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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

perceived more spontaneous kinds of thought to reveal greater self-insight than more controlled kinds of thought in Study 1 (e.g., intuition versus deliberation), and perceived thoughts with the same content and target to reveal greater... View Details

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

primary customer? Decided whether shareholders, employees, or customers come first? Narrowed down which performance variables to track? Have you set creative boundaries? Are you generating creative tension? Are you promoting cooperation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Profiles - MBA

Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: Building a product that attracted a million users in a single week and observing its social impacts taught me how to thoughtfully apply technology to social causes, lead... View Details

03 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 3, 2007

out less-intensive users of the product. High prices do not cause greater product use than low prices for a given buyer, but there is some evidence that the act of paying increases use. Our estimates imply that positive prices may be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

latter to price lower and thereby increase total consumer traffic. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-010.pdf Exclusivity and Control Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Robin S. Lee Abstract We analyze platform competition for View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Research Services - Faculty & Research

ensure the seamless execution of around 20 research events annually. In addition, the Marketing and Communications group is available for faculty consultations to promote specific research or to answer more general branding questions.... View Details

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Terms of Use - Alumni

without notice to users any user content that does not meet the standards set by the Alumni Website Full Terms of Use (pdf) . Email My Class or Section/Alumni Messaging Service... View Details

23 Jan 2024
Book

More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World

like any other. By contrast, each NFT is unique, just like in a litter of puppies. This makes them non-fungible—you generally wouldn’t trade your puppy for another one! (The word token in context basically just means a digital object that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology; Financial Services

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

directly to users at prices they choose individually. Clearly, an iTunes portal would differ significantly from the current iTunes music and video store. Q: In attempting to provide a general theoretic... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

24 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from Starbucks

Facebook’s issue as a political problem and tried to shift the blame to Cambridge Analytica’s bad actors for violating Facebook’s rules for application developers. He ignored the deeper problem that Facebook users want privacy for their... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Technology; Food & Beverage

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

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Finance - Faculty & Research

in MBS duration function as large-scale shocks to the quantity of interest rate risk that must be borne by professional bond investors. I develop a simple model in which the risk tolerance of bond investors is limited in the short run, so these fluctuations in MBS... View Details

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Questioning, Listening & Responding - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

class session and encourage students to listen closely to each other. Effective listening goes beyond attention to the content of student contributions: it also includes: What is said and how it tracks with the class discussion and agenda... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Thinking Ahead

As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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HBS - Key Metrics

2019 Cases Sold 17,773,000 16,726,000 15,392,000 15,209,000 14,539,000 Harvard ManageMentor Active Users 8,810,000 7,384,000 6,061,000 5,037,000 2,837,000 HBR.org Average Monthly Users 9,902,000 11,239,000... View Details

04 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

generative artificial intelligence (AI) explodes, companies face balancing individual privacy, coveted data insights, and the law—all while pursuing competitive advantage. Eva Ascarza, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

segments and creating a staggering array of business opportunities and threats. The digitization of tasks and processes has become essential to competition. General Electric, for example, was at risk of losing many of its top customers to... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

the Harvard Business Analytics Program’s 400 participants who had attended virtual immersions in 2020 and 2021. Celebrating 100 Years of the Case Method The 2021-22 academic year marked the centennial of the introduction of the case method at Harvard Business School.... View Details

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

04 Jan 2017
What Do You Think?

How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?

bureaucracies do have decision-making responsibilities. Dean Dastvar put it this way: “Bureaucracy, in some form, is not necessarily an evil but rather a tool which can be refined generation after generation... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

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