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- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
account, we present six studies, conducted in the field and in the lab. A pre-registered field experiment indicated that diners were 21.1% more likely to buy a bowl of chicken noodle soup when a sign revealing its ingredients also... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
selection phase of the volunteers existing in our database, to accelerate the process (such as filtering or interview support),” says Uysal. “Moving forward, we’ll keep our focus on the subject and pivot our efforts if needed.” FEBRUARY... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
The entire process -- from ad to purchase -- might take less than five minutes. In addition to streamlining the flow of information and transactions, Web technology can also help advertisers meet two of the industry's biggest challenges:... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
euros, so people buy into the coin and cash out of it in more or less the same way as you would with deposits at a bank. Wang: And the reason this is desirable is presumably that it’s a superior system for transparency and trust.... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
in which Merrill, BofA, and the government attempted to negotiate the acquisition. This case focuses class discussion on several decisions-whether BofA should have initially agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, whether it should have accepted... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
notes in this manner will likely increase. Technology also assists on the processing end, enabling class and section correspondents to communicate with classmates with greater ease than ever before and to submit their copy seamlessly to... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
and CEO of Best Buy and HBS senior lecturer Hubert Joly shares leadership principles that underpinned the remarkable resurgence of Best Buy, which he believes are at the heart of business: pursue a noble purpose, put people at the center,... View Details
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
transaction data from a Japanese bank's home loan application processing line. We find that over the course of a single day, specialization, as compared to variety, is related to improved worker productivity. However, when we examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
which result in different utility levels for the users); and (iii) a coordination problem (lacking perfect foresight, it is unlikely that users will end up buying the same set of applications). The analysis shows that the platform can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
11 million in interior China. The case covers Hang Lung Properties' due diligence and thought process with respect to anticipated rental income, construction costs, and land costs. The auction includes many other well-capitalized firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
wins were more frequently associated with the positive emotions and intrinsic motivation that in turn generated the creativity needed to develop innovative approaches to problems. That doesn't mean that managers don't have some control over the internal View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
very well-crafted campaign to portray the music in a certain way." Part of the process involves educating the label's entire staff about the artist. "You have to get everybody really excited and proud to represent this person or group,"... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
maybe this is just a checkbox. But honestly, I think doing purpose is hard work. It’s not some kind of change management exercise. You can’t just launch a purpose and then cascade it out into the organization. People have to buy into it.... View Details
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
Mature Field: Swiss Watchmaking, 1970-2008 By: Raffaelli, Ryan Abstract—I examine the processes and mechanisms whereby market demand for a "dying" technology re-emerges at a later date. In 1983, fourteen years after the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
process of inferential learning. Drawing on the notions of knowledge reliability (the creation of shared meanings) and validity (understandings of cause and effect), we explore how organizations learn inferentially in dynamic... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
on this framework to identify critical shifts in mental models required for managing effectively in emerging markets and suggest core elements of the management learning process required to accomplish such a change. Read the article: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
boards (PCBs) in-house rather than buying them from third-party contract manufacturers. Stryker Corporation's Instruments business is considering the proposal in response to difficulties with existing suppliers. The case requires students... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
lead to a turbulent January for some retailers as they manage a potential increase in product returns. With more customers buying online without trying or inspecting, product returns will inevitably increase, and many retailers will see... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
will always be people who want personal interaction with a broker." Much attention recently has centered on the Internet-enabled activities of online "day-traders"-do-it-yourselfers who buy and sell individual stocks daily, often holding... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
company in the world—robotic process automation—came out of a village in Romania, UiPath. The biggest education technology company in the world came from India. The biggest neo-bank with a credit-led model came out of Brazil, Nubank, and... View Details