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- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
health-economics literature has done a better job documenting consumer-choice mistakes in insurance and treatment choices than explaining why those mistakes occur, it is clear that we should not ignore these mistakes in our analyses. We document evidence showing that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
Innovator's Dilemma as well as studies conducted more recently—might help angels, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs get around one of the heartbreaking paradoxes of success. Outpacing Consumers Every market entails a trajectory of... View Details
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
Source: iStock In June 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act, a 589-page bill designed to repeal many of the regulations in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
excessive consumer and corporate debt. “Regulatory structures failed to keep up” with innovations in the marketplace, he added. Thain took the top spot at Merrill Lynch in December 2007, resigning as CEO of the NYSE Euronext. Previously,... View Details
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Mozilo ... and 'Say on Pay' for All! (A) Harvard Business School Case 109-009 Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation. The case uses Countrywide... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
provides an insider's perspective on what has made it so effective. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/07/sustainability-in-the-boardroom/ar/1 Working Papers Modularity and Intellectual Property Protection By: Baldwin, Carliss Y.,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
record industry, 1996 was a bluesy kind of year. As revenues increased less than 1 percent and consumers bought 8 percent fewer CDs and cassettes compared to the previous year, the pause button, it seems, was hit on a decade of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent... View Details
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
Shine, Stern & Partners) and the buyer (MINI USA) and asks them to develop a sales strategy and a buying strategy for advertising services. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508043 View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
successful company or career. Koch’s innovative business model and frank stories offer counterintuitive lessons applicable to business and to life. He has surprising advice on sales, marketing, hiring, and company culture. Bedtime Stories for Capitalists: View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup
silk and apply it to food, creating natural protection that slows spoiling and keeps food fresher for longer. Products can be integrated at any time from farm to shelf, allowing food producers, processors, and retailers to deliver more... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
market conditions—accepting more immigrants when labor markets are tighter and in sectors where labor demand is higher, and protecting US workers during recessions. 2. Immigrants—of all skills—would help the US economy. Today, the US... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
terrible Foxconn suicides. The one-child-per-family policy was beginning to create a population shortage that meant cheap labor was running out. The old low-cost manufacturing-for-export strategy had run out of steam. They were developing a new economic formula based... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
up,” says Benjamin G. Edelman, an associate professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit at Harvard Business School whose research focuses on consumer protection related to online... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
to develop to better support business leaders of this new generation who aspire to have social impact. We really have to rise to the occasion if we want to make sure that we, as a species, continue to exist and protect our environment and... View Details
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
the impact of inventory on sales and the interrelationship between gross margin and inventory. We also estimate the effects of exogenous explanatory variables such as store growth, proportion of new inventory, capital investment per store, selling expenditure, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
decisions, you need to think about putting a set of controls around yourself, essentially to protect you from yourself. You need advice and counsel; you need someone to tell you, No, this is actually crossing the line. Sam Bankman-Fried... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
the United States and Germany in particular, and the United States and European Union more generally, suggests that how countries resolve tensions between protecting patients and empowering consumers will... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
transforming locally engaged citizens into viewers consuming programming from distant sources. In response to such concerns, many regulatory agencies, including the Federal Communication Commission in the United States, curtail the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
PublicationsForward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance Authors:Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky, eds. Publication:Brookings Institution Press and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2011 Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne