programs must begin with two hallmark approaches. First is a common understanding of the need for integration, and for both sales and marketing to focus on productive sharing of power, information, and...
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by Benson Shapiro
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
Summing Up The verdict of those responding to the column on the threat of the "disruptive technology" represented by online distance learning for in-class, onsite MBA programs is in. In your opinion, the trend represents an...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
Executive Education program Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. Past recipients have included Janice Price, president and CEO of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, and Jim Balfanz, executive director for City Year...
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- May 2010
- Article
Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
There is a widespread sense that over the last two decades firms have been decentralizing decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence,...
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Product;
Markets;
Competition;
Business Ventures;
Geographic Location;
Employees;
Research;
Programs;
Decisions
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?" American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 100, no. 2 (May 2010): 434–438.
- 12 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program
sub-national markets they wanted to serve and developed tailored strategies to win in those markets. What lessons should the next generation of Africa-bound business leaders take note of as they plan their entry / operational...
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- 04 Jun 2013
- News
Which is more valuable to Apple, its market share or its brand?
- 2011
- Chapter
Toward a Three-Tier Market for U.S. Home Mortgages
By: Robert C. Pozen
This chapter analyzes the various forms of federal programs to support home mortgages–both government-insured mortgages and privately issued mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. It argues that there will be a third tier of home mortgages created by the...
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Pozen, Robert C. "Toward a Three-Tier Market for U.S. Home Mortgages." Chap. 3 in The Future of Housing Finance: Restructuring the U.S. Residential Mortgage Market, edited by Martin Neil Baily, 26–65. Brookings Institution Press, 2011.
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
eliminated the Foundations II program and moved its content elsewhere into the required curriculum. The Society and Enterprise module, for instance, has been integrated into the General Management course, and the Economics and View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
The Wisdom of Crowds in Operations: Forecasting Using Prediction Markets
By: Achal Bassamboo, Ruomeng Cui and Antonio Moreno
Prediction is an important activity in various business processes, but it becomes difficult when historical information is not available, such as forecasting demand of a new product. One approach that can be applied in such situations is to crowdsource opinions from...
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Wisdom Of Crowds;
Demand Forecasting;
Price Forecasting;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Size;
Performance
Bassamboo, Achal, Ruomeng Cui, and Antonio Moreno. "The Wisdom of Crowds in Operations: Forecasting Using Prediction Markets." Working Paper, October 2015.