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07 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

When Celebrity ‘Crypto-Influencers’ Rake in Cash, Investors Lose Big

30. These results are starker for tokens with lower market cap, where there are fewer alternative sources of information to help protect investors against bad investment decisions. "If you took one of these cases and fined the individual... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

16 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

What’s behind a bad decision? Researchers trying to change behavior tend to focus on one of two main reasons for bad choices: “frictions” and “mental gaps.” In a mental gap analysis, researchers conclude that people just don’t View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail

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Accelerating Solutions - Business & Environment

ensure accountability? Learn about best practices. Highlights Video Full Panel Video Collaboration is Crucial to Accelerating Climate Solutions To accelerate climate solutions, Harvard research shows we must think differently about... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

platform. Campus Art Installed The HBS Art Collection & Program consists of over 1,000 original works and serves as a key teaching and learning resource, inspiring the HBS community to View Details

05 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can

products—in 2019 than they were in 2006. “Here’s one way to think about it: How much would you need to be paid to move from your most preferred brand to your second-most preferred brand?” MacKay says. “Maybe you value a few dollars here... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

2021, the firm had 36 employees and $18 billion in assets. That year, its flagship small-company fund outperformed 99 percent of competitors. “An important question for organizations is how to avoid group View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

differences in leadership across task, culture, and identity. We don't offer a simple answer. Like any complex phenomena, scholars are in the earliest stages of beginning to understand the complexities of leadership. "What we View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

and policymakers turn this real-time data into actionable insights.” Related Reading: Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities The Battle for San Francisco Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities? What do you... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Mar 2009
What Do You Think?

How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

trends present special challenges or pressing needs for greater honesty, candor, and transparency in the future? In discussing management issues, we often conclude that "it all depends." Does that kind of View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Cold Calling Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement... View Details

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About - Business & Environment

University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and Environment Matteo Gasparini is a DPhil (PhD) candidate at University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and Environment (SSEE) View Details

30 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do

their ability to carry out core missions. “Most people donating money wouldn’t choose to contribute to the salary of the organization’s CEO” “As nonprofits try so hard to pare down their overhead expenses, they end up feeding the expectation that the overhead ratio can... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Jul 2023
News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

regulations, including a pitch clock, larger bases, and restriction on defensive shifts. READ MORE Dan Morrell: Let's go back to the genesis of some of the changes that were ruled out this season, right?- View Details

04 May 2021
Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

“But, do you think that was standard operating procedure? No! What happened that day is that the two blue shirts found it in their hearts to do this, and felt they had the latitude to do it.” Stopping Best... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

control specialists. A lot of people think of this as disruption, like the taxi industry is being disrupted by Uber. It’s not disruption. Rather, it’s a completely different kind of firm. This hasn’t happened in more than 100 years. Firms... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Courses | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

cases are thus designed to help students think about what it actually means to make a difference, and what it takes. How do would-be leaders identify the problems or challenges they wish to tackle? What... View Details

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

way of working itself out. Don’t be so stressed or focused on things so much that you trade off quality time with your peers and enjoying your time. Two years may seem like a long time, but it’s short! Think... View Details

22 Feb 2024
News

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996, she was overwhelmed. It was the pre-Internet era, with limited available information, but... View Details

19 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control

communities of like-minded people. Sometimes the like-mindedness centers on a brand; think Facebook fan pages or Twitter rants. "Consumers have always had the ability to boycott brands—or to 'buy-cott' brands they like by buying... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

January 2008
Article

How to Change the World

By: Howard H. Stevenson

Alan Wilson has a decision to make. The CEO of his company, Grepter, wants him to relocate to Zurich, where he can gain valuable experience for a rise to the top. Karl, his best friend, hopes to lure him to a hedge fund that promises big money fast. Shiori, an enticing... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Values and Beliefs; Compensation and Benefits; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence

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