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- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
impact. However, although this practice is generally lauded as a win-win for business and the environment, the firm may actually increase emissions if it acts to maximize profit because it would increase View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
Working PapersAnomalies in Estimates of Cross-Price Elasticities for Marketing Mix Models: Theory and Empirical Test Authors:Andre Bonfrer, Ernest R. Berndt, and Alvin Silk Abstract We investigate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage
those deemed future leaders. Managers need an employee ‘owner’s manual’ Practically speaking, DeLong suggests bosses ask employees for an “owner’s manual” describing their strengths, weaknesses, and idiosyncrasies, including when View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
time, not more money When people invest too much time and energy into making more money, it’s often because they assume the extra cash will bring greater happiness. But they are wrong. People with more free time are actually happier,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
West Coast headed to eastern ports, with a smaller flow of manufactured goods and agricultural products headed the other way. The canal supercharged the growth of the West Coast (at the expense of Venezuela... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
of Research in Marketing 29 (2012) Abstract We examine the underlying process behind the IKEA effect, which is defined as consumers' willingness to pay more for self-created products than for identical View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention
unusual to find stores from the same chain selling a product for different prices in different regions or online. Cavallo attributes this to the transparency afforded by the internet and customers’ concerns... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
groups: (1) a treatment group that receives all DrumNet services, (2) a treatment group that receives all DrumNet services except credit, or (3) a control group. After one year, DrumNet services led to an increase in production of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
improvements in outcomes such as productivity and longevity, and that good nuts-and-bolts management at individual firms shapes national performance. At 14 textile... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
directly: high oil prices, a growing demand in emerging economies like China and India, and the possibility of agribusiness companies competing successfully in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-007.pdf Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless the Jeans Are Cute: Motivated Moral Disengagement Authors:Neeru Paharia and Rohit Deshpandé Abstract While many consumers say they care about issues such as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
pots and pans and numerous other items, became chairman of Alcoa. Edward Prizer, who became president of Vacuum Oil in 1918, made his reputation by organizing the firm's... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
users of its search engine. We know now (and probably knew then but chose to ignore it) that the products of our searches are not free. They provide the basis for identifying our interests, potential purchasing behaviors, View Details
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
Change Authors:Chonnikarn Fern Jira and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Suppliers are increasingly being asked to share information about their vulnerability to climate change and their strategies to reduce... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
two locations shared knowledge of palm oil production even as they competed for market share—a contest that Malaysia eventually won thanks to its more stable political climate View Details
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
Wharton School, and Emer Moloney, a research associate at HBS. The case describes the traditional production process for Parmigiano-Reggiano, commonly known in dairy circles as "The King of... View Details
- 06 Dec 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?
our country as ‘zombie’ towns, each state may have a larger part in how Amazon operates.” Guy Higgins pointed out distinctions between practices used to gain market power in the past and present. “Standard View Details
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
hamper productivity through “human obstruction” tactics, by purposely and surreptitiously making poor decisions and being uncooperative. “Making a faulty decision may be simply... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
performance, in whatever way one chooses to define performance (for example, quality of life, or value creation for all entities), and provides access to that causal link. Integrity is thus a factor of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911411-PDF-ENG CNOOC: Building a World-class Energy Company Joseph L. Bower, Nancy Hua Dai, and Michael Shih-ta ChenHarvard Business School Case 311-074 Fu Chengyu is the fifth CEO to lead... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne