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- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
and longitudinally (in a field study of windfall spending). Finally, participants who were randomly assigned to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those assigned to spend money on themselves. Leading from the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Research Summary
Giving Time Gives You Time
Four experiments reveal a counterintuitive solution to the common problem of feeling that one doesn't have enough time: giving some of it away. Although people's objective amount of time cannot be increased (there are only 24 hours in a day), this research... View Details
- November 2005 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Investor Relations at TOTAL
By: Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Examines investor relations and financial communications in a large company with a diverse group of financial stakeholders. Total is an "energy major" based in Paris, France. The importance of its product and its impact on economies and environments combine with the... View Details
Miller, Gregory S., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Investor Relations at TOTAL." Harvard Business School Case 106-023, November 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
- 2007
- Working Paper
Mental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer
By: Katherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, Todd Rogers and Max H. Bazerman
We study the effect of small windfalls on consumer spending decisions by examining the purchasing behavior of a sample of online grocery shoppers over the course of a year. We compare the purchases customers make when redeeming a $10-off coupon they received from their... View Details
Keywords: Spending; Consumer Behavior; Mathematical Methods; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry
Milkman, Katherine L., John Beshears, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman. "Mental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-024, September 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
given year. We provide a partial explanation for this statistic: a foreign aid windfall to poor, non-oil producing Muslim countries during the twin oil crises of the 1970s allowed the recipient states to become more repressive and stave... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 23, 2020
- Article
Inequality in Socially Permissible Consumption
By: Serena Hagerty and Kate Barasz
Lower-income individuals are frequently criticized for their consumption decisions; this research examines why. Eleven preregistered studies document systematic differences in permissible consumption—interpersonal judgments about what is acceptable (or not) for others... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Judgments; Consumption; Economic Inequalty; Income; Equality and Inequality; Spending; Judgments
Hagerty, Serena, and Kate Barasz. "Inequality in Socially Permissible Consumption." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 25 (June 23, 2020): 14084–14093.
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Alumni
once-in-a-generation windfall for philanthropy Forward Thinking Where Will We Find the Energy to Power the AI Revolution? More Stories Search the Alumni Directory Be found. Update your profile Programs & Events Feb 16 16–21 FEB 2025... View Details
- 15 May 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
How is Foreign Aid Spent? Evidence from a Compelling Natural Experiment
- 15 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy
windfall of money that they could use to purchase a goody-bag full of candy or other treats. Participants were randomly assigned to be given the choice to keep the bag of treats for themselves or to donate it to an anonymous sick child at... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
very wealthy philanthropist—wasn’t an option. His research did uncover an interesting approach employed by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which required a small royalty in exchange for early stage research funding—which led, in one case, to a $3.3 billion View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 03 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business
learned that one of them, picked at random, would receive $200—a significant windfall for the average student. In each session, the winner took the money and left the room. And just like that, the rest of the participants were left with a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
than 10 percent chance of approval. Me toos have greater than 20 percent chance of reaching the market, and generally require lower investment. For patients, of course, it’s the novel blockbusters that can be the most life-changing. Tracking a View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
listened to speakers at Maersk’s HQ, it was clear that they felt this was a transitory windfall as shipping rates have already largely fallen to near pre-COVID levels. However, due to Maersk’s unique structure as run by the AP Moller... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
court is less costly than Chapter 11, creditors may disagree on how the resulting financial windfall should be shared. In that event, obtaining the necessary level of consent may be impossible. Outside of Chapter 11, for example, changing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Debaters Muzzle Yale Bulldog
impose a windfall tax on U.S. oil corporations.” One hour before the debate began, the HBS team was picked to argue in favor of the resolution. According to the Harbus, the judges favored the HBS team for its ability to frame the motion... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
India’s Oil
growth rates of China, India, and perhaps the United States. They are making windfall profits. As a result, they are impoverishing developing countries.” On the subject of outsourcing, Chidambaram asserted that it helps lower taxes for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Capitalizing Poetry
Barr Photo courtesy Poetry Foundation In 2002, pharmaceutical heiress Ruth Lilly made a gift in excess of $100 million to the Modern Poetry Association (now the renamed Poetry Foundation). Tapped in February to figure out what to do with the foundation’s View Details
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HBS Magazine - Alumni
Career-Retirement Psychology-Behavior Career-Career Changes After Ozempic How a game-changing drug is reshaping Novo Nordisk, disrupting the pharma industry, and setting up a once-in-a-generation windfall for philanthropy View Story... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Turning Point: Getting to Giving
promotion or when I’m done paying for college.” But what if “when” is right now? That’s why I feel like I have to practice generosity all the time, so when the windfall comes, I’m not tempted otherwise. It’s where I have room to grow, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Data-Driven Diligence
people would not have considered ‘hot.’” Same with the storage software company Virsto, which Correlation put $1 million into in 2011. When it was later acquired for $200 million, Correlation’s bet paid off handsomely. Big windfalls are... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs