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- 04 Oct 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?
large crowds. Have the changes in the underlying behaviors affecting many industries become so ingrained in employees, consumers, and everyday life that they will not revert to what they were before? The evidence is mixed. One can argue... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
contribution is tax-deductible in the contribution year, but both principal and investment earnings are taxed upon withdrawal. Using administrative data from 11 companies that added a Roth contribution option to their existing 401(k) plan... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
How to Have Effective Conversations
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
June 2016 PLoS ONE Social and Spatial Clustering of People at Humanity's Largest Gathering By: Barnett, Ian, Tarun Khanna, and Jukka-Pekka Onnela Abstract—Macroscopic behavior of scientific and societal systems results from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss
frustration or sadness. Wolf differentiates those expressions from anger directed at others. In the paper Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion, published in the November 2016 issue of Organizational View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 13 Jul 2023
- News
The Network Effect
didn’t realize that we had shared professional interests,” Model recalls, laughing. “It was just a social thing.” Only after graduation would they realize how well-matched their ambitions were: Model, who had a background in investment... View Details
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
Catalytic cracker and gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. This $21 billion venture will be the single largest foreign direct investment in U.S. manufacturing history. The plants, on 1,600 acres adjacent to the company's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
(DPI), a leading pan-African private equity firm based in London with over $3.1 B under management; and Victor Williams (MBA 1998), CEO of NBA Africa, which is transforming Africa’s profile in the world of global sports. He is the former head of corporate and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back
business in order to grow and scale its impact. It also gave me a great example of a visionary leader who was leading with purpose, authenticity, and vulnerability. By investing his time in building strong partnerships with other local... View Details
- 2012
- Working Paper
Do Market Leaders Lead in Business Process Innovation? The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption
By: Kristina S. McElheran
This paper explores the relationship between market position and business process innovation. Prior research has focused on the alignment between new technologies and the internal capabilities of firms to pursue them. I extend the investigation to include external... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Business Processes; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Technology Adoption; Manufacturing Industry; United States
McElheran, Kristina S. "Do Market Leaders Lead in Business Process Innovation? The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-104, June 2010. (Revised April 2011, October 2012.)
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
regulation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55884 April 2019 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Incentives for Public Goods Inside Organizations: Field Experimental Evidence By: Blasco,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Nov 2011
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Authors:David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/11/kfcs-radical-approach-to-china/ar/1 Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. Direct... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 23, 2021
- Article
Research: When A/B Testing Doesn't Tell You the Whole Story
By: Eva Ascarza
When it comes to churn prevention, marketers traditionally start by identifying which customers are most likely to churn, and then running A/B tests to determine whether a proposed retention intervention will be effective at retaining those high-risk customers. While... View Details
Keywords: Customer Retention; Churn; Targeting; Market Research; Marketing; Investment Return; Customers; Retention; Research
Ascarza, Eva. "Research: When A/B Testing Doesn't Tell You the Whole Story." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (June 23, 2021).
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
PublicationsThe Strategic Use of Brand Biographies Authors:Jill Avery, Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Juliet Schor Publication:Research in Consumer Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of a brand biography to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Student Research - Doctoral
ESG Improvements Recognized? Perspectives from the Public Sentiments By: Shaolong Wu 01 JUN 2025 | Journal of Impact and ESG Investing 2023 Research (pdf) 2023 Research (pdf) July 2025 Article Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin... View Details
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
will lead to an integrated life. In 2008, as the financial crash worsened, Sally Krawcheck was fired at Citibank for urging the firm to repay customers for defective investments. She stuck to her values and now leads her own online View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
confront the bigger decision of whether or not to invest in solar panels to generate electricity for her home. Although pre-disposed to pursue environmentally friendly alternatives, the project entailed significant up-front expenses and... View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015
Publications Forthcoming National Bureau of Economic Research Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 16 By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://papers.nber.org/books/lern15-1 2015 International Encyclopedia of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
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.
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Vote for "Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU" (June 2021) with Jesse M. Fried. Charles C.Y. Wang : Received the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Student Mentoring in 2022. Yuan Zou : Winner of the 2022... View Details