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- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
Some, like Bancel, predict that a vaccine approved for emergency use could be administered to hospital workers as early as this fall. Others, like Bingham, are quick to point out that even after vaccines are approved, distribution will be... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
higher-priced items first can simultaneously increase the average selling price and the overall purchase rate. We test these predictions in a series of field experiments conducted with an online fashion and apparel retailer. Using... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
As the Wild West of the new communications frontier shakes out, Baldwin predicts that companies will use many iterations to combine producer- and user-created elements in their business strategies in an effort to find the right balance.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
increasing in financial characteristics predicted to be associated with greater unverifiable fair-value-based discretion. To investigate whether non-impairment is associated with managers producing on average better estimates of goodwill... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
software company Crystal Dynamics before leaving for BMG in 1994. "I'm much more suited to big corporate life," says Zelnick. Analysts predict that digital transmission may cause a major restructuring of the record industry as... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
makes us feel good.” Hang in there While life might have seemed simpler and more predictable prior to the coronavirus invading our world, that’s probably an illusion. A cluttered home will probably still be messy when the virus abates.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
survey that allows us to precisely characterize European biologic drug procurement institutions over time. Using data from three classes of biosimilar drugs, we analyze how market features and public policies predict entry, market prices,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
develop a supply model to predict product development responses to changes in store locations. Through policy simulations, I discover that the firm uses outlet stores to serve lower-value consumers who self-select by traveling to outlet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
controlling shareholder to list equity. Higher valuations support listings associated with greater agency costs. We test the predictions that follow from this idea on a sample of publicly listed corporate subsidiaries in Japan. When there... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
public involvement in different types of lending operations (i.e., project level participation) The participation policies/standards should include, for example: A predictable basis for including all parties that have a right or an... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
periods of one to three months, locking investors into their long positions. Theory predicts that the greater the restrictions, the greater the impact of trading on price. Particularly severe restrictions are associated with returns of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
networks, while competing with iTunes as music distribution channels, may also benefit from having iTunes in the market. Why? A: The model predicts that congestion in p2p networks worsens with network size. That is, the larger the number... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
charge of the team’s bottom line. “The skeptics in town predicted that even if we raised enough private funds to build the park, we’d still fall on our faces, because we’d have $20 million in debt that no other team in baseball has,”... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
embedded in societal norms and political realities. Palepu: Yes, Chile—just like Israel, South Africa, and South Korea—is crossing over from an emerging market to a more mature market. Learning about Chile helps us predict the future of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
was highly susceptible to normative pressure and most evident among individuals concerned with self-presentational aspects of appearing biased (Study 1). However, this tendency was often counterproductive, as avoiding race during interracial interaction View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In 2018, Bill Crawford (MBA 2006) founded Righteous Slice, a pizza restaurant in Rexburg, Idaho that has been steadily earning critical acclaim. It has... View Details
- September 2023 (Revised September 2024)
- Technical Note
Measuring and Managing Social Impact
By: Brian Trelstad, Gerald Chertavian and Susan Pinckney
A brief overview of how to measure social impact at nonprofits, social organizations, and impact investments. View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Change; Transformation; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Entrepreneurial Finance; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Innovation and Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Resource Allocation; Measurement and Metrics; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Mission and Purpose; Success; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Strategic Planning; Programs; Risk and Uncertainty; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; United States
Trelstad, Brian, Gerald Chertavian, and Susan Pinckney. "Measuring and Managing Social Impact." Harvard Business School Technical Note 324-017, September 2023. (Revised September 2024.)
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
new urban data sources and illustrate how they can be used to improve the study and function of cities. We first show how Google Street View images can be used to predict income in New York City, suggesting that similar image data can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
trust, employee commitment, and "ownership" behaviors of both employees and clients-could explain and be used to predict up to half of the difference in operating income between agency offices of a global service provider. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne