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- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
competitiveness of her exports and the costs of her imported inputs. In a microeconomic sense, the business person also cares about tariffs (which affect trade), industrial policies, tax policies (on business directly, but also policies... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
offerings and consumer needs has been challenging the effectiveness of both mechanisms. Q: What kinds of consumer habits does consumer empowerment work against? A: Consumers typically tend to adopt ritual lifestyles, and to develop... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
To equip students to effectively work in and lead these teams, FIELD begins with a five-week foundations module, in which students undertake a series of workshops on communication, feedback and coaching, emotional intelligence, and team... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
shares) shareholders. In addition, press releases, frequent conversations with investors, public awareness market surveys, and so on are part of its day-to-day communication process, and are an effective way to stay in touch with its... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
and the fluidity of most work structures mean that it's not really about creating effective teams anymore, but instead about leading effective teaming. Teaming shows that organizations learn when the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
historical background, Retsinas said that prior to the Depression, people who wanted to buy a home were typically required to make a 50 percent down payment. They were issued a 5-year interest-only note, and effectively crossed their... View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
external confidence. Negative attention and bad press lead to fewer and less loyal fans and to declining external resources; losing teams get less favorable deals; and the effects of losing cause disruptions and distractions. 3.... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
"My response was that there's a big difference between a really great product and a company," she said. Given the constraints of costs and the problems of marketing, to cite only two factors, "Starting new businesses is a... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
effectiveness as political theater, there is too much focus on proprietary trading and hedge funds, both of which had limited culpability for the crisis. Little has been done to eliminate or mitigate the threat to the system from firms... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
iPhoto COVID-19 is having a devastating effect on the emotional, psychological, and social well-being (as well as the physical health) of people around the world. Risk factors for addiction, mental illness, and “deaths of despair” are... View Details
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
Show!’ Partner with a toy company and there could be a Boaty under every tree this Christmas and a Boaty Book explaining his or her research mission.’ Others were less enthusiastic. Darmody1 reminded us that, “it’s important to consider the View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
When electronic cigarettes first appeared a little over a decade ago, they were hailed by many as a godsend: a tool to help smokers quit while mitigating the most harmful effects of tobacco. "The [e-cigarette] market is producing, at... View Details
- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
capital, shareholder losses, and, in the extreme, financial crises—at the end of the day the investors by their nature have some tolerance for risk. "In an aid organization, however, the costs of misgovernance are borne not by the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
wants. When information is not contractible, typically for cost reasons, a firm's ability to offset the distortions caused by career concerns is limited. Q: What unique insight does the model you propose in these papers offer in terms of... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
Attributing moral agency to business enterprises may be thought to avoid this controversy given that most theories of morality recognize positive duties on the part of all moral agents to help others even if at some cost to their own... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
role of telecommunications firms in providing content. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53774 forthcoming Journal of Accounting Research Effects of an Information Sharing System on Employee Creativity,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
tolerated with others. The sales manager who brings in big bucks but acts in a hostile, domineering way with his team may be seen as the definition of success, yet letting “a brilliant jerk be a jerk” could cost a company many other... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
2001-2008 period. We find a positive and separate influence of each driver on output per potential worker. The microeconomic environment has a positive effect on output per potential worker even after controlling for historical legacies.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
points. Pseudo-set framing changes gambling choices (Study 1), effort (Studies 2 and 3), giving behavior (Field Data and Study 4), and purchase decisions (Study 5). These effects persist in the absence of any reward, when a View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
has more information on that dog than you do as a potential buyer or pet guardian, and that can lead to adverse situations,” Exley says. “The information asymmetry and search costs were what really motivated Wagaroo.” In his research on... View Details