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  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

The Personal Touch

Timken Investing in HBS What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do! Donor Spotlight Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices FAQ Monica Dodi and Jacob Navon (both MBA ’84) Wanting to maintain and leverage the momentum of the Class of 1984’s 25th Reunion Campaign, Jacob... View Details
Keywords: reunion
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

recent working paper, Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson and Penn State professor James Detert explored the challenges employees face speaking up to internal authorities. Their research focused on behavior in large,... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • November 1995
  • Article

Racing Behavior: Technological Evolution in the High-end Computer Industry

By: T. Khanna
Keywords: Behavior; Technology; Computer Industry
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Khanna, T. "Racing Behavior: Technological Evolution in the High-end Computer Industry." Research Policy 24, no. 6 (November 1995).
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

Noted & Quoted

“These board fees for [health] insurance companies are off the reservation.” — HBS professor F. Warren McFarlan, arguing that nonprofit board service should be about giving “time, talent, and treasure,” not compensation. (Boston Globe, March 10, 2011) “There are little... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

Thanks to the combined energy of over six hundred enthusiastic alumni, a dozen insightful HBS faculty members, and a score of respected experts, the 1997 Harvard Business School Global Alumni Conference, "Greater China: Myths, Realities, Opportunities," was one of the... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

Three conferences sponsored by student organizations at HBS in January brought together alumni, students, and experts from business, government, and academia to discuss a wide range of topical issues. Summaries of those conferences follow. AASU: Focus on Community... View Details
  • 01 Dec 1998
  • News

HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco

The first conference for HBS African-American alumni to be held outside Boston drew well over a hundred participants to the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco over Columbus Day weekend. A committee led by Steven R. Wilkinson (MBA '82) presented an outstanding program... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
  • 14 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

How to Profit from Scarcity

Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Marketers are trained to match supply to demand. Everything that consumers need should be... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products; Advertising
  • Fall 2024
  • Article

The Problem of Good Conduct Among Financial Advisers

By: Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos and Amit Seru
Households in the United States often rely on financial advisers for investment and savings decisions, yet there is a widespread perception that many advisers are dishonest. This distrust is not unwarranted: approximately one in fifteen advisers has a history of... View Details
Keywords: Personal Finance; Behavioral Finance; Trust; Financial Services Industry
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Egan, Mark, Gregor Matvos, and Amit Seru. "The Problem of Good Conduct Among Financial Advisers." Journal of Economic Perspectives 38, no. 4 (Fall 2024): 193–210.
  • 1982
  • Article

Correlates of Deficient Consumer Environments: The Case of the Elderly

By: Rohit Deshpandé and S. Krishnan
Although much research attention has been given to the format of consumer information environments, there has been little study of the effects of consumer environments lacking in information. This paper describes an empirical study of elderly consumers functioning in... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Age; Information
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Deshpandé, Rohit, and S. Krishnan. "Correlates of Deficient Consumer Environments: The Case of the Elderly." Advances in Consumer Research 9 (1982): 515–519.
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The Functional Alibi

By: Anat Keinan, Ran Kivetz and Oded Netzer
Spending money on hedonic luxuries often seems wasteful, irrational, and even immoral. We propose that adding a small utilitarian feature to a luxury product can serve as a functional alibi, justifying the indulgent purchase and reducing indulgence guilt. We... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Product Marketing
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Keinan, Anat, Ran Kivetz, and Oded Netzer. "The Functional Alibi." Special Issue on the Science of Hedonistic Consumption. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research 1, no. 4 (October 2016): 479–496. (Lead Article.)
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Asset Accumulation and Labor Force Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants

By: Pian Shu
Using panel data from the RAND Health and Retirement Study, I show that rejected applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) possess significantly more assets immediately prior to their application and exhibit lower labor force attachment than accepted... View Details
Keywords: Disability Insurance; Asset Accumulation; Labor Force Participation; Assets; Behavior; Employment; Insurance; Insurance Industry; United States
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Shu, Pian. "Asset Accumulation and Labor Force Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-008, July 2013.
  • March 1996 (Revised February 2006)
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Arborite

Describes the competitive position of Arborite, a Canadian manufacturer of high-pressure laminates (HPL) (a product sold under the Formica name in the United States). Arborite's market share has slipped, and a new general manager must evaluate whether a change in... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Consumer Behavior; Manufacturing Industry; Canada
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McGahan, Anita M. "Arborite." Harvard Business School Case 796-146, March 1996. (Revised February 2006.)
  • 03 Mar 2006
  • Lecture

Human Behavior, Trust, and Corruption." Panel Moderator. "Research on Corruption and its Control: The State of the Art

By: Lynn Paine
Keywords: Trust; Behavior; Crime and Corruption
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Paine, Lynn. Human Behavior, Trust, and Corruption." Panel Moderator. "Research on Corruption and its Control: The State of the Art. Lecture at the Research on Corruption and its Control : the State of the Art, Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, March 03, 2006.
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

The Sparkles in Our Skies

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Aether Diamonds makes its precious gems out of thin air—literally. The three-year-old company uses carbon dioxide drawn from the atmosphere to synthesize stones that are chemically identical and shine just... View Details
Keywords: April White; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 25 Jun 2021
  • News

The Hazards of a “Nice” Company Culture

  • 25 Jan 2021
  • News

Finding Direction When You’re Feeling Lost

  • 06 Jul 2020
  • News

Working Through a Personal Crisis

  • 24 Feb 2019
  • News

Booz Allen’s CFO on Why It Pays to Ask for Help

  • 12 Apr 2015
  • News

Colliers Executive Tries to Quell Relationship Wars

Keywords: Real Estate
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