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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
2050 our oceans will contain more of it by weight than fish. Single-use petroleum-based plastics contaminate our water, pollute our land, and contribute to global warming. And given current rates of production and consumption—1 million... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership
Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and California. To plan for the... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
Review, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase the book: http://hbr.org/product/guide-to-managing-up-and-across/an/11126-PDF-ENG Empirical Observations on Incentives for Weight Loss Authors:Leslie John, George Lowenstein,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
Summing Up Do increases in social sector productivity, which seem to prevail at least in the U.S., benefit consumers at the expense of workers? Or is the scale weighted in favor of the latter who may benefit two ways, in terms of both an... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Publishing), a soon-to-be-published book by HBS Professor David Yoffie, who served as moderator of the panel. "Judo is the art of hand-to-hand fighting in which the weight and efforts of one's opponents are used to bring about their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
And this is not because they don’t care about quality. In fact, consumers put a lot of weight on online reviews when hiring service professionals. Our independent consumer survey offers some insights into why consumers may not care about... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
ultimately the most conceptually correct approach. Creators of market indexes and funds based on them should also reconsider how a value stock is determined, Wang says. For instance, the FTSE Russell, the top provider of style indexes in the US, gives book-to-market... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
creditworthiness on purely financial and operational grounds, omitting the prejudice endemic among loan officers. The team used machine-learning techniques to sift through loan records from the Small Business Administration, identifying and View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
physical experience of weight is associated with the emotional experience of guilt and thus that weight intensifies the experience of guilt. Across four studies, we found that participants who wore a heavy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
no. 6 (November - December 2007): 31-37 Abstract Fundamental indexers argue that capitalization weighting is an inferior investment strategy because it necessarily invests more in overvalued stocks and less in undervalued stocks. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?
(For teaching purposes, the assortment of occupations was weighted more heavily toward those that Blinder had found to be offshorable and those with higher levels of education. The goal, Rivkin notes, was to counter any preconception that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 28 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness
go to an indoor cycling class with her. I didn’t understand. The bikes didn’t move – why would I do this? Nevertheless, I went to a class at Flywheel Sports and left feeling better, physically and mentally. While I grew up playing sports, I was not the person in the... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
Weighted Accounts (IWA) Project has set about tackling accountability, a major hurdle on the path to an impact-driven economy. While the number of firms reporting their own ESG data has grown exponentially, and companies of all stripes... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
health care—health care venture capitalists are more likely to put far more weight on the horse—it is clear that the primary determinant in investing is the jockey. It’s all about the people. There are lots of opportunities out there, but... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 08 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
straight and narrow. Washington looks at deregulation The research takes on added weight as Obama-administration regulation protecting financial consumers faces an uncertain future. The US Labor Department’s fiduciary rule, in the... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
than reactive. "Similar to Weight Watchers, we need to partner with someone who can help us change." How can we fix what's wrong with the way we work? What do you think? Original Article This month's topic was triggered in part... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
taxes. I generalize the conventional model to incorporate multiple normative frameworks. I then show that if the principle of equal sacrifice-a classic, comprehensive criterion of fair taxation proposed by John Stuart Mill and associated with the Libertarian normative... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
(personal and individual) biases and all becomes 'rational' again for management purposes." Ron Palmer observed that the discussion "adds weight to the ideas that we need new and better tools for managing complexity ." Tony... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5
Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the false narrative that being... View Details
- 15 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS
Everyone is open minded, willing to share and learn, and willing to push each other to always be the best that we can be. Rodolfo Cabello Diaz, Class of 2021 It’s August 2009. I’m standing alone in Harvard Yard and the weight of my... View Details