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09 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads

cameo. Click to watch. As we watched movie stars, singers, and celebrity chefs sub for Alexa, multiple voice-enabled devices were depicted front and center in the ad’s humorous narrative, which showed a bit of what is at stake in the battle for home voice commands. But... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Telecommunications

10 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

effect, a compensation discount now can impact future raises and salaries as well. “The growth of compensation will be lower since it starts from a lower starting point,” he says. “That’s a big deal when you are considering it over a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

entertainment player, but it changed the viewing habits of millions of watchers. In this Cold Call Podcast, Anita Elberse discusses her case study on the impact of this pioneering series and the small production company behind it. ... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

05 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

investments that keep them going.” In fact, companies cut their longer-term investments by 10 to 40 percent—an average of 17 percentage points more than shorter-term investments. In financial terms, that carries the same financial impact... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking

22 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 22

Publications August 2013 PLoS ONE Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance By: Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Michael I. Norton, and Jordi Quoidbach Abstract—In three field studies, we explore the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Market Research in a Recession

face added pressure to secure high-quality data and insights. I recommend that CMOs take the following seven steps to minimize the impact of reduced spending. Stay focused. Savvy marketers focus their research on the products, brands, and... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

30 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One

outset of each social movement. “Our approach significantly improves upon existing work by providing a comprehensive view on the impact of protests on attitudes and on the underlying channels,” the researchers write. Most protests don’t... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2016
First Look

July 26, 2016

virtually every county and industry in the United States. We study the impact of this reform on county-sector employment growth over the subsequent three years. Despite firms being paid just 15 days sooner, we find payroll increased 10... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2023
Supplement

Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design

By: Thomas Graeber, Joshua Schwartzstein and Amram Migdal

In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking and behavioral experiments to improve workplace safety and strive toward the company’s zero-accident goal. The... View Details

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02 Aug 2021
What Do You Think?

Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?

(Image credit: iStockphoto/SDI Productions) Despite reams of material written about remote work in recent months, we know very little about the impact of remote management on performance. Perhaps it’s too soon. Until we can assess... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 May 2019
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

the cost-plus contracts granted by approximately 14 percent in the eight quarters following the allegation, suggesting that fraud allegations have a significant impact on contract design, but not dollar volume,” write Heese and Perez... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction

28 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business

Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit. One lesson is clear: Businesses that provide higher-quality service and maintain a solid reputation can become more insulated from market shocks, such as increases in fixed costs. The... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

the importance of understanding social networks' impacts on many aspects of our lives. People seem to associate "social networks" solely with popular Internet sites. We believe social networks are incredibly important for a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

29 May 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

like the Vanguard Group, Southwest Airlines, and Wal-Mart (in the U.S.) have had a profound impact on the way we live and work. They share several things in common: (1) a penchant for driving down costs in their respective industries, (2)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

around a lot will be successful." Future Trends What about future trends, asked Sahlman. Many venture capitalists made money in enterprise software, until the space was saturated. Will venture capitalists have an impact in fields... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

underlying quality. A more reliable system for disclosure could allow far more firms from emerging economies to tap into the global capital markets. Q: How could the immaturity of the legal and regulatory environment in emerging markets View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

business than Democrats—and that partisan start-up gap significantly widens when Republicans take control of the presidency. Alignment with the president’s party also seems to impact the pace of innovation. A study of patent filings shows... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

and approved, but when minority loan officers shepherd those applications, approval rates increase significantly, says Adi Sunderam, the Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance at Harvard Business School, in the working paper, “The View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

22 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

other distortions measured in the literature. The second uncertain policy we consider concerns marginal tax rates. We obtain similar results once we adjust for the impact of tax rates on income. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

(whatever its title) will also charge an unsubsidized fee to cover the catastrophic risk it assumes. What impact will these fees have? Understandably, with the best economic models, we will be unable to predict with certainty the impact,... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

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