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customers to behave differently. When we observe this happening in the field, we seek to identify what factors are driving the behavior—whether they stem from the customer or firm side of the encounter—isolate their respective effects,... View Details
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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
invested. At this time, Doriot also observed the increasingly speculative, profit-motivated nature of the field noting, "Venture capital seems to have shifted from a constructive, difficult task to a new method of speculation." 55 A... View Details
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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog
horizon? We will study the case of Klarna, a successful FinTech company that cut employment by half as AI technologies have been instituted across functions. We will place the adoption patterns we observe in historical context by... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
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Righting the Ship
management,” observes Stuckey. “If a process or system is not producing a desired outcome, then consider redesigning the machinery producing the outcome.” With the new model in place and execution numbers at all-time highs, says Stuckey,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2012
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Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
Noam Wasserman (MBA 1999) spent his MBA summer internship working for a VC firm, he observed important universalities in the decisions that founders faced. He also saw that the “fundamental implications of those decisions were getting the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
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Making It Count
is very significant damage,” observes Cohen, who is the author of IMPACT: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change. “It’s also a sign of a broken system,” he says. “Capitalism has created huge benefits to populations across the globe... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 27 Oct 2020
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HBS Votes
observes Malik. “Confidence in our government is at a 60-year low, and many people are looking to business to solve the problems facing our society.” Malik believes making election day a holiday is a way for businesses to allow their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America
to improving U.S. foreign relations? In the business world, we have observed that when an organization is trying to introduce a new way of doing things, some people will like the idea from the beginning, some will be totally opposed, and... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
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In Harmony
School,” he responded. Sills knew he wasn’t being truthful but nonetheless hired him to be the opera’s finance director. Later, he would be promoted to executive director. “This was the first time I challenged the path that seemed laid out for me by societal norms,”... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Feb 1997
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OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
every class since the first graduation in 1975 gathered with their families at Orlando's Dolphin Hotel in late October to observe the program's milestone with the first-ever OPM All-Class Reunion. OPM graduates from 17 countries attended... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio
of angel investors in early 2009 and noticed, "I was the only woman in the room." She also observed that the companies under review had all-male leadership teams. She knew that the level of gender discrepancy among investors likely meant... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Oct 2001
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Making a World of Difference
his involvement in the circus to his other interests, Slifka observes that "the circus is something you feel with your belly, not with your head. And belly stuff is where humans connect." His eyes light up and his smile broadens as he... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
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Dare to be Different
nonfiction, lots of different genres — which means that I always have lots of strange stuff in my brain. You reflect on the Web as a marketing channel, including the interesting observation that in the broadcast media, people are used to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
concurrent trades in these stocks by continuing fund managers. This behavior is observed regardless of fund characteristics and is stronger when new managers are external hires. The tendency of continuing fund managers to hold on to... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
observed minimum-wage levels and are disproportionately driven out of business by increases to the minimum wage. Our point estimates suggest that a one-dollar increase in the minimum wage leads to a 14% increase in the likelihood of exit... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006
poor financial markets, b) increases in the share of FDI or the relative productivity of the foreign firm leads to higher additional growth in financially developed economies compared to those observed in financially under-developed ones,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives
transport. And this year, Tata launched Ginger Hotels, which promises clean, no-frills accommodations at around $21 per night. “These are consumers who didn’t exist just a few years ago,” observes Ratan Tata. RATAN TATA: "We need to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
Marketing in an Era of Disruptions is meant to share new knowledge and ideas that are relevant to this world of disruptions. Leading scholars from around the world, who have keenly observed the changing market environment, business... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016
or expensive. We validate our findings through observational data on hosts’ recent experiences with African-American guests, finding host behavior consistent with some, though not all, hosts discriminating. Finally, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3
pay to the plan. We document an oppositional reaction: the presence of peer information decreased the savings of nonparticipants who were ineligible for 401(k) automatic enrollment, and higher observed peer savings rates also decreased... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne