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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY
and let the ideas bubble up. We did find one rare kind of time pressure that does seem to help creativity: that of “being on a mission,” concentrating on a truly important problem for a defined period of time. Fear Forces Breakthroughs....
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- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Do You Have Change Fatigue?
bubble has burst: no longer obsessed with the need for larger-than-life leaders and their grand strategies, we can now focus on a quieter, more evolutionary approach to change, one that relies on employee motivation instead of directives...
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by Nick Morgan
- Web
2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
and is well worth the effort. Slides Predicting Market Bubbles and Financial Crises Professor Robin Greenwood + More Info – Less Info Over the past decade, researchers at Harvard Business School, through the Behavioral Finance and...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Ross MacDonald Here’s the humbling truth: no matter how high your career soars, how many awards you win or companies you sell or differences you make in this world, everyone has to start somewhere. And in those first...
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- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
agrees, of course. Comparing the simplicity of (especially short-term) responses to the complexity of the pay-for-performance challenge, Ravindra Edirisoorlya went so far as to say that "Current P4P model(s) may lead to another economic View Details
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by James Heskett
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
understand perspectives from other industries and disciplines. It’s also nice to get out of the HBS bubble every once in a while. Henry Tao: I was motivated to apply to the Climate Leaders Program for two main reasons. Firstly, I wanted...
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- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
of 2020? Santana: It's very hard to tell because culture shifts very quickly, but I think what you can see from this year's past ads is that there were a couple of very clear themes that bubbled up. One was this rise of the machine, and...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
sparked by urbanites fleeing the pandemic, but most of them have returned to their original cities and yet housing prices are still climbing across the country. What’s going on? Are we in another housing bubble like in 2008-09? Nori...
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by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
William Wrigley III
Throughout William III’s early years at the family firm, Wrigley’s gum enjoyed a substantial lead in its industry. However, by the time he assumed the presidency in 1961, sugarless gum, and later bubble gum, were chipping away at that...
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Food & Tobacco
- Web
The South Sea Bubble, 1720 | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
international stock market crash. Browse features allow users to search materials in depth, an exhibition featuring selections from the collection provides further context for understanding the economic and social dimensions of the Bubble, and “The South Sea View Details
- March 2011
- Supplement
Gold in 2011 (CW)
By: Robin Greenwood
Courseware for case 211095.
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
When did you and your cofounder come up with the idea for Bubble (Bubble is a visual programming tool that empowers anyone to build software, apps, and websites without writing any code)? Josh Haas, my cofounder, came up with the idea...
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- April 2009 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Dot.com: Online Pet Retailing
By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
From 1995 to 1999, the U.S. experienced a period of tremendous growth in its information technology (IT) sector. The IT industry, although it accounted for less than 10% of the U.S. economy's total output, contributed disproportionately to economic growth. One market...
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Entrepreneurship;
Price Bubble;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Failure;
Competitive Strategy;
Online Technology;
Retail Industry
Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "Dot.com: Online Pet Retailing." Harvard Business School Case 809-117, April 2009. (Revised December 2015.)
- December 1991
- Article
Intrinsic Bubbles: The Case of Stock Prices
By: Kenneth A. Froot and M. Obstfeld
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Rational Expectations;
Equities;
Fundamentals;
Behavioral Finance;
Price Bubble;
Stocks;
Information;
Asset Pricing
Froot, Kenneth A., and M. Obstfeld. "Intrinsic Bubbles: The Case of Stock Prices." American Economic Review 81, no. 5 (December 1991): 1189–1214. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 3091, March 1992. Reprinted in Speculation and Financial Markets, edited by M. Taylor and L. Gallagher. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001.)
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
its signature product, familiarly known as Bubble Wrap but trademarked as AirCap, consisted of a flexible, clear plastic sheet containing regularly spaced air bubbles of uniform size. AirCap cushioning...
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by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
2000, Sealed Air’s sales had reached $3 billion worldwide. When Dunphy arrived at the firm, its signature product, familiarly known as Bubble Wrap but trademarked as AirCap, consisted of a flexible, clear plastic sheet containing...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Big Bailouts, Little Debate
very senior policymaker, “we must wait for a widespread panic to solve the political obstacles that are preventing us from acting.” I’m also often asked whether we’ve learned our lesson. To which I can confidently answer: Of course not. We’ve lived through a series of...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Chili recipes
Cover and bring to a boil. As soon as it starts boiling, remove the lid and take it down to medium heat, so it just remains bubbly with the cover off. Chop up some fresh basil and throw it in along with a bag of frozen sweet corn (tastes...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Inner-City Advantage
African-American Student Union. Growing opportunities and competitive advantages have made the inner city a hot spot for investors, particularly developers. “Real estate is a $24 trillion industry — there’s no bubble there,” said Yvonne...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
small enough to avoid extortion. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50675 Extrapolation and Bubbles By: Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—We present an...
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Sean Silverthorne