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  • 10 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated

Public health officials who took to social media to push people to get the COVID-19 vaccine may have wondered if they were screaming into a void. Over the course of the pandemic, health agencies around the world—ranging from the World Health Organization to the Center... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Health; Technology
  • December 2014
  • Article

Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World

By: Paul M. Healy, George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu
We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, and labor market competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Performance; Valuation; Equity Valuation; Persistence; Competitive Advantage; Institutions; Earnings Management; Labor Market; Capital Markets; Competition; Profit; Performance; Supply and Industry; Financial Statements; Government and Politics; Globalized Markets and Industries
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  • 2015
  • Chapter

Consuming Brands

By: Jill Avery and Anat Keinan
Traditional definitions of branding often underestimate the value a brand has for infusing a choice situation with meaning. This chapter explores how people consume brands and presents three perspectives on the meaning of brands that have diverse theoretical roots in... View Details
Keywords: Brand Building; Brand Management; Marketing; Brands and Branding
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  • 17 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

the payroll at some companies. On a more micro level, Abdelal and DeLong say, creating a covenantal relationship means helping employees find purpose in their work. Rather than telling workers what to do, managers should ask questions,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 09 May 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

Remote work is here to stay—but not everywhere, and not in all companies. As the business world emerges from the pandemic, some companies are demanding a full return to the office. Others are embracing remote work options for their employees. New research suggests how... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • Research Summary

Informing Brand Marketing Practice

Susan M. Fournier is involved with several projects relating more generally to brand managment issues. These include boardroom-level projects (with Professors Thomas Madden and Franke Fehle of the University of South Carolina, and sponsored by Interbrand) on the... View Details
  • 13 Oct 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Market Competition, Government Efficiency, and Profitability Around the World

Keywords: by Paul M. Healy, George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan & Gwen Yu
  • 20 Feb 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

chord by appealing to our obsession with busyness and productivity, that doesn’t mean they should. Keinan cites her own 2008 study that found that while people often felt guilty about taking time off for fun in the short term, in the long... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 19 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

company loyalty by helping people grow out of their jobs—ideally, into new ones within the company. But even when you can't retain talent, it doesn't mean departing employees weren't loyal. Indeed, another mistaken assumption is that... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson
  • 2013
  • Article

What Goes Up Must Come Down? Experimental Evidence on Intuitive Forecasting

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, Andreas Fuster, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
Do laboratory subjects correctly perceive the dynamics of a mean-reverting time series? In our experiment, subjects receive historical data and make forecasts at different horizons. The time series process that we use features short-run momentum and long-run partial... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Cognition and Thinking
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  • 16 Jun 2023
  • News

Honoring Juneteenth

  • November 1985 (Revised November 1987)
  • Case

R&R

By: Howard H. Stevenson
Outlines alternative mechanisms for getting into business. Shows the means by which an experienced entrepreneur can gain control over the necessary resources in order to lower the fixed costs of business entry. Provides a mechanism for discussing the role of... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Entrepreneurship
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Alumnae at 2012 Fall Reunions

  • Career Coach

Ryan Kim

Ryan (HBS '02, Harvard College '95) is particularly interested in helping students and alumni find balance and meaning in their career choices. Throughout his adult life, he has attempted to balance divergent personal and career interests... View Details
Keywords: Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Search Fund; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)
  • Nov 14 2022
  • Testimonial

An Inclusive Space To Learn And Grow

  • 04 Jun 2014
  • News

Why the best leader isn’t always the right leader

  • 25 Apr 2013
  • News

What's Next for Starbucks?

  • 23 May 2013
  • Video

In One Word

  • Oct 06 2015
  • Short Film

From AMP to the C-Suite

  • 01 Mar 2004
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

well the initiative was working. Developing a small spacecraft typically takes over four years, meaning the outcomes from each FBC "experiment" were not observed until years after each had begun. Yet NASA didn't wait to see how... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne