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National Markets - The Art of American Advertising
“Household routines involved making fewer things and purchasing more; consumption became a major part of the work of the household,” cultural historian Susan Strasser asserts. “Formerly customers ,... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
imperative that we engage immediately with each of these challenges—individually and collectively. The decisions we make about how to manage our investments, our business operations, our supply chains, our people, and our corporate View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
it was an advertising bro fest, but also a reflection of the cultural norms of the time. After all, the 1960s was the dawn of the golden age of advertising when agencies were evolving from product pitchers to storytellers. That first... View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
other common myth that even if the world isn't quite flat today, it will be tomorrow. The data clearly indicate that national borders still matter. I group the differences that they demarcate into 4 areas: those related to cultural... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Media, and Sports Professor Anita Elberse No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info What does the future of entertainment look like? Fueled by advances in digital technology, will a select few superstars in media and sports come to have a bigger impact... View Details
- Fast Answer
FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Morocco
videos on various aspects of Moroccan culture. Global Consumption Database - From the World Bank, this website is a one-stop source of data on household consumption patterns in developing... View Details
- Fast Answer
FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Chile
Database- From the World Bank, this website is a one-stop source of data on household consumption patterns in developing countries. CultureGrams: Republic of Chile - country profile with emphasis on View Details
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Business of Ideas - Course Catalog
the world, and ourselves. They help drive consumption patterns, offer new insights and question old ones, and make communication feel provocative, inspirational, or sometimes just fun. And they’re big business: book publishing, the news... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism edited by Geoffrey Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani (Edward Elgar Inc.) This selection of articles includes historical research on the role of entrepreneurship in creating global capitalism; the cultural... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
culture and religion-and among our participants-our results suggest a common psychological mechanism underlying their effectiveness: regained feelings of control. Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20gino.pdf Rituals Enhance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
that made me wonder if we’re in the early stages of a cultural shift to downsizing, minimalism, and generally questioning if personal wealth, public success, and material goods lead to lasting happiness. In the July-August issue of HBR,... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
Development of Credit-Reporting in the Nineteenth Century (Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1978). Olegario, Rowena. A Culture of Credit: Embedding Trust and Transparency in American Business (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
people. “Nothing, nothing at all, matters as much as bringing the right people into your life,” he writes. “They will teach you everything you need to know.” Especially if one of those people is Warren Buffett. What I'm Reading “A delicious depiction of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
These changes did not—as often assumed—result in the decline of family businesses but instead gave rise to a different kind of competitive and internationally oriented "Mittelstand." The study integrates approaches from new institutional economics, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Gunnar Trumbull Cambridge University Press This book traces the historical emergence of modern consumer lending in America and France. Comparison of the two countries reveals that America's love affair with credit was not a consequence of its View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Norton Abstract—Four studies reveal the benefits of relationship rituals: couples with relationship rituals report more positive emotions and greater relationship satisfaction and commitment than those without them. We show that rituals are crucial for understanding... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
consumption growth by a representative agent with a high elasticity of intertemporal substitution. This paper documents several empirical difficulties for the model as calibrated by Bansal and Yaron (BY, 2004) and Bansal, Kiku, and Yaron... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
Economic Perspectives 23, no. 1 (winter 2009): 209-220 Abstract This paper studies the adult online entertainment industry, particularly the consumption side of the market. In particular, it focuses on the demographics and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
sovereign-debt models, asset-valuation effects occasioned by currency fluctuations act to absorb global shocks and render consumption smoother. Countries do not accumulate reserves to be depleted in “bad” times. Instead, issuing domestic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details