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- 26 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time
that lets consumers choose which purchases to pay off each month. Consumers who used this “repayment-by-purchase” method, on average, paid 12 percent more toward their balances. With COVID-19 restrictions tamping down spending and New... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
complex question—and some straightforward advice for organizations committed to change. In the last half of the 20th century, women made great advances in the business world. Why has this progress stalled? Colleen Ammerman: Women were View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty
outstanding personal memories. Second, Marty would enforce shutting off sabbatical-goers access to work. This is as simple as shutting down their company phone number and voicemail, restricting corporate email access, and providing their... View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
developed countries. Large emerging economies with little inward FDI include India and Turkey, despite the relaxation over the last two decades of the restrictions imposed on foreign firms between 1950 and 1980. This working paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
ineligible for Fellowship awards: Part-time, term, temporary, contract or volunteer roles. A position with job responsibilities that are determined to be sectarian by the Review Committee. Political campaign work. Given the restrictions... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
Charter Schools. That connection led to a role in 2015 as chief external affairs officer at Noble; in November 2018, she was named CEO. In her first year leading Noble, Jones dropped its restrictive dress code; it’s what’s inside, not... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
would want to restrict sellers from charging buyers more for transactions it intermediates. With this restriction an intermediary can profitably raise demand for its services by eliminating any extra price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
more than twice as likely to be untrustworthy as uncertified sites. This difference remains statistically and economically significant when restricted to "complex" commercial sites. Meanwhile, search engines create an implied... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
4.2 Student/Faculty Ventures | MBA
from the recruiting process and the hiring decision. Note that these restrictions do not apply to the practice of hiring students for non-graded academic duties such as being a teaching assistant or a research assistant.(6) Policy... View Details
- 03 May 2021
- What Do You Think?
Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
that were seen to restrict voters. Nearly all, with notable exceptions like Warren Buffett, identified themselves with their organizations. Others, such as Doug McMillon of Walmart, declined to sign saying that he “would not use the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
credit-rating agencies, of Malaysia's capital controls in September 1998 represented the norm of capital mobility at its purest and most liberal. Restrictions of the mobility of capital were deemed inappropriate under any circumstances,... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
of intervention ranging from increased job training to incentives to those organizations willing to restrict the flow of jobs. Dan Barr's comments suggest that the issues raised create a false dichotomy (something of which I would never... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
Emmons, the "deregulatory" Telecommunications Act of 1996 enhances the powers and responsibilities of the Federal Communications Commission in a number of key areas, while removing government restrictions in others. "From a managerial... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
capital firm he opened in 2004 (and closed in January 2013) that focused on the Internet, software, and mobile spaces. The experience taught him some important lessons, among them the benefits of restricting his number of investments.... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
giving an arithmetic average rating based on collective reviews. The problem, Luca says, is that star systems such as these aren't as accurate, or optimal, as they could be. "Arithmetic averages are only optimal under very restrictive... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
we provide a bridge loan from an internal revolving fund, thus allowing the farmer to receive cash immediately. We, in turn, pass the restriction along to the state when the funding becomes available. It's a win-win for the farmer, the... View Details
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
in their privacy policies, the paper states. The researchers were quick to point out that they were not recommending a restriction of disclosure practices, since "high-disclosure services play an important role in a competitive... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
fatalities. Second, mass shootings account for a small portion of all gun deaths but have an outsized influence relative to other homicides. Third, when looking at bills that were actually enacted into law, the impact of mass shootings depends on the party in power.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/615069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-068 Twine Health In late 2014, Dr. John Moore (CEO), Frank Moss (chairman), and Scott Gilroy (CTO) of Twine Health (Twine) had to resolve several challenges... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
and test its empirical implications using a novel data set from the market for original movie ideas. Consistent with the theoretical results, I find that buyers are reluctant to meet unproven sellers for early-stage ideas, which restricts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne