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- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
You've done everything—endured diets, purged your freezer of Ben & Jerry's, and educated yourself on fat, sugar, and calories. Yet, you can't manage to lose weight. What's wrong with you? According to standard economic theory, which gives humans (perhaps too much)... View Details
- 26 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 26
Advertising Authors:Kireyev, Pavel, Koen Pauwels, and Sunil Gupta Abstract As firms increasingly rely on online media to acquire consumers, marketing managers feel comfortable justifying higher online marketing spending by referring to online metrics such as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
globally by 62 percent. Be human when it comes to money. The same principle applies to customers facing financial hardship, says Deshpandé, who encourages firms to initiate crediting and financing, deferral of payments, new payment terms,... View Details
- Fast Answer
Turnarounds and Transformation
awards archive to identify companies of interest. Capital IQ: Go to Screening--Saved Screens Locate the T & T Idea Screen from the list. Adjust criteria related to credit View Details
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A Marketing Revolution - The Art of American Advertising
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: A Marketing Revolution National Markets Advertising Products Trade... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
http://hbr.org/product/Whole-Foods--the-Path-to-/an/615019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 915-001 Pivots and Incentives at LevelUp LevelUp's mobile payments service lets users scan a smartphone barcode rather than swipe a credit... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
higher efficacy rate — 80 percent or more. Is 80 percent efficacy unusual for drugs currently on the market? Across all patients and diseases, drug efficacy averages 50 percent, so half the time they bring no clinical benefit. That’s not... View Details
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
settings include job agencies (whose customers include both job seekers and listers), realtors (whose clients include home sellers and purchasers), and auction houses (whose customers include buyers and sellers). Customers such as buyers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
(Ex-Im), and his team struggled to find a way to help finance the sale of Boeing aircraft to Emirates. Ex-Im responds to the challenges in the credit market with an innovative offering. This case provides students with an opportunity to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
companies and investors. Q: How do your study's findings correlate with how and what you teach at HBS? A: When I teach, I have a few key messages. The first is that our students have agency and can make a difference in a system. Companies... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
When Barbara Franklin reflects on a career that has spanned the pinnacles of government and business, with highlights ranging from her appointment as the country's 29th Secretary of Commerce to founding her own international trade consulting and investment firm, she... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
ownership patterns across different towns, allowing credible identification of the effects of bank ownership on financial development, lending rates, and the quality of intermediation, as well as employment and investment. Credit markets... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
in the competitiveness discussion, as well. The level of dependence of small firms on bank credit is estimated to be as high as 90 percent, according to separate studies by the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC) and National... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound interest rate policy on the industrial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
jurisdiction of creditors and debtors. Local dollar-denominated credits and liabilities were converted on a 1:1.40 ratio, while obligations held with foreign entities continued to be enforceable at the new View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
the Corporate Image Gary Works Photograph Album Resources Research Links Films & TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Special Collections Search Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion... View Details
- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
better access to finance can be attributed to a) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder engagement and b) reduced informational asymmetry due to increased transparency. Using a large cross-section of firms, we find that firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
unpacks Connecticut's winning strategy, which led to a sign-up rate of about 65 percent of uninsured in the state. Key to the effort, he says, was that the quasi-state agency Access Health CT (AHCT) put... View Details
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Charitable Gift Annuity - Alumni
Giving Charitable Gift Annuity Giving Charitable Gift Annuity When you establish a charitable gift annuity, you and/or others receive fixed payments for life, and HBS receives the remainder. You can begin receiving payments immediately or defer them to a future date of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Loan Program Signals Breakthrough in MBA Financial Aid
fifteen years; and prepayment option without penalty. Previously, access to private loan programs was generally limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents with a strong credit history. These loan programs typically required either a... View Details