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Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work
Francis Hintermann 03 OCT 2024 Companies have long ignored the caregiving responsibilities of employees, compromising both performance and access to talent. With the rising burden of childcare and eldercare,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Photos by Webb Chappell At first glance, the MBA Class of 2006 is an interesting collection of data points: 897 students from 67 countries, 34 percent women, 32 percent... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
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Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
the relationship between incarceration, employment, and entrepreneurship (including self-employment). He has a particular interest in the fate of the more than 600,000 people in the United States who return... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 27 May 2010
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Sir Ronald Cohen Offers Class Day Advice to MBA Class of 2010
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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
interested in the compilation and analysis of business information. He first published Poor’s Manual of the Railroads of the United States in... View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
Quantile Forecasts of Product Life Cycles Using Exponential Smoothing.
By: Xiaojia Guo, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. and Yael Grushka-Cockayne
We introduce an exponential smoothing model that a manager can use to forecast the demand of a new product or service. The model has five features that make it suitable for accurately forecasting product life cycles at scale. First, the trend in our model follows the... View Details
Keywords: New Product Development; Demand Forecasting; Product Adoption; Innovation Diffusion; Product Development; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Adoption
Guo, Xiaojia, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr., and Yael Grushka-Cockayne. "Quantile Forecasts of Product Life Cycles Using Exponential Smoothing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-038, October 2018. (Darden Business School Working Paper, No. 2805244, July 2016.)
- 2017
- Working Paper
Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture
By: Ai Hisano
This working paper examines the remarkable growth of wine consumption in the United States since the 1960s. The country is now the largest wine consumer in the world, exceeding the wine-producing European countries such as France and Italy, which had long dominated... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Industry Growth; Transformation; Perception; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Hisano, Ai. "Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-099, May 2017.
- 10 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
common mistakes made by international managers, and the development of his book for readers interested in "the opportunities of managing in a global setting." Sean... View Details
- 08 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Cutting in Line
Felix Oberholzer-Gee: Companies can purchase almost every input they need: labor, office space, a great brand. But sometimes, the price system breaks down and there is no market. In my research, I have been interested in this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- February 1985
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Motivation and Creativity: Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writers
By: T. M. Amabile
72 members of the college community who identified themselves as actively involved in creative writing participated in individual laboratory sessions, in which they were asked to write 2 brief poems, to investigate the hypothesis that intrinsic motivation is conducive... View Details
Keywords: Social Psychology; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Personal Characteristics; Situation or Environment
Amabile, T. M. "Motivation and Creativity: Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writers." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 48, no. 2 (February 1985): 393–399.
- 2012
- Working Paper
When Do User Innovators Start Firms? A Theory of User Entrepreneurship
A rich and distinguished body of research has documented the importance of user innovations. For the most part, this literature has found that users innovate but do not commercialize their innovations. Instead, users benefit from using their innovations and allow... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Commercialization; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention
Shah, Sonali, and Mary Tripsas. "When Do User Innovators Start Firms? A Theory of User Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-078, March 2012.
- 16 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
The Rituals of Case Method Teaching
behavior. Professor Norton in the HBS Faculty Band, at right between Professors Alison Woods Brook and Ryan Buell. Photo courtesy Evgenia Eliseeva. Norton’s interest in this area was sparked by his earlier work examining how different... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
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The Big Business of Little Loans
Banks. Amid the excitement, abuses have also appeared, with some online lenders reportedly charging as much as 50 percent in interest on some short-term loans. It’s been enough to attract the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 16 Oct 2017
- News
Gun waiting periods could save hundreds of lives a year, study says
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
This observation raises interesting questions for psychologists regarding the effects of luxury. What psychological consequences do luxury goods have on people? In this paper, the authors argue that luxury... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Touche. Research Team Clarence Harley Research Associate Clarence Harley is a Research Associate on Managing the Future of Work and U.S. Competitiveness projects. He has broad research interests in economic... View Details
- 25 Nov 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making
- 01 Jun 2005
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Profiles from the Class of 2005
leaders who make a difference. “I don’t regard HBS as a business school,” he explains. “I regard it as a leadership training school.” In the short run, Flannery plans to ply his newly acquired skills in the world of private equity. But... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
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Three Decades of Change and Counting
decision to return the fellowship and pursue internship opportunities in consumer products. An experience that began with SVMP was ultimately life-changing for me." Eric Calderon Photo courtesy of Eric... View Details