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- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
have tried to make use of knowledge about the stocks a given fund holds. What is unique in our work is that in rating each fund, we look at the overlap between that fund's holdings and the holdings of every other fund. We expect a fund to... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
in our classrooms. We are excited by the possibilities generated by our research offices in California and Hong Kong and our planned center in Latin America. The California Research Center (CRC) has far exceeded View Details
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
actually might drive behaviors like we're seeing here," Anteby says. "Occupations are powerful groups. And to me that's the most interesting implication of [this study]. Here's a weird instance—whole body donations-—where we would never View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
repatriated earnings from foreign affiliates exceeded net capital investments by $1.1 trillion in 2010 dollars; and from 1950 to 2010, repatriated earnings and net interest from foreign affiliates exceeded... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
involvement, and commented on the role of market forces. A number of you expressed the hope that the private sector can provide adequate response to a problem that is either real or increasingly perceived to be so. Commenting that "Heating costs go up, the View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
This year's committees are Club Relations, chaired by Amelie Vecchione (MBA '84); Online Services for Alumni, chaired by Michael V. Jennings (MBA '68); and Continuing Education for Alumni, chaired by Susan Luick Good (MBA '71). Each committee View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
30 seconds,” recalls the feisty octogenarian. “I had spent previous summers hauling up 125-pound, wooden lobster traps, so my upper body strength exceeded his.” Summers spent lobstering in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and a competitive... View Details
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
self-service kiosk system that evaluates and buys back used cell phones and MP3 players from consumers for cash. Found currently in southern California, Kaplan expects this concept to roll out as well.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Charting the Year Ahead
Cooper This past summer saw another successful HBS Global Leadership Forum, this time in Washington, D.C. Attendance exceeded 640 alumni and guests, many of whom had not been to a previous GLF. On behalf of the Alumni Board, who turned... View Details
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
clothes rather than an elegant outfit to a luxury boutique, or wearing sneakers to a professional event. In The Red Sneakers Effect: Inferring Status and Competence from Signals of Nonconformity—an article appearing in the June 2014 Journal of View Details
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
and how. It's about understanding consumer needs, not asking them what they want." Several questioned the way some think about the development of products of any type in a rapidly changing business environment. As V. P. Kochikar put it,... View Details
- 19 Aug 2017
- News
Getting Off the Well-worn Farm Track
As CEO of Landcorps, New Zealand’s largest farming company, Steven Carden (MBA 2003) is a careful observer of food trends. "My job, given that we have got a million acres of land, and that it takes a long time to shift from one land use to another, is very much... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers
By now, it’s an expected right-of-passage. As you enter credit card information for an online purchase, up pops two familiar words: “Privacy Notice.” Does seeing those words make you more confident about the transaction, knowing that the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
competitive edge. As one example of a winning strategy, Nolan cites Cisco Systems, a twelve-year-old company that makes routers for networks. In 1998, Cisco reached a market value exceeding $100 billion in record-breaking time. It did so,... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Market Research Meets the “People Factor”
kinds of research. Managers should keep researchers abreast of what kinds of decisions will be made and what role the research results will play in those decisions. After the results are in, if the managers and research companies expect... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Ominous Background Music Is Bad for Sharks
and Ayelet Gneezy. In a series of experiments, researchers found that music has the power to influence public perceptions of sharks. Source: Shutterstock Sharks are in dire need of conservation efforts. Some 100 million sharks are killed annually, far View Details
- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
motivations for prosocial behavior, such as volunteering and charitable giving. These insights are important not only for nonprofits trying to motivate donors to give, but also for almost any company that wants to convince consumers the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
Kyruus’s search engine enables consumers to find the best providers for their health care needs. Since he was eight years old, Graham Gardner, MD (MBA 2007) knew he wanted to be a doctor. Once he completed his training as a cardiologist,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value
customer's expected value of a transaction - the difference between the price the customer is willing to pay and the store's price (the magnitude of the perceived "bargain"), multiplied by the likelihood the customer will find the item in... View Details
- 17 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Brands Work
club. Think IBM's "solutions for a small planet." 5. Social responsibility. Consumers expect global brands to lead on corporate social responsibility, leveraging their technology to solve the... View Details