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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
markets. The top left figure displays treasury yields at different maturities, and shows that yields, particularly short-term yields, have begun to rise over the recent time period. This is in line with expectations that the Federal... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
way things are, like water to a fish or the air we breathe. What's to notice? What's to change? To make progress on this problem, people must take risks, learn new ways, experiment. The notion that the basic organizing principles that govern workplace practice,... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 25 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?
New York Yankee slugger Aaron Judge, would surpass the $10.7 billion it reported in 2019—the last full season before pandemic interruptions. The league also signed new TV contracts with ESPN and TBS before this season, and next year will allow teams to View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
User research suggested that the checkout process could be improved. Hypothesis: Displaying the checkout date when selecting the number of children improves the user experience (by adding clarity). Result: Treatment had a significant... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
highly talented employees, who produce great value for the organization but may go about it in ways that test normal work-day structures or departmental rules and cause internal conflict. With insight offered from professional jazz... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
processes in Web 2.0 that we had in 1.0," says Avery. "To be successful we have to be timely and current and pick up on the conversations unfolding around us. We can't do that if we have a big bureaucracy slowing us down and a lot of View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Islam’s Great Culture Is Dying
In the early 1970s, as Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) graduated from HBS, Islam was flexing both religious and political muscles that had long been dormant. It came to a head with Iran’s 1979 revolution, an uprising against the ruling political... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
The Art of Naming a Start-up
approached the naming process eagerly at the beginning, since as an amateur writer I enjoy picking names for fictional characters and places. But there were rules to follow, as my cofounder pointed out when the three of us began... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
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Event Guidelines | About
etc. Harvard University’s campus grounds and buildings support faculty, students, staff, other affiliates, and campus visitors in fulfilling the University’s teaching and research mission. HBS follows the common set of University rules. For more information please... View Details
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
Several best practices, as explained by past and current masters of judo strategy, can help you reach the top of your game. While there are no substitutes for mastering the concepts of judo strategy and carefully studying your industry and your competition, keeping... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
The great thing about standards, tech industry pundit Andrew Tanenbaum once said, is that there are so many to choose from. In fact, standard setting organizations (SSOs) are the unsung heroes of the technology age. Without standards, Web browsers could not View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
rules specify. KC: In disk drives, for instance, the addressing scheme, the size of the data path [the wires on which the data flow], the number of pins [connectors between the disk drive and the computer], and the signal attached to each... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
and purviews. This leaves online small business lenders to be governed by an expensive and time-consuming patchwork of state oversight, often with inconsistent rules that can confine online lending to state-by-state silos, undermining... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
hard selling—and a great way to do that is to spend a little brand equity on playfulness to spark conversations. The Rules Of Play Marketing—in the form of the mish-mosh of online posting, uploading, commenting, and sharing on YouTube,... View Details
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
independently and create his or her own rules. People exert great effort to follow expected dress codes and etiquette in both professional and nonprofessional settings, with the belief that conforming to these written and unwritten rules... View Details
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
status of the individual. Then, in a field experiment at an entrepreneurial pitch competition, where pride displays are common and stakes are high, we find suggestive evidence that learning about the failures of a successful entrepreneur... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising
ad platform, and reducing—from three to two—the number of major sellers of sponsored search advertising." The deal, characterized as a nonexclusive partnership, would allow Google to sell some search ads that display next to Yahoo... View Details
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138794313/ January 2015 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Strategic Disclosure: The Case of Business School Rankings By: Luca, Michael, and Jonathan Smith Abstract—We empirically analyze disclosure decisions made... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
rules and policies. Proponents claim that, far from reducing employment opportunities, immigrants actually help create jobs. "They are more likely to fail than those founded by natives, but those that survive experience greater... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
Nordgren, 2006), both modes of thinking have particular advantages: conscious thought can follow strict rules, whereas unconscious thought is better suited for integrating numerous decision attributes. Because most complex decisions require both adherence to precise... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel