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28 Oct 2024
Op-Ed

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.

their policy platforms, to appeal to suburban voters. Why demographics are not destiny in politics We are economists, and we study markets. Politics is a competitive one. Just as auto manufacturers don’t sit and idly watch market... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse M. Shapiro

03 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Marketing Your Way Through a Recession

watching television can deliver higher than expected audiences at lower cost-per-thousand impressions. Brands with deep pockets may be able to negotiate favorable advertising rates and lock them in for several years. If you have to cut... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

30 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

Brazilian watch market. Its CEO had made a firm commitment to evolve the company’s marketing and commercial practices by focusing less on pushing product to retail clients and more on branding to end consumers to pull View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

Technology, on the working paper Internal Deadlines, Drug Approvals, and Safety Programs, released by the National Bureau of Economic Research in November. Danielle Kost: How should people interpret your research as they watch the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

your smartphone to how to earn a seat on a corporate board and make socially responsible investments. They gathered Thursday evening to watch a screening of a new documentary on the history of women at HBS, "A Woman's Place."... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

University of Verona and the University of Amsterdam, Daniel Houser of George Mason University, and Marco Piovesan, a research fellow at Harvard Business School. Key concepts include: Experimental research finds that subjects who were told to resist the temptation of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

goods would grow from 2 percent to 20 percent of the consumer market over the next five years. From a sector perspective, mall specialty stores that sell goods such as toys or watches should do well, said Biyani. Moderator Rangan wondered... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

02 Sep 2016
Op-Ed

The Twitter Election

don't know what Twitter is. In 2015, the average American spent more than one-third of her media interaction time online and around one-third watching television, 10 percent reading magazines and newspapers, and 10 percent listening to... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch and Thales Teixeira

28 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Meeting China’s Need for Management Education

business there? What should they watch out for? What opportunities are ripe for exploration? A: In all areas of greater China, understanding the local systems, the role of government regulation, and the behavior of suppliers, customers,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

02 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Investor Protection: The Czech Experience

costs of inefficient institutions more transparent; at the same time, globalization means that the foregone benefits are even greater in those markets that do not provide or enforce protections for international investors. As the students read the case series, they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Decoding the Artful Sidestep

or was this topic on your radar for other reasons? Todd Rogers: This line of research began when I was watching a press conference where the spokesman basically didn't answer any of the questions he was asked. I didn't even realize he was... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

the market in terms of shipments—next only to Apple and Samsung. As they finished watching Cook’s presentation, Yu and Cheung thought about the Mate 10 series, Huawei’s most advanced smartphone that would be launched on October 16, 2017,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work

Sadun says. "Regardless of whether they were professional or family CEOs, they'd all leave early, and according to our interpretations, they were all leaving to watch the game." However, the data showed that the professional CEOs on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Oct 2016
HBS Case

Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste

thing that irked him: Store food displays were too big, which meant a lot of food was wasted, particularly perishables including seafood, meat, and produce. “It was all about pile it high, make it look beautiful, and watch it fly out the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

voters cold despite his eminent qualifications. With the help of KNP Communications, Silver is forced to watch himself at the podium and makes some profound discoveries. Professor Amy Cuddy delves into this fascinating case and the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

01 Dec 2021
What Do You Think?

How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

accurately, your hologram or avatar) can, among other things, go to school, go to work, play games, watch concerts, and browse stores. For Facebook, or now Meta, its dominance in social networking combined with a Meta-based strategy is an... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

Drbouz In June 2016, I gave a TED Talk called We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change. The talk discussed the world’s realistic options for reducing fossil CO2 emissions soon enough to contain climate change’s more severe effects. To my surprise, that talk has... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

25 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market

sovereign debt? Judging by other restructurings over the past four decades, Argentina is an anomaly, a case worth watching but unlikely to set any lasting legal or economic precedent. Ongoing litigation is predicated on what the Second... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro

05 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

Swiss Mechanical Watchmaking, 1970-2008 By: Raffaelli, Ryan Abstract—In 1983, 14 years after the introduction of the battery-powered quartz watch, mechanical watches and the Swiss watchmakers who built them were predicted to be obsolete... View Details