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Household Bargaining and Excess Fertility: An Experimental Study in Zambia

By: Nava Ashraf, Erica Field and Jean Lee
We posit that household decision-making over fertility is characterized by moral hazard due to the fact that most contraception can only be perfectly observed by the woman. Using an experiment in Zambia that varied whether women were given access to contraceptives... View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Health; Household; Gender; Zambia
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  • 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

policy we consider concerns the level of future Social Security benefits. Specifically, we examine how an agent would respond to learning in advance whether she will experience a major Social Security benefit cut starting at age 65. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

Drawing upon his business research, he offered a series of guidelines for finding meaning and happiness in life. He used examples from his own experiences to explain how high achievers can all too often fall into traps that lead to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Feb 2024
  • HBS Case

Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent

percent of future profits to Beckham. “I’ve asked [Beckham], ‘If we are going to see you on the field at Inter Miami, are you going to wear a Brooks Brothers suit or an Ermenegildo Zegna suit?’ Brooks Brothers is our brand, so I hope... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
  • 22 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too

Although I did not know it at the time, my path to business school began on March 1, 1992. It was my ninth birthday, and I was enjoying the liberty that came with growing up on a farm on the outskirts of a small mining community in Ohio: riding my all-terrain vehicle... View Details
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Research Community - Doctoral

may lead. Students study business in motion, with all the variables operating at once and, like the companies they study, are not limited by traditional academic boundaries. Students acquire knowledge and research skills leading to mastery of a View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

The Imposter Among Us

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
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Marketing - Faculty & Research

Experiment (Solution) By: Jeremy Yang and Ayelet Israeli June 2025 | Exercise | Faculty Research TikTok’s Marketing Science team developed a new type of advertising strategy beyond branding and performance advertising, called full-funnel... View Details
  • 30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

in data. ML methods also address several issues raised by scholars pertinent to the norms of empirical research in the fields of strategy and management (such as “p-hacking” and confounding local effects with global effects). We provide a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 31 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 31, 2007

world's greatest economist, lover, and horseman—and admitted to failure only with the horses. Collaborative R&D in Management: The Practical Experience of Fenix and TruePoint in Bridging the Divide Between Scientific and Managerial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

consistency—and two operational pillars: data-driven decision-making and prioritization. Using BMC’s experience as an illustrative case, the article outlines six strategic choices healthcare leaders must make to translate intention into... View Details
  • 20 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

both worlds. Q: What are you working on currently? A: I am furthering my understanding of markets and communities for innovation by conducting field experiments in software development. My colleagues and I... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
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Overview

By: Andy Wu
How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Video Game Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia
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Case Development - Faculty & Research

present and defend their analysis and prescriptions. The average case is 15 to 20 pages long (about 7 to 12 pages of prose and 5 to 7 pages of tables and figures). The two main types of cases at the School are field cases based on onsite... View Details
  • 2025
  • Book

Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You

By: Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall and Kathy E. Kram
Retirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement,... View Details
Keywords: Retirement
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Global

on Alumni View more facts MBA Experience HBS Immersive Field Courses (IFCs) HBS FIELD Global Capstone More on MBA Experience Executive Education... View Details
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South Asia - Global

business issues, helping to build intellectual capital on this important region. Further, the IRC is home to an HBS style classroom, allowing for regional business leaders to experience our faculty and the hallmark case study method in... View Details
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Current Research

By: Leslie K. John

Professor John is a behavioral scientist who uses both laboratory and field experiments to investigate questions that are at the intersection of marketing, organizational behavior, and public policy.

Professor John’s work has been published in leading... View Details

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Help - Alumni

alumni and students can view your profile, via the Privacy tab of Edit My Profile for your Alumni Profile. You may provide feedback about this experience at the Website Feedback & Support page. LinkedIn Why is my profile no longer syncing... View Details
  • 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007

introducing a generation to the practice of personal computing and laying the foundation for the Information Age. Gates and Jobs turned their curiosity about electronics into a multi-billion dollar industry. From early experiments like... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace