HBS Alumni Association - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages

significant loss of benefits and spending,” says Kluender, who coauthored the recent working paper Early Withdrawal of Pandemic Unemployment Insurance: Effects on Employment and Earnings with HBS research View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?

study with University of Connecticut Assistant Professor Namho Kang; EDHEC Business School Research Associate and Affiliated Professor Gideon Ozik; and Boston College Professor Ronnie Sadka, chairperson of the finance department, Carroll... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

says Luca, the Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration. “They can’t rely on data scientists alone.” Experiments have come to have an outsize influence within tech companies from Uber to Zillow, which test... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

companies do CSR in fits and starts” The problem? They lack a cohesive CSR strategy, says Rangan, who recently cowrote the working paper Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It with HBS research View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 2

these executives have higher affect-based trust in overseas partners of the same cultural ethnicity as themselves; cognition-based trust is associated with affect-based trust differently when overseas partners are of the same or different... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

who need them, especially among vulnerable populations. Racial inequities, laid bare by the pandemic, and social unrest provoked by recent police killings have escalated tensions. In the course of writing Problem Solving: HBS View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

the list is much broader. It endeavors to capture impact beyond simply size. Q: What was the most surprising finding or findings? A: We initially set out to identify the 100 greatest American CEOs and founders of the twentieth century. To that end, we even surveyed... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games

quality of games is that, thanks to tweaks in the design of postseason matchups, teams at the highest championship level more often find themselves facing their true competitive counterparts. It was not always so. Until 1992, as HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

how are they likely to shape the future for media competitors, advertisers, and their agencies? HBS professor Alvin Silk has long studied such issues, and his latest findings, presented in a new working paper, "Restructuring in the... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”

causes of the scandals were systemic rather than a matter of a proverbial "few bad apples." In the panel, moderated by HBS professor Krishna Palepu, panelists also said that new laws ,and regulations were already making a... View Details

Keywords: by Catherine Walsh

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

badly. Other apparent areas of interest in the last 12 months included corporate social responsibility, marketing techniques, and, of course, the ubiquitous Lady Gaga. Here are the Top 10 most-read articles and 10 most-read working papers that appeared in View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Aug 2014
HBS Case

The Business of Behavioral Economics

effort into a commercial website and app. "They realized that some of the interventions they identified were useful to people, but there was no real mechanism to have them be utilized," says Norton, who along with John wrote a recent HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Health

14 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

work, no matter where they are. "Let's face it," writes HBS Professor Leslie Perlow. "When that phone buzzes, few of us have the mental fortitude to ignore it." In her new book, Sleeping With Your Smartphone, Perlow... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

13 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists

Weight Loss: A Randomized, Controlled Trial," published in the June 2011 edition of Journal of General Internal Medicine. TIP #3- Fill your backpack with rocks. A research team from Harvard and the University of Central Florida tested the theory that the physical... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Becoming an Ethical Negotiator

at the Georgetown Law Center in Washington, D.C., and associate editor of Negotiation Journal. Wheeler agreed to take some questions from HBS Working Knowledge. Martha Lagace: Some cynical people might say... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

David Upton's Alumni Conference report on the state of information technology for business-to-business began with a lesson in technology history because, said the HBS professor, "understanding doesn't... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

Commerce and Strategy panel at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference. He told alumni that fighting against a larger, stronger rival means not playing the game that your opponents want you to play. "Instead,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

"Work/Life Balance: Are We Comfortable with the Choices We Make?" moderated by HBS professor Robin Ely, discussed their work/life decisions and the repercussions of those decisions at the 12th Annual Dynamic Women in Business... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

TerraPower has received multiple rounds of funding—and its chairman, Bill Gates, is the wealthiest person on earth. (Last year, Lassiter coauthored a business case about TerraPower's funding issues, along with HBS colleagues William A.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

19 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 19

("administrative" functions, e.g., finance / law / HR). We argue that this distinction is driven by differences in the information-processing activities associated with each function and apply this insight to refine and extend... View Details