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- 08 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate
education, or economic development, finds Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Anke Becker in a recent working paper called “On the Economic Origins of Restricting Women’s Promiscuity.” Her research investigates the origin of customs View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
design, and set-up. In a nutshell, what do these elements mean individually and together? Should a negotiator weigh them equally, especially under time pressure? A: Whether... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Company databases: which database to choose?
is the library's primary source of equity research. For a multimedia learning module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace... View Details
- September 1999 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
drugstore.com
By: Richard L. Nolan
On a clear day in August 1999 in the new headquarters of drugstore.com, against a backdrop of the Blue Angels flying in formation over Lake Washington practicing for their hydroplane Seafare Cup performance, Peter Neupert was pleased with his company's IPO performance.... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Internet and the Web; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Retail Industry
Nolan, Richard L. "drugstore.com." Harvard Business School Case 300-036, September 1999. (Revised April 2000.)
- 30 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?
time-consuming market research in hopes of uncovering new insights about their target customers. But, even as market research tools have rapidly evolved, the results of such studies still offer only a snapshot of customer sentiment, and... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 12 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
What Does PRIDE at HBS Mean to You?
Harvard, and/or Boston, please reach out to pride@studentclubs.hbs.edu and your message will be forwarded to the club’s Admissions Liaisons team of current MBA students. View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster
Sports teams are not far behind. In fact, almost everyone who is challenged by a friend, coworker, or family member joins in. If ice buckets can help fund research to shed light on a terrible disease, such as ALS, more power to them,... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
predictable ways in which individuals make ethical decisions and judge the ethical decisions of others that are at odds with intuition and the benefits of the broader society.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
and risk. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Liability Structure in Small-Scale Finance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Authors: Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
From Green Users to Green Voters
- Web
Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About
Company, where he put together the collaborative team that founded Fairchild Semiconductor. After moving to California in 1961, Rock and investor Tommy Davis formed Davis & Rock, which posted an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?
downside, more gains on the upside. The company's goals are the (opposite)." Claude Des Rosiers warned that "There are enough challenges to get people in an organization to work together (without compounding the problem by paying for View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Web
Academics - Health Care
the role of U.S. regulations and policies on organizational strategies and market outcomes. Course Catalog Listing Independent Projects Students may earn academic credit by working independently or in View Details
- 30 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies
technology adoption activity as far back as AD 1500. Comin, William Easterly, and Erick Gong explain these findings in their paper Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 BC? To prepare the paper, the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- November 2019
- Case
Hapag-Lloyd AG:Complying with IMO 2020
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney
A new environmental regulation known as IMO 2020 was creating what one industry analyst called “the biggest shakeup for the oil and shipping industries in decades.” According to the new regulation, all ocean-going ships would have to limit their sulfur emissions by... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Ship Transportation; Strategic Planning; Game Theory; Pollutants; Supply Chain; Corporate Accountability; Capital Budgeting; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governance Compliance; Shipping Industry; Transportation Industry; Germany
Esty, Benjamin C., Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej, and Emer Moloney. "Hapag-Lloyd AG: Complying with IMO 2020." Harvard Business School Case 220-003, November 2019.
- 03 May 2019
- HBS Seminar
Stephanie Cheng & Ran Song, Harvard University & Harvard Law School
- 06 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
7 Tips for a Successful Technology Venture Immersion
life. Projects included a suitcase that can follow its owner through an airport, window blinds that know when to rise and lower, and an alarm clock that waits to go off until your roommate is out of the... View Details
- 13 Mar 2014
- HBS Seminar
Karthik Ramanna, Harvard Business School
- May 2008
- Article
When Winning Is Everything
By: Deepak Malhotra, Gillian Ku and J. Keith Murnighan
In the heat of competition, executives can easily become obsessed with beating their rivals. This adrenaline-fueled emotional state, which the authors call competitive arousal, often leads to bad decisions. Managers can minimize the potential for competitive arousal... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Behavior; Emotions; Personal Characteristics; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage
Malhotra, Deepak, Gillian Ku, and J. Keith Murnighan. "When Winning Is Everything." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 5 (May 2008).
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Toward a Corporate Culture of Health: Results of a National Survey
By: Michael Anne Kyle, Lumumba Seegars, John M. Benson, Robert J. Blendon, Robert S. Huckman and Sara J. Singer
Context: The private sector has a large potential role in advancing health and well-being, but attention to corporate practices around health tends to focus on a narrow range of issues and on large businesses. Systematically describing private sector engagement in... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Health Policy; Public Health; Organizations; Health; Policy; Surveys
Kyle, Michael Anne, Lumumba Seegars, John M. Benson, Robert J. Blendon, Robert S. Huckman, and Sara J. Singer. "Toward a Corporate Culture of Health: Results of a National Survey." Milbank Quarterly 97, no. 4 (December 2019): 954–977.