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- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
paper explores the effects of monetary policy parameters and macroeconomic shocks on nominal bond risks, using a New Keynesian model with habit formation and discrete regime shifts in 1979 and 1997. The increase in bond risks after 1979... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
eventually forced him from the country, accomplishing a seemingly impossible mission. You Can’t Give What You Don’t Have: Creating the Seven Habits That Make a Remarkable Life by Greg Hiebert (MBA 1990) Grayline Publishing It's easy to... View Details
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
Evaluation, a paper published in 2011. “We know racism and sexism exist. The question is what can we do about it?” Parsons has made a habit of asking surprising questions about economic issues, looking at situations where small factors... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
the Terrie F. and Bradley M. Bloom Associate Professor of Business Administration. Public health will become a mainstream concern Leslie K. John: Healthy hygience habits will finally stick One consistent finding from our research on... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
habits as well, such as a growing preference for sharing items rather than owning them, and encouraging "showrooming" where shoppers visit stores only to test products—then buy them more cheaply online. The user benefits from lower cost,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
relationships between disparate data sets and then assess the significance of conclusions reached. Fast Start to Career Success: Making the Most of Your First Job By Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967) Outskirts Press Your first job is a time to develop View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
marriage market, this study provides timely and compelling empirical evidence of the unintended consequences on later life outcomes of sex selection in India. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53295 View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
services in Vietnam, for example, might go to an inner-city neighborhood of Boston with a high concentration of foreign nationals, to survey them on their banking habits and test out new ideas for changing these habits. Theory Into... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
the culture of government. "Getting agencies into the habit of making data available is a good first step," said a CTO in the class. Other agencies want to look good, too. There is pressure on officials to not get left behind. A... View Details
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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
(Singapore/Indonesia) and Gojek (Indonesia) soon evolved into similar offerings over time. The critical element of imitation startups is how they adapt to the local market in which customer tastes, buying habits, and willingness to pay may differ. For B2C companies,... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
in how designs are created and then turned into real things. Many management scholars and economists fall into the habit of thinking that innovation is something that firms uniquely do in order to make money. But Eric von Hippel and his... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
of view—and we hope this is a habit you have internalized. Jeff Bezos sometimes talks about what he calls the 70 percent rule: that it might seem wise for leaders to wait until they are 90 percent certain when making a decision. Doing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
current environment. From a sociological perspective, I would just add that everyone’s habits have been broken at this point. Your morning coffee habit. Your lunch habit. The bars you went to at night. And sadly, the places you used to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
model. Why wouldn’t people do this before? Was a lack of trust driving an aversion to this? RC: Trust was definitely part of it. It’s also the habits that people have. Some managers would like to see people face-to-face or just see a... View Details
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
business services team effectiveness, and overall case experience. It is becoming part of the culture—the future of BCG." The Cycle Of Responsiveness: The Root Of The 24/7 Habit The reason PTO can be so effective for both... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
dividends as well. Test and benchmark. Security professionals have a terrible habit of starting with a dramatic security audit—a staged attempt to defeat a company's defenses. But companies should save their money because the results of a... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
graduate student at Brigham Young University in 1974, DeLong studied organizational behavior under Stephen Covey (MBA 1957), who would go on to publish The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. “I focused as much on his teaching... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
Berolzheimer. “He was tough on students who didn’t use their imagination, and for that reason I didn’t like him at first. It was only later that I came to appreciate that it wasn’t personal.” Levitt’s habit of throwing chalk at the... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
performance of procedures rather than for accurate diagnosis and effective prevention. Aspinall and Hamermesh call for coordinating regulation and reimbursement so that incentives are provided for the right outcomes. Finally, the authors urge changing physicians' View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace