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- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
example, in a February 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of 2,253 adult respondents answered they would not be OK with a search engine (such as Google) keeping track of their searches and using the results to personalize... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
structuring of consumer loans than those who are not. Conditional on using decision-making authority, their decisions are also less risky ex post. These findings demonstrate employee selection as an important, but understudied, element of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Bounce Back
B2B companies can take advantage of this opportunity by inserting ads that are relevant to their subscribers or potential customers. Is email better for reaching certain demographics? Our recent survey found that nearly 60 percent of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
transforming locally engaged citizens into viewers consuming programming from distant sources. In response to such concerns, many regulatory agencies, including the Federal Communication Commission in the United States, curtail the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
America the Unequal
surveyed approved of some inequality, but their ideal was far more equal than the current level. Why then, given the consensus on this more equal America, are Americans not clamoring for wealth redistribution? First, the expansion of... View Details
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
financial reform legislation, the gap in small business credit data was recognized and a specific provision was included to allow for more credible monitoring for small business access to bank credit. Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act amended the Equal Opportunity Act... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
Venture Capital By: Lerner, Josh, and Joacim Tåg Abstract—We survey the literature on venture capital and institutions and present a case study comparing the development of the venture capital market in the United States and Sweden. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
A self-discovery journey
and challenging, but fun. End of the first exercise. Second exercise. Fill in a thorough analytical survey to detect your interests: manage people, influence others, apply technology, creativity, quantitative analysis. Third exercise.... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
studies consumer decision-making, with a particular interest in how we make sense of other people’s choices. Just five days after the election, Barasz conducted an online survey that asked Trump voters what... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
the most interesting findings from our survey is that, unlike any generation before them, millennials are comparing consumer experience across categories. They’re not comparing brands in retail, for example,... View Details
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
(forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/bvillalonga/VillalongaAmit_FM_Final.pdf Working Papers Banking Market Concentration and Consumer Credit Constraints: Evidence from the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
imagine a much higher number." Even two years ago, one survey found that 60 percent of fans planned on using a second screen while watching the Super Bowl. The same survey, however, found that only 13 percent of respondents were most... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention
With Intention. “We want consumers to sync what they are investing in with their financial assets, with education about decarbonization investment opportunities in their own homes and cars.” She continued, “My husband and I have been... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
companies that were categorized as industrial. These categories generated higher returns as a group than the consumer goods category. Some of the characteristics of these winners included having a proprietary technology and/or meeting an... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
commensurate with military goals. Can the U.S. economy grow if the war on terrorism is prolonged and inconclusive? Because the American economy rides on the back of the American consumer, the fundamental issue is whether we can restore View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
providers should support equal access to all content and applications (such as data-heavy files of online video) regardless of the source or how much bandwidth it requires. Instead, industry executives contend, consumers should pay... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
“where people live, learn, work, and play.” Many firms acknowledge the importance of employee health to their bottom lines, and have also started taking steps to improve their consumer health and environmental health footprints. Target,... View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
In Africa, shea butter is sometimes known as “women’s gold.” Used for everything from skin care to stretch marks to diaper rash, it’s a go-to product in high demand. And it offers employment opportunities for women willing to survey... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
have preferences over relative outcomes, we derive predictions about the antecedents and consequences of dividing equity equally among all founders. Using proprietary survey data, we empirically test the predictions. Our central finding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne