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- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
seek work once benefits ended, the authors examined a sample of low-income workers who typically have limited access to credit. Using detailed banking data from Earnin, a financial services company that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 31 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Bring your authentic self to work: Advice from HBS alumni
talking about partners.” Join LGBTQ+ and Ally Groups and Events During PRIDE month, many companies will publicly state their support for the LGBTQ+ community, but coming out and being out at work is not limited View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
producing pre-tax wages of nearly $25 million. Chicago food entrepreneurs face obstacles that limit their ability to start and grow businesses. Specifically, they lack access View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 07 May 2024
- Blog Post
Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria
during travel. In fact, tourism accounts for about 8% of the world’s carbon emissions, contributing significantly to climate change. Pollution from travel also has major impacts on human health. One approach View Details
- 25 May 2023
- Blog Post
Interview Strategies to Connect with a Wider Range of Candidates
but not limited to, race, socioeconomic status, gender, and sexual orientation) benefits an organization. In addition, if the “likeability factor” does matter to you as an organization and it impacts how... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
ourselves). Happy Money provides valuable information not only for pleasure-seeking consumers, but also for companies looking to increase the happiness of both employees and customers. The following excerpt describes how the power of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 15 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners
add. Lastly, don’t limit yourself. There’s a vast landscape of innovative organizations out there. Take advantage of HBS resources for your research and be open to exploring less conventional roles—they... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 2007
- Working Paper
Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market
By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
Real investors and markets are too complicated to be neatly summarized by a few selected biases and trading frictions. The "top down" approach to behavioral finance focuses on the measurement of reduced form, aggregate sentiment and traces its effects to stock returns.... View Details
- December 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Boston Properties (A)
By: Ryan D. Taliaferro and Aldo Sesia
Investment manager Eliza Baena confronts an apparent convertible bond arbitrage opportunity when she notices a narrowing spread between two Boston Properties (BXP) bonds, one a convertible bond and the other a straight bond, in the wake of the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy.... View Details
Taliaferro, Ryan D., and Aldo Sesia. "Boston Properties (A)." Harvard Business School Case 211-018, December 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
shipping model, according to Ngwe. Ngwe attributes the higher purchase totals to customers overshooting the minimum balance needed to qualify for free shipping, due View Details
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
Trelstad: Hold virtual fundraising events and engage loyal donors Organizations need to think quickly and practically about cash flows and revise their scenarios for getting through the crisis and then a less optimistic 2021 scenario.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- January 2017
- Case
Nashua River Capital Management
By: Samuel Hanson and Aldo Sesia
Investment manager Eliza Baena confronts an apparent convertible bond arbitrage opportunity when she notices a narrowing spread between two Boston Properties (BXP) bonds, one a convertible bond and the other a straight bond, in the wake of the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy.... View Details
Hanson, Samuel, and Aldo Sesia. "Nashua River Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 217-045, January 2017.
- 18 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'
perfect natural experiment to explore. With the Y2K bubble in the early 2000s, the quota of H1-B visas first increased and then fell sharply, initially expanding and then limiting immigration by skilled... View Details
- 05 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working With City Leadership To Leverage Technology
a brief interview with the city’s Chief Innovation Officer and HBS/HKS joint degree alumnus, Shireen Santosham, “I knew she would be able to use someone with an MBA skill set.” “We have a tremendous amount of work and responsibility with... View Details
- 15 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners
don’t limit yourself. There’s a vast landscape of innovative organizations out there. Take advantage of HBS resources for your research and be open to exploring less conventional roles—they could lead View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
“A place to grow personally and professionally.” - Yolanda Anton
even consulting about it. I want to understand how the whole company moves, and not to limit myself to some of its areas. HBS was therefore my... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Balancing the Ideal with the Real: Conveying Corporate Culture to Candidates
hand-holding. You need to be creative with limited resources. That’s why we’re more concerned with finding the right cultural fit than in focusing on skills and backgrounds.” David Meckstroth (HBS MBA 2011),... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 24 May 2022
- Blog Post
Get to Know 2022 Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan
ambiguous situations. “The training gives you an incredible amount of self-knowledge including what your breaking point is, and just how far you can go before you hit it,” Kiernan said. “That awareness gives you comfort when facing challenges that push your View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
Donald J. Trump brings business experience to the White House. Source: BasSlabbers Donald John Trump, the 45th president of the United States, will be the first to go straight from the boardroom View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
setting good defaults is an example of this. But there are a lot of others as well, such as simplifying the choice environment and eliminating unnecessary complexity. "As a field, we need to learn more about where and when behavioral... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman