by Laura Alfaro - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2002
News

Ads Improve Consumer Decisions

Advertising can be good for you! Sounds fishy to the average consumer, but it's implied by conclusions from research by HBS associate professor Bharat Anand and his colleague, Ron Shachar, of Tel Aviv... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

01 Dec 2000
News

Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers

Amazon.com (zealously seeking government-issued patents for e-commerce innovations) and the trio of Netscape, Oracle, and Sun (bolstering the Justice Department's case against Microsoft). Historically, Spar observed, breakthrough innovations have been followed... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Microsoft; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

01 Feb 2001
News

Volunteers Crack Case, Consider School's Future

Volunteer Conference, there it was, staring me in the face: a case. Led by Professor Howard Stevenson, the Saturday morning session was to be a discussion on "HBS: At the Crossroads?" This wasn't some lightweight two-page case, either. It... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; alumni; volunteers; conferences; cases; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Apr 2020
News

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

01 Feb 2001
News

High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS

CEO looks like," noted Andrea C. Silbert (MBA '92) , founder and CEO of the Boston-based Center for Women & Enterprise, which coordinated the New England event along with the National Women's Business Council. A study last July by the... View Details

Keywords: Singleton, Laura; Springboard 2000

01 Oct 2000
News

Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices

The same neurochemicals that made our prehistoric ancestors flee the saber-toothed tiger now percolate in our brains when we bristle at a spouse's criticism or negative comments in a board meeting, according to research by HBS professor... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)

06 Aug 2018
News

Women More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks If Treated by Female Doctors

27 Jan 2011
News

Dancing elephants

01 Jun 2003
News

Books

turn, moving ideas on new paths to market and perhaps even publishing research to enhance industry knowledge will provide new and important ways for companies to realize the value of their discoveries. — Laura Singleton (MBA ’88) Artful... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Jan 2021
News

Mortality rate for Black babies is cut dramatically when they’re delivered by Black doctors, researchers say

29 Apr 2020
News

Why Latin America Needs the Private Sector More Than Ever

01 Dec 2017
News

2017 in Media: Courting the Cord-Cutters

approaches work? I think the answer will be a hybrid model, with different options for different viewers. What’s next in media? “The continued rise of on-demand consumption, as exemplified by the Netflixes and Spotifys of the world, which... View Details

Keywords: Laura Martin (MBA 1983) , entertainment and internet analyst, Needham & Company