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- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
relationships between people, and don't necessarily need to be balanced evenly. It's the kind of interaction we have when taking a friend out to dinner. "If you give me a dollar, I may not feel the need to give you back the dollar... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
But China will not become a land without farmers or rural industries overnight, and those hundreds of millions of people will need to access the social safety net that allows them to View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Working to Change the Food System
you to HBS. In 2018, I started reflecting on the big existential question of "what is my calling?" It was really intimidating to think about – my main criteria were to work on problems that mattered to me, that I could have fun doing,... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Iavor I. Bojinov
Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
sector operating in the material interest of politicians themselves and of their big business and big social advocacy confederates to the detriment View Details
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
these investments motivated consumers to plunk down their credit cards or fill out an application for a service. That's why the Internet has been such a godsend to companies, says Sunil Gupta, the Edward W. Carter Professor View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
Carolyn Brody (MBA 1983) photo by HollenderX2 BookHampton has been a mainstay of the Long Island, New York, community of East Hampton for more than 40 years. Carolyn Brody (MBA 1983) fondly remembers the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
working parents and eldercare providers) or those interested in similar topics (baking or jigsaw puzzles) share information, recipes, items for sale or barter, and the like. Keep such forums tied to the organization’s identity and... View Details
- Profile
Sebastian Velasco
Harvard where he graduated cum laude in economics, a degree that not only reflected his interest in finance, but would help him "understand the root causes of corruption, inequality, and... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- June 2003 (Revised September 2004)
- Exercise
The Pacific Sentinel: Role for Chris Coleman
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Dina R. Pradel
A new publishing company has just purchased the Pacific Sentinel, a fictional West Coast newspaper. The new publisher is willing to invest $1 million in the future success of the paper and has asked the executive editor and advertising manager to develop a joint plan... View Details
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Dina R. Pradel. "The Pacific Sentinel: Role for Chris Coleman." Harvard Business School Exercise 903-133, June 2003. (Revised September 2004.)
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
father-in-law said it would be in the new CEO's interest to make sure that my career was successful also. I took the job.” Investment outlook over the next five years: “I'm bullish. We're in a world of low... View Details
- May 2016
- Article
'Both/And' Leadership
By: Wendy K. Smith, Marianne Lewis and Michael Tushman
Leaders face a multitude of strategic paradoxes—contradictory pressures that are too often viewed as "either/or" choices. There are innovation paradoxes, in which the pursuit of new offerings and processes conflicts with the mandate to sustain the tried and... View Details
Smith, Wendy K., Marianne Lewis, and Michael Tushman. "'Both/And' Leadership." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 5 (May 2016): 62–70.
- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
someone, perhaps a highly experienced, high-profile executive, who might not otherwise be available or interested in the job? On the other hand, if the person is to be hired, what are the costs in terms of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
interest in the subject was initially stimulated by the explosive growth of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The real value of Windows, we learned, was not about the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
American retailers are heading into a holiday shopping season unlike any other as the spiraling COVID-pandemic and limp economy threaten consumer spending. We asked Harvard Business School faculty members—in particular, authors View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
- 05 Sep 2014
- Blog Post
CPD on the Road in Manila
the 40+ medians common throughout Europe and Japan. Labor continues to be one of the country’s biggest exports with overseas workers remitting cash to their families back home, but there’s a growing local View Details
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
Are you reaching your customers? The key is knowing who they are and what they want To appeal to retail customers you need to understand what makes them tick. What better way to do that than by studying actual consumer behavior? A great... View Details
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Corporate Culture and Analyst Catering
By: Joseph Pacelli
This study examines the relation between financial institutions’ corporate culture and the quality of analysts’ research services. Using data collected from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, I measure the weakness of financial institutions’ corporate culture... View Details
Keywords: Analysts; Corporate Culture; Global Settlement; Financial Institutions; Organizational Culture; Conflict of Interests; Performance; Quality
Pacelli, Joseph. "Corporate Culture and Analyst Catering." Journal of Accounting & Economics 67, no. 1 (February 2019): 120–143.
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
started their business, their product line enjoyed little consumer awareness outside New York City. But the couple was determined to build a large market for premium cosmetics. One of the earliest and most... View Details