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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
manufactured consumer goods first used the union label as a way to show solidarity through their purchases. One hundred years later, men and women, and even teenagers, organized to protest sweatshop production in various countries around the world and to View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
predict their cash needs. These two activities could perhaps improve small business longevity and maybe turn around this worrisome trend in small business starts. But they also come with a set of questions that demand thoughtful... View Details
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
Those who break the mold and set their own expectations, says Gino, are often seen as rebellious troublemakers. But those very traits are the keys to a successful, happy, and fulfilling life and career. That can be a difficult concept, she says, for MBA students on... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
analysts, he or she must believe that an analyst's report is something more than a disguised sales pitch. So banks have ordinarily insisted that analysis and sales were separated by a so-called Chinese wall which left analysts free to... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
cases of the model are a long-lived pressure group offering rewards and punishments to a series of targets (public or corporate officials) in exchange for policy favors, or that of a long-lived extorter who demands money in order not to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public bonds) using firm-level data. Any firm that raises new debt must have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a sunk-cost effect. We develop a methodology for separating these two effects. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
prompted a greater demand for food testing in order to verify the authenticity of the claims. Increasing consumer consciousness about food safety and healthfulness: Consumers have high expectations about the safety of their food, so a... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
contribute to understanding the contingent effects of policy on organizations and the rise of large corporations in the twentieth century. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-025.pdf Over-reaction to Demand Changes Due... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
group around the table, a single talented and committed director can turn an entire company on its axis. Still, the system is in need of fundamental change. Shareholders have a part to play. They must shed their apathy and ignorance and View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
across a far-flung network of operations, and motivating everyone with a clear understanding of the new company’s mission. Add to those formidable tasks the steep learning curve Parker faced by moving from the service-based rigors of insurance to the product-driven... View Details
- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
exacting and precise, even Americans are this way to a certain extent. They demand almost perfection all the time. And Africans don't. And so as a result, they're forgiving when people are imperfect. And that's something that I've become,... View Details
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
are identified by exploiting random assignment and a separate instrumental variables procedure. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1264038 Welfare Payments and Crime Author:C. Fritz Foley Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
imbroglio—with only 0.58 percent of the vote separating the two leading candidates—poses an opportunity for the country's new democracy, says Maurer. "Despite some intemperate statements, the major players show every sign of playing... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
now need to capture a larger share of each customer's business," Crane observes, noting that the lines between financial service sectors are blurring. Today's bank offers many of the services of a brokerage firm, and vice versa. Congress's repeal of the 1933... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
Today's bank offers many of the services of a brokerage firm, and vice versa. Congress's repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act that separated the activities of commercial and investment banks (opening the doors for a "financial... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
paper, the authors argue that neither companies nor investors can be seen as taking sustainability seriously unless it is integrated into the quarterly earnings call. Until that happens, the core business and sustainability are two View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
as a separate marketplace, because each has its own legal requirements, cultural traditions, and business methods, and most have their own currencies. The dramatic changes in strategic thinking and organizational relationships have made... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
certification strategies. In the model, certifiers respond to the sellers' desire to get a chance to be highly rated and to limit the stigma from rejection. We find conditions under which sellers opt for an ambitious certification strategy, in which they apply to a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
shopping environment. We build a demand model in which consumers choose how to allocate their spending over different product categories to maximize their direct utility under contingent free shipping. We estimate model parameters using... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman