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- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
and indirectly, by raising new theoretical questions. Deferred acceptance algorithms are at the basis of a number of labor market clearinghouses around the world and have recently been implemented in school choice systems in Boston and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
financial crisis, so you will have created a number of new Fannie Maes and Freddie Macs and the moral hazard associated with that. Or the additional capital and regulatory requirements will put these firms at a disadvantage relative to... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
between men and women—as opposed to hiring biases, gender discrimination, or a hostile workforce—were at least partially responsible for the low numbers of women in tech. At the time, 20% of Google’s tech workforce, and 31% of its overall... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
LaGuardia is number 15 for takeoff. I miss Air Force One!! And here's one from film director Lee Unkrich: Just in case you think all this has gone to my head, within 36 hours of winning the Oscar, I was back home plunging a clogged... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
what the customer might envision, the customer appreciates the act of disclosure," Mohan says. It's unclear whether a company might see these benefits on a sustained basis, particularly if a number of retailers selling similar items all... View Details
- 14 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Global Business Code
responding at once," Deshpandé says, explaining that the School ended up investing in a dedicated server for the project. "We were not aware of anyone else at the School engaged in a project of this magnitude—both in the sheer View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
facilities each year, an increasing number of which are on foreign soil. "Without the FDA, each of us would individually spend a lot more time researching where products come from and what ingredients they contain," says Harvard Business... View Details
- 21 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect
In most companies, no one knows and understands your customers and their changing needs better than the marketing department. Certainly that knowledge should be routinely presented and understood by the chief executive and board of directors, right? But over time, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
order to slow the build-up of network effects around the first mover and ensure that the second mover's product begins to build up a critical mass. A number of smaller strategic elements converge to generate this window of opportunity,... View Details
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
encourage readers to devote more time to finding the right products for their customers, creating the right bundle of goods and services, and developing innovations that improve the world, while perhaps spending less time figuring out how to transfer value among a... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
mistake to miss a false negative, and there are indeed steps that companies can take to mitigate the likelihood of their development. Spotting Them, Managing Them By their very nature, false negatives are tricky to spot in advance. Xerox created a View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
and students, since the case studies in the book were developed for a course on corporate restructuring that I have taught here at Harvard Business School for the past eight years. (I have also taught these materials in a number of our... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
been opened to a fast-growing number of travelers ranging from student study groups to Syrian President al-Assad walking a stretch of the path with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. As it takes fuller shape, the Path variously serves as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
what we find using data from the online platform we study, but we also confirmed this result in a nationally representative survey of consumers. At the market level, we find that more stringent occupational licensing regulation actually reduces the View Details
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
than using an unfamiliar airline's website—here too, a fair number of customers might be willing to pay. But what should we say to customers who aren't interested in these benefits, and who really just prefer lower prices? That's a... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
and electronic payment technology to assess the health of a business. Traditional lenders generally focus on both the small business owners' personal credit history and key metrics about the borrower's business, such as industry-specific trends and View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
without an easily identifiable response. As Jim spotted an increasing number of red flags during his hectic summer in Tanzania, he had to consider not only his US employer and his HBS position, but also his local client, his client's... View Details
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
identified similar numbers of problems. However, high perceived improvement hospitals took action on more problems. We found no benefit from selecting problems with the highest benefit-to-cost ratios because there was a flat landscape for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
between the complexity of the retail environment that we create and the people who work there, she says. A typical American supermarket has more than 46,000 SKUs. "I'm not so sure that huge number helps either the store or the... View Details
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
bundles (albums) to cherry-picking their favorite components (songs) on those bundles. The number of items included in a bundle (a measure of its "objective" value) does not emerge as a significant moderator of this effect.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace