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- 15 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News
find that, yes, people appear to purposely avoid information about how their decisions affect others. Specifically, they avoid information when it may help them to feel better about making selfish decisions, or decisions that benefit themselves at the expense of... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
South Africa Explorer
with the naked eye. This was the experience shared by the thirty people who participated in the HBS alumni travel program in January. “South Africa Explorer,” a thirteen-day trip that originated in Johannesburg and concluded in Cape Town,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
only 910,000 homes on the market remained unsold nationwide, an all-time low. And Zillow, the online real estate sales platform, recently revised its 2022 forecast upward, predicting home prices will surge 16 percent nationwide. The current crush was set off View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 19 Dec 2022
- News
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
Wolfgang Puck (OPM 53, 2019)—aka the father of California cuisine, OG celebrity chef, and culinary empire-builder—began his career as a disgraced cook’s apprentice at a hotel restaurant. At 14, he’d been eager to take the post just outside his Austrian hometown: Not... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
matching system for New England, correcting public school choice programs in New York and Boston, and tackling markets for new medical residents, economists, and lawyers. That same year, Christine L. Exley... View Details
- 23 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf
Streaming accounts for about 85 percent of today’s music consumption, but sales of vinyl records have grown steadily over the past decade, owing to their rediscovery by members of Gen Z who view them as a timeless medium that offers... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Making Big Data Fashionable
styles are resonating with consumers. By monitoring data such as social media chatter, shared images, and Google searches, Trendalytics can identify specific trends that a brand can then use to guide everything from the product mix to... View Details
- 19 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?
School, is an expert on global supply chain and co-wrote an HBS case study, revised in 2019, on Dollar General, one of the largest dollar store operators, shortly before it was acquired by New York investment firm KKR. Shih discusses the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel
Like countless others in the summer of 2023, HBS professor Elie Ofek went to the theater to see the blockbuster film Barbie and found himself enveloped by the pink-drenched marketing blitz that had all but taken over the world. To Ofek, who teaches in the Marketing... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
Millions of Americans, from hourly retail staffers to corporate vice presidents, wrestle with the demands of work while parenting young children, caring for a sick spouse or aging parent—or both. That juggling act is made even tougher by... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 23 Oct 2024
- News
Running Man
There aren’t many people on this planet—let alone septuagenarians—who can contemplate running 50 or 100 miles at a time. But for 77-year-old Eric Spector (MBA 1972), a retired entrepreneur and CEO in the tech, consumer retail, and media sectors, running long (long,... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
- 22 Jan 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
When Gender Discrimination Is Not About Gender
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Creating the Shopping Experience of the Future
Production with Principles Áslaug Magnúsdóttir Customizing Couture Online Customizing Couture Online Jamal Motlagh Taking Tailoring High Tech Taking Tailoring High Tech Katrina Lake Dressing by Number Dressing View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Action Plan: Wild at Heart
in her first-ever backyard, that she was struck by a desire to create an all-white, French-style garden, inspired by the English estate of Sissinghurst. Only, Evans wanted to do it using all native plants.... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Working Paper Summaries