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- 27 May 2021
- News
History’s Future
Evidence of AlUla’s importance is still etched into the sandstone that surrounds this long, narrow strip of lush oasis. At the northern end of the region, in Hegra, a first-century city of the Nabataean Kingdom, some 100 elaborate tombs... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
costs. But that doesn't mean Southwest isn't investing in itself. The company's willingness to spend time and money on people and equipment is evident in its low rate of employee turnover; the high ratio of supervisors to front-line... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
past 20 years of my life, I find it impossible not to believe that men and women tend to manage things differently. My evidence on this point is mostly anecdotal, but it hits me whenever I venture from a male-dominated organization to a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
Although Magagnini always knew she wanted to do something that her “children would be proud of,” she never imagined that it would involve manufacturing. At HBS, she earned a 3 in Production and Operations Management. Still, her creativity is View Details
- 03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607008 PublicationsUnraveling Yields Inefficient Matchings: Evidence from Post-Season College Football Bowls Authors:Guillaume R. Frechette, Alvin E. Roth, and M. Utku Unver... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7
to existing competitors in a local market. We provide evidence that these results are due to a sorting effect, whereby firms trade-off service quality and price, and in turn, the incumbent attracts service (price) sensitive customers in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 8, 2008
its own. Proponents of the bill, meanwhile, believed that it was necessary to stave off a potentially disastrous and protracted housing shortage, and they cited the long-successful mortgage bond markets in France and Germany as evidence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
revenue distributions rightward while between-firm selection and market reallocation raise the left truncation of the distributions and shift revenue leftward. Using a rich cross-country firm-level panel dataset, we find significant View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
advance, and they even create the original information in a large percentage of the situations. Often, the press is way out there before the SEC," explains Miller. His wide-ranging survey of press outlets found no evidence to support... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of marketing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53857 First Quarter 2018 Dialogue Beyond Engagement By: Hallowell, Roger, Hervé Coyco, and Randall White Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53796 forthcoming... View Details
- 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
status of the individual. Then, in a field experiment at an entrepreneurial pitch competition, where pride displays are common and stakes are high, we find suggestive evidence that learning about the failures of a successful entrepreneur... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
Working PapersHow Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek Abstract The empirical literature finds mixed View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2019
- Blog Post
Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset
evidence to support our side and argue against the other.) Taking a position and conveying a persuasive argument is a very important skill, but once we flesh out both sides of the arguments, I wonder if we could spend more time thinking... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
Health, Carolyn Celebucki, and Gregory N. Connolly, both of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, point out, prior studies provide only indirect evidence that magazine advertising targets youth markets. First, since most... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
more likely to have an entrepreneur in the family. There are a couple of reasons why that might be, but most of the evidence seems to point to the fact that it’s not about people having the funds to start a business, it’s about the risk... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
borders? Money is crossing borders... ideas are crossing borders," she said. Unfortunately, she added, there is little evidence that Africa, given its population and size, is benefiting proportionately from the phenomenon. The... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 22 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too
perceived place in the world lurked in the shadows of my mind. Rather than frame my success as a fighter pilot as evidence of my worthiness, I compared my life experience to that of the stereotypical Ivy League student. In my mind, I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
the symptoms, no matter how overwhelming and urgent, Goodwin believes. You must address the underlying problems. Nowhere was this more evident to Goodwin than in Haiti, where he went after the country’s devastating 2010 earthquake. The... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017
regulate the industry. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52032 Populism and the Return of the 'Paranoid Style': Some Evidence and a Simple Model of Demand for Incompetence as Insurance Against Elite Betrayal... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel