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- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
matter of helping people see the prevalence and consequences of hunger as well as the possibilities of a solution." An HBS Leadership Fellow at Mercy Corps, Zeaske has also worked at Jumpstart, a language... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
be important to determine how often physicians feel pressured into prescribing drugs inappropriately, and if this affects patient health. Silk: An important question facing policymakers is rising health care View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
have big consequences for how people spend the money and its impact on their businesses and their livelihoods.” “That paper was very influential View Details
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
Working PapersCompeting Ad Auctions: Multi-homing and Participation Costs Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin Edelman, and Hoan Soo Lee Abstract We model competing auctions for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
to vote for the plan once the firm is in Chapter 11. The advantage of either type of filing is that it allows companies to avoid steep costs associated with spending months in bankruptcy court and to take... View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
50,911 fewer foodborne illness-related hospitalizations and 19.01 million fewer foodborne illness cases per year, reducing annual foodborne illness costs by $14.20 billion to $30.91 billion,” the authors... View Details
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
economies have experienced at least since the mid-1980s. This case describes the basic facts, presents contending explanations, and explores the consequences of the Great Moderation for the likely amplitude... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Climate Change
On Sunday, 300,000 activists took to the streets of New York for the People's Climate March, the biggest climate protest in history, and the United Nations on Tuesday held the Climate Summit. In the spirit of Climate Week, we present insights from members of the... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
that are unavoidable consequences of survival strategies on the part of retailers. The new retail landscape requires strategic thinking not just from retailers and landlords but from policy makers as well. View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
attractiveness, which is the cost of factor inputs relative to a country's competitiveness. This analysis reveals important insight into the economic trajectory of individual countries. Our framework also offers a novel methodology for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
Sakis, Shalini Rao, Daniela Saltzman, and George Serafeim Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50239 December 2015 Journal of Vascular and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
one of the industry's leading firms. Oil sands deposits in Alberta represent a potentially vast reserve of hydrocarbons, but the extraction, refining, and transportation challenges are formidable, and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
key performance variables (sales growth, profit margins, working capital turnover and long-term asset turnover) as well as financial leverage and cost of capital. Users can... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 18
PublicationsSidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed and How We Can Stick to the Plan Authors:Francesca Gino Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, forthcoming Abstract You may not realize it but simple, irrelevant factors can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?
off Massachusetts' coastline is the subject of HBS professor Richard Vietor's case study "Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA." The case highlights the challenges and opportunities that face green businesses as they attempt to... View Details
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
2016 Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development By: Beckert, Sven, and Seth Rockman, eds. Abstract—During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008
appearance of prejudice during social interaction is to avoid talking about race, or even acknowledging racial difference. Four experiments involving a dyadic task investigated antecedents and consequences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
harmed in their ability to be successful in the course. They live through that, and we have students who say they remember it vividly even a few years later." Experiencing that pain in the classroom can't be fun, but upTick does give... View Details
- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
the result will be continuing downward pressure on prices. Economic recovery will not allow producers to let up on tightening cost controls and improving productivity. Know your lead indicators. Every good... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
consequences of multiple identities in organizations and spark novel research questions in the organizational literature. Publisher's link: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/qFQy7bdBGz6scHxc8aVS/full ... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne