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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
more employees per dollar of revenue than almost any other industry. Balancing compensation and consumers’ willingness to pay is challenging. Lena Goldberg: Many people are speculating that we’ll have far fewer restaurants in the fine... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
they conclude they can’t stay given the requirements of the job. Unless employers assist them so they can stay in the job, they give up a productive worker. Their replacement is an unknown quantity. Employers constantly make speculative... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
surprising to the researchers, it didn't seem to matter how much money was made available for the prizes—or even if any money was offered at all. In areas where a gold medal replaced a cash prize, competition was just as fierce and the innovations just as plentiful.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
company, confirmed that it had begun selling A2 infant formula in China, and people speculated that it would start selling A2 products in Australia and New Zealand later in the year. a2MC's retiring CEO Geoffrey Babidge and newly... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
someone who is more precise and rigorous because I tend to be a somewhat vague, speculative thinker.” Secret sauce: “Three of my students have won the Nobel Prize, but when these brilliant young people pass through our program, it’s not... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
self-proclaimed "infrastructure guy," panelist Steve Papa (HBS MBA '99) of Optigrab.com speculated that the future of e-business services will be marked by the same pull toward uniformity that took place in industry consolidations a... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309093 Chronology of the Asian Financial Crisis Harvard Business School Case 708-001 In July 1997, Thailand became the first Asian "tiger" economy to abandon its fixed exchange rate system in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
with as much as a 40 percent increase in committing to recurring donations. Norton speculates that the higher number is due to a desire to conform to the social norms of other contributors—and not be the cause for the charity to deny... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
With national vacancy rates still in the 14 percent range and the economy generating fewer new jobs than in previous recoveries, no one sees much chance of a speculative building bubble for office space. “New construction just hasn’t gone... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
predecessor to return to lead the company. There was speculation about how long Lafley would stay and in what direction he would take the company. On June 6th, P&G announced that Lafley had appointed four senior executives to lead the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
was on the horizon, because 2.5" drives would be too large for next-generation portable devices, such as ultrathin laptops and personal digital assistants (PDAs). They speculated that if HP could develop a drive only 1.3" in... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
new manufacturing system, the industry experiences a catastrophic downturn. Should he continue to invest in a highly speculative strategy or rein in investment and preserve cash? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
unable to tell whether each child was honest or not, we speculate about the proportion of reported white outcomes. Children report the prize-winning outcome at rates statistically above 50% but below 100%. Moreover, the probability of... View Details
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
is pitching to a black umpire, he is more likely to win the whole game." Parsons speculates that the discrimination may not be conscious. Since the effects increase as the game goes on, he suggests the animosity that can grow between... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Avenue, a luxury department store chain, has been hard hit by the 2008 financial crisis and stock market crash. Speculation about impending bankruptcy is rampant in the press. The CEO, Stephen Sadove, must decide how to respond. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
team of senior investment professionals improved the firm’s fund return by approximately 10 percent and increased the percentage of startups with successful exits. Gompers speculates that this positive business impact is likely caused by... View Details
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
can't afford to motivate their staff with monetary bonuses. Moreover, a growing body of research indicates that corporate workers are very motivated by nonmonetary incentives, such as positive recognition from their peers. (See, for example, The Most Powerful Workplace... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
directly tied to space, which would affect your typical worker, is going to be based on satellites, namely using data from them about the Earth and data through them as satellite internet expands its reach. If we look out a bit further, you get more View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
But they are riskier than the stock market, so cryptocurrency markets are dominated by speculators or traders. Another constituent is the long-term investors, who take a long-horizon macro view on these assets being a less-dumb form of... View Details
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Art Nature Business
and perfect, vast and strong, but also somehow delicate and fleeting. After such an experience, one can't help speculating about the impact we have on this planet." Her experience led to a new series of work, Arctic Wonderland , and... View Details