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- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
share of ARMs were more responsive to lower interest rates and saw a relative decline in defaults and an increase in house prices, car purchases, and employment. Household balance sheets and mortgage contract rigidity are important for monetary View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
indirect actions” The flip side of Walmart's policy of providing everyday low prices to its customers is its goal of securing everyday low costs for Walmart. The guideline given to Walmart buyers is to... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
helps bridge the gap between people's moral values and their actual behavior. Combined, the REVISE framework guides the design of policy interventions to defeat dishonesty. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing roadblocks to innovation in health care
convenes health care management educators to develop and implement new curricula for health care management education. She also recommends policy changes, such as standards for health care IT and transparency to consumers on the View Details
- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
“The evidence suggests that public sentiment influences investor views about the value of corporate sustainability activities and thereby both the price paid for corporate sustainability and the investment returns of portfolios that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
Years ago, when I was a student in New York (and like many students, perpetually broke), I would often go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for entertainment. The museum had a policy that visitors could pay whatever they wanted, so for as... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
Administration, holds a joint appointment at Harvard School of Public Health as Professor in Health Policy and Management. Creating Demand One big open question is the degree to which illegal demand will be significantly diminished by the... View Details
- 23 Jan 2008
- Op-Ed
A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?
term's end. A family needed to amass a 50 percent down payment; few Americans could. So homeownership was neither a plausible individual aspiration nor a policy prescription. The word home had no investment connotations. The ultrarich... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
communications industry has entailed the gradual removal of protected monopolies and rate-of-return regulation. Yet, at the same time, new government policies have been adopted to require open access and nondiscriminatory View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Johnson. Understanding College and University Organization: Theories for Effective Policy and Practice. 2 vols. by James L. Bess (MBA ’60) and Jay R. Dee (Stylus Publishing) The authors aim to show how college and university... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
prices across the board, instituting price-match policies with online retailers, or accepting that they will lose sales to customers who are showrooming. In all of these circumstances, either because of... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
The United States housing market is no longer the boat anchor dragging down economic growth. Data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices show that average home prices in an assortment of American... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/in_microfinance_clients_must_come_first/ Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change Authors:Sarah Kaplan and Mary Tripsas Periodical:Research Policy (forthcoming).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
Consumers are increasingly wary about sharing personal information with firms. Yet when they benefit from providing information in exchange for lower prices or better services, many consumers will gladly make the privacy trade-off. But... View Details
- 18 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump
Strategy and Policy Forum, recognized the deep unrest among his members after multiple conversations with them, and decided to call a telephone meeting of the forum members for late Wednesday morning. In addition to those who indicated... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
download available at this time. Behavioral Aspects of Price Setting, and Their Policy Implications Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper starts by discussing consumers' cognitive and emotional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
Africa by 2010. The announcement raised questions whether debt relief would really help the poor. By examining past aid trends and policies of multilateral institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
commission rate paid by magazine and newspaper publishers to agencies. These practices served to discourage price competition among agencies and facilitated the bundling of services by full-service advertising firms. After complaints from... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
The unparalleled size of Asia's markets has always caught the eye of multinational corporations. More recently, as government policies and cultural attitudes in the region continue to evolve, the strategies of multinational companies have... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
revenue-neutral reform: A much-reduced rate, to facilitate US domestic investment and discourage transfer pricing games. A transition to a territorial regime of taxation with only US-earned profits subject to taxation and foreign... View Details