by Juliane Begenau - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

in the Internet and telecom bubbles. Those who have money left, or who have new savings coming in and are seeking investments have heard that hedge funds have done well. For example, they've heard that Julian Robertson's Tiger Fund has... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

Board Still, Feeley remains bullish on the value of value-based health care, and is heartened by high-level interest by government officials. Over the past few months, Feeley, Porter, and Kaplan met with... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

17 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?

the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School, who wades into the controversy with a new working paper, Enabling Versus Controlling, co-written with National University of Singapore economics professor Julian Wright. Uber may have very... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service; Technology

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

mind-sets. When companies relinquish a fundamental task—such as designing a new product—to customers, the two parties must redefine their relationship, and this change can be risky. With custom computer chips, for instance, companies traditionally captured value View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel

03 Sep 2013
News

Stanford trio explore success formula for Reddit posts

20 Jan 2022
Op-Ed

3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

us served as a senior quality officer, found that customers who had experienced a problem that was successfully resolved by Fidelity were more satisfied than customers who had never had a problem with the firm. The key finding: lost trust... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

08 Apr 2015
What Do You Think?

Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

can actually use." Paul Hamilton-Smith opined that software companies "mostly subsist from their renewal revenue stream. That stream is generated by 'new and improved' software versions." And View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

21 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

overestimate how much distant others appreciate socially responsible gifts because they focus more than recipients on the symbolic meaning of the gift. Critically, givers have the most to gain from distant others, in terms of strengthened relationship quality, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Sep 2018
News

Moving Pictures

movie by Michael Keaton) who oversaw the Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation. “Over the course of two years he dug out of us everything we knew—and then some.” That legwork and intense focus translated into a gripping, moment-by-moment... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Christina Gandolfo; Arts, Entertainment

Michael W. Toffel

Professor Toffel is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management. His research examines how companies are addressing climate change (especially decarbonization) and other environmental and working condition issues in their operations and supply... View Details

25 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 25

specifically at remedying criticisms leveled at the recent point system proposed by U.S. policymakers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-025.pdf Multi-Sided Platforms Authors:Andrei Hagiu and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Awards

Goethals Teaching Prize

By: Julian De Freitas

Awarded the Goethals Teaching Prize by Harvard University in fall of 2018. View Details

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HBS Working Knowledge – Harvard Business School Faculty Research

people do. Julian De Freitas and colleagues pit humans against machines in a video game to study AI's current limits and mine insights for the real world. Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted View Details

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Publications - Faculty & Research

Through the Lens of Mobile Phone Data." Accounting Review 100, no. 4 (July 2025): 135–159. July–August 2025 Article Don’t Let an AI Failure Harm Your Brand By: Julian De Freitas How companies market their AI systems affects the... View Details

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Marketing - Doctoral

Troncoso Jeremy Yang Dennis A. Yao David B. Yoffie Shunyuan Zhang Current HBS Faculty & Students by Interest Analytics Eva Ascarza Kris Johnson Ferreira Ayelet Israeli Michael Lingzhi Li Edward McFowland III Antonio Moreno Seth Neel... View Details

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Organizational Behavior - Doctoral

McFowland III Kathleen L. McGinn Tsedal Neeley Michael I. Norton Leslie A. Perlow Jeffrey T. Polzer Ryan L. Raffaelli Lakshmi Ramarajan James W. Riley Raffaella Sadun Emily Truelove Michael L. Tushman Ashley V. Whillans Ting Zhang Julian... View Details

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Marketing - Faculty & Research

for the 2022 John D. C. Little Award. They study the effect of Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm on the racial disparity in the daily revenue earned by Airbnb hosts. Their empirical strategy exploits Airbnb’s introduction of the algorithm... View Details

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

clients. See Marco’s other research here , Francesco’s other research here , and Amir’s other research here . More Info Do Banks have an Edge? By: Juliane Begenau & Erik Stafford NOV 2019 View Details

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Placement - Doctoral

studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy! Students are supported throughout their job search... View Details

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

Sharing Fake News Re: Jillian J. Jordan 15 Oct 2024 We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them? Re: Julian J. Zlatev 04 Oct 2024 Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged... View Details

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