Harvard School - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

After a cancer patient's first 30 days in the American medical system, the bills start stacking up—right next to the pile of paperwork explaining benefits. "It's very hard for patients to match these things up," says Dr. Thomas W. Feeley, who recently joined... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

loving family” As with the work that won the Nobel Prize, “with Wagaroo, we’re trying to solve some standard economic problems related to market design,” says Exley, who joined the Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

the same numbers of two decades ago. Levy's genius, says Harvard Business School's Allen S. Grossman, was in not only recognizing the problem, but also bringing together resident organizations and board members to start solving it. “I... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

summaries of the working papers published by Harvard Business School faculty—along with links to the full text of those papers. Here are the five most downloaded working papers of 2016: The Great Training... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs

financial advisers and accountants. It boils down to personal preference, according to Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Gerardo Pérez Cavazos. “High net worth individuals have a wide range of... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

01 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

business. "There has been a lot of fascinating and important literature on this topic," says Beshears, Harvard Business School assistant professor, "but for the most part, it doesn't get... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities

30 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?

according to a recent study by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Albert W. Sheen. In The Real Product Impact of Mergers, Sheen finds that mergers generally have little effect on product quality... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins. Entrepreneurs with a history of success are much more likely to succeed in new ventures than first-timers or those who failed previously, new research from View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

03 May 2004
What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

to an even higher expectation on the part of those obsessed with "scorekeeping," regardless of their performance. In their new book, Just Enough, Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson of Harvard Business View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

point—comes too late to have a meaningful impact on people's lives.” “We're not saying that medical debt doesn't matter,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Raymond Kluender, the study’s lead... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

23 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs

new apps and other products, offering feedback to help entrepreneurs refine their ideas. However, there’s a caveat to this feedback: 90 percent of users on Product Hunt are men, according to a recent working paper by a trio of Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology

Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: baona] Related Reading Are You a Digital Manager? What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Travel; Tourism

31 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest

virtual roller coaster of the financial markets. The findings are detailed in the paper How Quantitative Easing Works: Evidence on the Refinancing Channel, co-authored by Marco Di Maggio, an assistant professor in the Finance Unit at View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?

app’s success has striking implications for a number of industries. Willy Shih is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at Harvard Business School and spent 28... View Details

Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih; Video Game; Entertainment & Recreation

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

Nicolas P. Retsinas is Senior Lecturer in Real Estate, Harvard Business School and former Federal Housing Commissioner. Rob Couch is Counsel, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings and former President of GNMA. Over... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

general discussion, moderated by Harvard Medical School faculty member Dr. Warner V. Slack, of how access to information and the logistics of insurance would change in a consumer-driven system. While... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

05 Nov 2024
Research & Ideas

AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen

to replicate the unique characteristics of a specific person’s writing style, says Prithwiraj Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “We trained an algorithm to write using... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Technology

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

core activities in any business. Without a good customer acquisition process, you can’t grow.” A professor at Harvard Business School for 11 years, Cespedes left for an equal time to run a firm, where he... View Details