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- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
out that an everyday item has the power to act as both angel and devil every time we go to the grocery store. It lurks in car trunks and pantries all over the world, waiting to guide us simultaneously down... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
out and I’ve lost the plot on where we’re going in the case. I’ve got two choices now. I can either say, sorry I wasn’t listening, or I wasn’t paying attention. Or, I’ve got a 50-50 choice. I View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
value for patients, as measured by health outcomes per dollar expended. Porter recently talked about the book. The American model of health-care delivery is largely private and competitive. Yet costs are soaring, access is restricted, and... View Details
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
for ourselves than for others." "You have to be who you are, your authentic self," advised Kolb. Learn to read different situations. "Not all situations in an organization will be the same. There are lots of ways to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
world?” MGA: “Just go for it. Don’t wait around for what you have envisioned as the perfect opportunity. If you are passionate about something,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chaotic Funding Derails Research
have invested years in developing their careers and selecting an area on which to focus their research. People need predictability — not in the research ideas they pursue, but in basic human issues such as View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
estate you have an asset with stable cash flow plus appreciation over time. It’s proven to be a good investment.” So good in fact that money managers now regard real estate as a new asset class. Cynthia... View Details
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Ann S. Moore
Ann S. Moore (MBA 1978), the first female chair and CEO of Time Inc., oversaw nearly 150 magazines and their brand extensions. During her tenure, she launched more magazines than Time founder Henry R. Luce and, as publisher of People,... View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- News
Creating Agents of Change
poverty. “As we're investing in these children and youth, we're really investing in positive multiplier agents of change that go out and pay it forward in that community. And every time I spend time with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
Michael Norton explores the common occurrence of “conversational blindness.” See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6066.html. Thinking Twice about Supply-Chain Layoffs Cutting the wrong employees can be counterproductive for retailers, new research from Assistant Professor... View Details
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
minimum wage remains intense. Advocates for higher wages for the country’s lowest-paid workers argue that businesses should provide a livable wage for their employees. Activists have pushed to increase the minimum pay to View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Expanding the brand of the country’s largest magazine publisher
Ann S. Moore (MBA 1978), the first female chair and CEO of Time Inc., oversaw nearly 150 magazines and their brand extensions. During her tenure, she launched more magazines than Time founder Henry R. Luce and, as publisher of People,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
pay the government up front for bailing them out. The old system didn’t work too well, and this one wouldn’t either. Wouldn’t the pool of reinsurance money paid by these private institutions shield the government from any losses? Not... View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
as wallpaper.” However, art can seep in whether you consciously pay attention to it. After a year on the job, Shibayama found himself increasingly interested in the paintings... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
concept of choice architecture, which is a piece of the behavioral puzzle. The idea is that you can help people to make better decisions by understanding systematic biases in judgment and decision-making and changing the environment in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
true. But this has really made me think more about the role that institutions and public policy play and about how vulnerable the system is unless we really do have checks and balances. In addition to formal controls, that also includes the good old-fashioned standby... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Career to Smile About
Foods, joined Colgate in 1988 as head of its Far East and Canada operations. "How do you take an idea or product that may work in Latin America and introduce it into Asia or Africa, instantaneously? All... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
“I’m guilty of obsessing until I get the right solution, and sometimes it’s not possible,” concedes Kaplan. “Giving money back to an investor was a scary moment. Those were some sleepless nights, but it helped us to finally pull the trigger. I think the biggest thing... View Details
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
to do with the scandal,” adds HBS colleague Boris Groysberg, the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration. “It’s almost as if someone is rewriting your CV 10 years after you leave a company.”... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
money. Seek investors who bring more than just money and are as complementary as possible. Listen to different points of view. Keep costs low for as long View Details