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- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
and to account for potential risks and opportunities associated with climate change. In this paper, we examine the effectiveness of monetary and nonmonetary incentives provided by companies to their... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
From Tunisia to Egypt, Bahrain to Yemen, as a number of nations in North Africa and the Middle East go through cataclysmic changes, the world watches and wonders what the future may hold as myriad protestors... View Details
- 20 May 2016
- Op-Ed
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
Nutrition and Population Practice of the World Bank. Relevant WHO scientists and field health experts could be seconded to this Unit; they would work out of country offices in... View Details
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
The COVID-19 pandemic has battered industries around the world, but one sector's prospects aren’t so bleak: venture capital. Startup backers—and private-equity managers in general—say that half of their portfolio View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
crossed with small incentive (ranging from U.S. $3 to $14) to open a bank savings account. We find that the financial literacy program has no effect on the likelihood of opening a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
differences between the attributes of stock issuers and repurchasers to shed light on characteristic-related mispricing. During years when issuing firms are large relative to repurchasing firms, for example, we show that large firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
in November 2004 by Princeton University Press. Jaffe is professor of economics and dean of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University. Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business-Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs-offering lessons for all managers and entrepreneurs on leadership, strategy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
linking fat cells, inflammation, and diabetes. He now wants to form a company to commercialize these discoveries. At the same time, Isaac Kohlberg, the head of Harvard's Office... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?
1999, the company's first year of operation. The following year, the company was on a $5.3 million run rate. The bad news: competition is suddenly on the horizon, in the form View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
dramatically, but Evans Food's selling price to its customers had not kept pace with the increase in raw material costs. The company was losing money on some of the largest accounts, but it seemed difficult,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
reluctance to open up the banking system and promote the yuan as a global reserve currency. These were the conclusions of nearly all respondents to this month’s column. Nevertheless, there was an undertone... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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 View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
average demand increases with both pricing transparency and agent expertise, and that agent expertise interacts positively with competitive intensity. We also find that competition is associated with higher inventory holdings View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
we care about. Care about the sound of our own voice (E or I) and we don’t listen. Care about the other person too, and things shift radically.” Alan ArnettLondon, UK Re: "Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
deep culture of direct sales to corporate customers, the company was slow to take advantage of a rapidly emerging consumer market—at least until founder Michael Dell returned... View Details
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
collaboration could make the two platforms differentiate themselves further, causing Apple to focus even more on device sales and Amazon more on book sales for their profits. Through their mathematical model, Zhu and his collaborators show this phenomenon View Details