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- 19 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers
customers. Again, they tested two conditions separately, one that spoke about the company’s intent to “collect” customer data, and the other that spoke about its desire to “protect” customer information. They even had a separate group of participants read the two... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Debora L. Spar
innovation work? A: There are many. Recent decisions against Napster and other file-sharing firms, for example, confirm that property means are by no means dead online. On the contrary, both citizens and firms want to preserve property... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape
government, who can take advantage of Pixxel’s hyperspectral imagery to inform policymaking. While both of the company visits confirmed our initial hypotheses on the state of the Indian agriculture sector, they also enlightened us to... View Details
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
more because of those experiments. For example, casino hosts felt they had more leeway to overcomp a player based on experience with similar customers in the past, or by reading body language or other telltale signs that the customer was going to be a big spender. The... View Details
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
supported what Tucker and Singer had already hypothesized. For example, when the hospital took action on a higher percentage of problems, it had a positive effect on organizational climate. The researchers also confirmed their belief that... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
To confirm causation and explore the mechanisms underlying the effects, we replicated the results in a laboratory experiment. We found that individuals working temporarily as part of a research team were more engaged and satisfied with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
their discussion by confirming the following central assumption: in order for clubs to remain viable, they will need to streamline their "back office" procedures, utilize technology to enhance their operations, and find ways to attract... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
The Fed’s structure The Federal Reserve System is overseen by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, an independent agency with seven members who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The system is composed of 12... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
participate in any kind of after-school program. While still processing a huge amount of data collected during and after the study, ranging from school progress to health and pregnancy outcomes, McGinn confirmed that their initial... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- Web
Propose an Independent Project | MBA
students can find details on registering and HBS policies on field-based learning (login required) . Not all proposed projects will materialize. Students will respond directly to the organization if they are interested in discussing the opportunity. A team will then... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
has always been a part of how I've structured my life." Recently, that relationship became even stronger. After two years of setting Habitat on a new trajectory, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) will vote to confirm... View Details
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
leverage more and extract more value from the project than a strategic acquirer, or firms that operate on a stand-alone basis. He hopes that future research will confirm their new debt misvaluation findings. Rhodes-Kropf's latest work in... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
expanded into consumer research and election forecasting. In 2019, Gupta found that his team’s prediction for an election result was distinctly different from all other pollsters. As Gupta reviewed his team’s analysis (which had been View Details
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
where to focus their efforts was an easy one. "It seemed natural for us to look at how the investment behavior of public and private firms differs," Farre-Mensa says. The fact that there were no similar studies, coupled with the robustness of the data, View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
agency-based predictions. The evidence does not confirm managerial discretion is being used to convey private information. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-014.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Blackstone Group's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
number of additional analyses we conducted confirm that our findings are most likely driven by changes in individuals’ opportunity costs of starting new ventures as a result of worsening labor market conditions and not by changes in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Looking back; looking forward
a vote of the Harvard Corporation on April 8, 1908, and President Eliot’s choice for its first dean — a young Harvard economist named Edwin F. Gay — was confirmed that day. The following fall, 24 candidates arrived ready to pursue a... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Tech
where I had confirmed my love for marketing but felt held back by my lack of business background. I studied Political Science as an undergrad, and my daily responsibilities focused on the "promotion" side of the function (i.e. social... View Details
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2.3.2 Hazing | MBA
confirmed incidents to appropriate law enforcement officials. Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 269 Section 17. Whoever is a principal organizer or participant in the crime of hazing, as defined herein, shall be punished by a fine of not... View Details
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
reached middle and high school, the gap between the high-achieving students and those who needed academic support grew considerably. A few years later, Stanford University released a study that confirmed her observations. “Chicago had... View Details