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  • 03 Dec 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising

control," Deighton says. "In the 1950s, Dove's advertising approach was similar to a World War II military campaign with a heavy bombardment of 30- and 60-second messages with very strong, functional content. It was all delivered with... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Publishing; Advertising
  • Web

Asia Pacific - Global Activities 2020

Asia Pacific Spanning China and Southeast Asia to Indonesia and Japan, the School’s Asia-Pacific research outposts further faculty scholarship, support MBA and Executive Education programming, and develop opportunities for local alumni to... View Details
  • 22 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

  Working PapersThe 'Thin Film of Gold': Monetary Rules and Policy Credibility In Developing Countries Authors:Niall Ferguson and Moritz Schularick Abstract This paper asks whether developing countries can reap credibility gains from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 29, 2006

the firm-size distribution; controlling for level of economic development, regulation, institutional constraints, and other variables that might affect the business environment; and using different empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 5

independent predictor of mental and physical health-such as decreased depression and doctor's visits-over and above mean levels of positive and negative emotion. These results remained robust after View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 1992 (Revised March 1993)
  • Case

Dan Gordon

Describes Dan Gordon's first month on the job as Chief Operating Officer of Club Sports International (CSI), a chain of 7 health and fitness clubs. Describes the company's strategy and organization. The company needs Dan to tighten up its operations and create a base... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governance Controls; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Health Industry
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  • 12 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

Whether you sell widgets, designer fashions, or life-saving drugs, mastering the art and science of better analytics can set you ahead of your competitors, according to HBS professor Ananth Raman and Wharton... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

strategies in product markets. It frames firms’ capability search strategies as choices among different types of capability enhancing investments. The key distinguishing feature of capabilities in this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 19, 2016

at the time. Warburg Pincus had led a group of investors in acquiring Bauch & Lomb on October 26, 2007, taking the company private and becoming its largest and controlling shareholder. Since the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 9

more negative announcement effect than those on debt. Real investment falls following the controls. Overall, the results suggest that capital controls segment international financial markets, increase the cost View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2012
  • Other Unpublished Work

Environmental corporate strategy and advancements in enhanced oil recovery technology among U.S. firms

By: Shon R. Hiatt
This study seeks to address how collective actors can affect technology development and adoption among organizations by creating regulatory uncertainty. Empirically, this paper focuses on the influence of environmental organizations concerned about climate change on... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Technology Adoption; Natural Environment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Strategy; United States
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  • September 2024
  • Case

Comun: Partners in Peril

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Alexis Lefort
In spring 2023, Abiel Gutierrez and Andres Santos, co-founders of Comun, faced a critical decision at their fintech startup serving Latino immigrants. Having launched their product the previous year, they experienced rapid growth but encountered rising fraud and... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Business Development; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Partners and Partnerships; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Latin America; United States
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  • 08 Nov 2024
  • HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

because of poor eyesight, McNamara wanted to be close to the action in 1943 and helped man the US Office of Statistical Control in London, where he applied the statistical... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 24 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 24

keep its product pipeline on the cutting edge. The company also worked to integrate vertically-to own or control every viable piece of the supply chain-in an effort to manage the flower and produce... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

over time. For half a century, tax analysts have noted that taxes averaged over a span of years (or even a lifetime), or taxes that depend on income histories and age, would be substantially more efficient... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

Entrepreneurial Unit Travels to China

While China’s Communist Party still controls the country’s political machinery, the nation’s booming economy is increasingly in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs, with an estimated 70 percent View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • Web

Caleb Bradford Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Bringing Down the House Prices: My Summer Internship with the Governor of Arizona Caleb... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Warren Law Remembered

close to practice in the best tradition of the School and whose kindness, caring, and wit made him very special in the hearts of students and colleagues alike,” said HBS Dean Kim B. Clark. During a teaching... View Details
Keywords: obiturary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • June 2020
  • Article

How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections

By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel
Accuracy and consistency are critical for inspections to be an effective, fair, and useful tool for assessing risks, quality, and suppliers—and for making decisions based on those assessments. We examine how inspector schedules could introduce bias that erodes... View Details
Keywords: Assessment; Bias; Inspection; Scheduling; Econometric Analysis; Empirical Research; Regulation; Health; Food; Safety; Quality; Performance Consistency; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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  • 13 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

Following My Dream: Launching a Venture

and freezing bananas for our next day of testing, I’m sure that pursuing my business dream was the best decision I’ve ever made. There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing your own idea coming to fruition and your team growing along the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship