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- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
research , Buell and Norton had experimented with customer satisfaction in travel and dating websites. They found that when these sites visually showed the effort being exerted by the site during searches or transactions, customers were... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
full-time search this coming year. While I’m currently leaning back towards exploring health care, I’m leaving my eyes and ears open for more once-in-a-lifetime opportunities where I can combine both practicality and passion. Ideally with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
They’ve had their opinions so valued at home that they can’t help but expect the rest of the world to receive them the same way. When they show up at work, we inherit that. They believe they’ve got something to give the world and are ready to make an immediate... View Details
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
events that had occurred half a century prior. The claimants successfully argued that the statute should be waived because the case was only made possible once Elkins’ research came to light. But the government kept searching for other... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
alternative—in this case, continuing to search for a viable site. The next step is to double-check your calculations by comparing the hypothetical deals. If Jim discovers that he'd subjectively prefer the orchard property, then he should... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
portable generators he’d been selling in India. When Mittal traveled to East Asia in search of new ideas, he saw push-button phones in Taiwan (most Indian phones were rotary dial at the time). Government regulations forbade the import of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
studying. Q: What do you think is a more powerful way to study leadership? A: Among the many functions of organizational leadership, one of the most important is the development of a worldview for participants. Organizations, like individuals, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
deal-making technology. Contrary to the claims of prior commentators, I find that (1) go-shops yield more search in aggregate (pre- and post-signing) than the traditional no-shop route; (2) pure go-shop deals, in which there is no... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
We suspect that the mistakes happen when firms choose managers at any level—from CEO to business unit head to project manager—based on what we call "right stuff" thinking, borrowing the term from Tom Wolfe's famous book and the 1983 movie of the same name.4... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
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we now call diversity . . . certainly African American issues were just a small part of the agenda, if any part of the agenda." 14 Of that era, Lewis said, "We felt particularly emboldened—that we had nothing to lose." 15 Lewis worked in a number of executive View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
of Finance and Banking When searching out the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, Professor Robin Greenwood says one needs to look to the root of nearly every crisis: human behavior. With his focus on behavioral finance, Greenwood wears... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
decided to purchase a small business after graduating from the Harvard Business School. The case explores his decision about whether or not he should finalize his deal to purchase Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods, Inc. (GEPP). It gives students the opportunity to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
represent numbers in search of concepts that provide the illusion of meaning where none exists. This paper, dedicated to our dear friend, David Bradford, provides a general proof that standard and routinely used fiscal measures, including... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
is working on a model of consumer search with recommendations, motivated by the proliferation of online recommender systems. The model can explain the impact of this technology on markets for experience goods, such as music, cinema, or... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
fundamental behavior — how they read. Eager to earn its first revenues, E Ink searched to find a customer that could use an early form of the technology. In 1999, JCPenney placed an order for four displays for use in its shoe departments.... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
possess some nice theoretical properties, such as the optimization of social surplus and having dominant strategies. These properties may not be satisfied by current position auctions and their variants. We therefore concentrate on the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
can have positive impacts on innovation and entrepreneurship. After experimentation, policy makers are able to pick and choose among a variety of policies to implement those that work best. While some officials proactively search for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
a couple of young MBAs. But fate works in funny ways. For one, it brought Matthew Moore and Jessica Le Roy Moore (both MBA 2007) together in Section I. The two became friends and started dating near the end of their first year at HBS, but weren't quite ready to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
tours in Baghdad between 1994 and 1997. Returned to Baghdad last June and July to assist with search for WMD. Christopher B. Howard (MBA ’03), Major, U.S Air Force Chief of Human Intelligence Operations Cell for Combined Joint Task Force... View Details
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
forecasting processes, while also trying to prepare for unexpected urgent orders and natural disasters. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=107018 Google Advertising Harvard Business School Case 507-038 In mid-2006, Google... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace