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- 15 Apr 2024
- Book
Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters
what will work. Published with permission by Springer. Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
possess multiple selves with different, competing interests. We call 2 of these metaphorical selves the "want-self" and the "should-self." The want-self is myopic and desires instant gratification. If left to its own devices, the want-self would...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
PublicationsStrength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Harvard University Press, forthcoming Abstract This book investigates the sources of interest group influence has on public...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2016
- HBS Seminar
David Brumley of Carnegie Mellon University
- 02 Apr 2024
- What Do You Think?
What's Enough to Make Us Happy?
who fail to have this conversation with ourselves run the risk of chasing and acquiring things that are never enough. These matters are highly personal. I like to think that how we make decisions on these matters determines, as the old...
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by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)
accommodations for all current students, prospective students, alumni, and their families. We also want to create greater awareness of these issues through community events, speaker series, listening tours, and more. Cassidy Wald (MBA 2023) - Co-President I have View Details
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
recognizable brands in today's competitive market. The building of brands has played out in an interesting manner on the Internet. While one of the draws of advertising on the...
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by Susan Young
- 23 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Brand a Next-Generation Product
very deliberate effort to market the iPad as a sibling to the Mac. Macs keep their names with each successive upgrade, analysts noted, while iPhones sport sequential numbers and letters to indicate improvements. “Consumers don't necessarily read specs to learn about...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees
that a firm’s transition from a traditional one-off payment system to a subscription model isn’t always clear or easy. For one thing, many firms initially miss the one-time large upfront payments for a...
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- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
In recent years, consumer review sites including Yelp, Citysearch, and TripAdvisor have become the first stop for recommendations on everything from dinner to dentists. Along the way, they've earned a loyal following from fans, but also...
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Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
But it wasn't always so. Vexing problems we experience in business and society may be due in part to the neglect of leadership studies in the academy for many years. "If we had to characterize the path of work View Details
- 26 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)
research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang has discovered. Airing a sponsored video—versus original, unaffiliated content—costs an influencer 0.2 percent of their subscribers on average within three days...
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- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
"to keep on their feet, on ground that is slipping away from under them." So, no serious businessperson can ever completely relax. Someone, somewhere, is always...
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- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
must retain flexibility. Remember, there will always be surprises once you start turning over the rocks. You’re bound to have new questions you wish you’d been able to ask before you accepted the job. Get your directors View Details
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by John Quelch
- 2022
- Report
The First Four Healthy Building Strategies Every Building Should Pursue to Reduce Risk from COVID-19
By: Joseph G. Allen, Emily Jones, Marissa V. Rainbolt, Linsey C. Marr, David Michaels, Leslie R. Cadet, Shelly L. Miller, Meira Levinson, Lidia Morawska, Richard L. Corsi, Nira R. Pollock, Yuguo Li, Alasdair P.S. Munro, Kelly Grier, Qingyan Chen, John D. Macomber and Xiaodong Cao
Understanding of the most probable transmission routes and identifying the risk environments for disease spread should always be among the first critical steps in the response to future disease threats. This is one of the most vital public health lessons of the...
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Health Pandemics;
Buildings and Facilities;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Health Industry;
Education Industry;
Real Estate Industry
Allen, Joseph G., Emily Jones, Marissa V. Rainbolt, Linsey C. Marr, David Michaels, Leslie R. Cadet, Shelly L. Miller, Meira Levinson, Lidia Morawska, Richard L. Corsi, Nira R. Pollock, Yuguo Li, Alasdair P.S. Munro, Kelly Grier, Qingyan Chen, John D. Macomber, and Xiaodong Cao. "The First Four Healthy Building Strategies Every Building Should Pursue to Reduce Risk from COVID-19." Report, Lancet COVID-19 Commission, Task Force on Safe School, Safe Work, Safe Travel, July 2022. (COVID-19 Commission.)
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
should managers know most about self-regulation? Michael Toffel: A growing number of firms are expressing concern about the societal aspects of industrial activities. In the 1990s, most were focused on the activities within their own...
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by Martha Lagace
Political Standards
The University of Chicago Press November 2015.
Prudent, verifiable, and timely corporate accounting is a bedrock of our modern capitalist system. In recent years, however, the rules that govern corporate accounting have been subtly changed in...
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- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)
customers themselves are not aware? Zaltman: There are several helpful approaches. One is to double check stated beliefs with actual behavior. For example, many consumers report handling competing brands and comparing prices at the point...
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by Manda Mahoney
- 22 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Master the One-on-One Meeting
cadence with them (weekly or every other week? 30 minutes or an hour?) and what the format should be—your office or theirs, a walk, or maybe grabbing coffee. Different formats work for different employees and they can always be changed as...
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by Julia B. Austin