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  • 17 May 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

are at an even greater risk for discrimination when applying with a pro-diversity employer because you’re being more transparent,” DeCelles says. “Those companies have the same rate of discrimination, which... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

    Jerry R. Green

    Jerry R. Green

    David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

    John Leverett Professor in the University

    Harvard University

     

    Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
    • Article

    Believe Me, I Have No Idea What I Am Talking About: The Effects of Source Certainty on Consumer Involvement and Persuasion

    By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Zakary L. Tormala
    This research explores the effect of source certainty-that is, the level of certainty expressed by a message source-on persuasion. The authors propose an incongruity hypothesis, suggesting that source certainty effects depend on perceived source expertise. In three... View Details
    Keywords: Research; Experience and Expertise; Risk and Uncertainty; Consumer Behavior; Performance Expectations; Interests; Power and Influence
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    • 25 Feb 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

    fields that they’ve performed well in these fields.” It’s unclear whether women would feel better about their abilities if they received repeated rounds of positive feedback, rather than one piece of good news. “I’d be interested to find... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • March 2008 (Revised April 2009)
    • Case

    Eliot Spitzer: Pushing Wall Street to Reform

    By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Jonathan Schlefer
    New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer faced a decision about how to stop wrongdoing committed by major Wall Street firms during the Internet boom. The equities analysts of Merrill Lynch and other Wall Street firms were charged with objectively advising retail... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decisions; Financial Institutions; Stocks; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Laws and Statutes; Lawsuits and Litigation; Conflict of Interests; Internet; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • April 2008 (Revised December 2008)
    • Case

    North Goes East

    By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Elena Corsi
    In August 2006, Magnus Lofgren and Robert Provine, managing directors and co-founders of the "North Real Estate Opportunities Fund," need to decide which real estate investment the Fund should pursue as its first project. The Fund's target region, Central and Eastern... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment Funds; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Opportunities; Real Estate Industry; Europe
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    • 30 Oct 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: October 31, 2006

    markets allow the backward linkages between foreign and domestic firms to turn into FDI spillovers. Our calibration exercises indicate that a) holding the extent of foreign presence constant, financially well-developed economies experience growth View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • October 2023
    • Teaching Note

    Timnit Gebru: 'SILENCED No More' on AI Bias and The Harms of Large Language Models

    By: Tsedal Neeley and Tim Englehart
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-085. Dr. Timnit Gebru—a leading artificial intelligence (AI) computer scientist and co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team—was messaging with one of her colleagues when she saw the words: “Did you resign?? Megan sent an email saying that... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Employment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning; Diversity; Prejudice and Bias; Technology Industry
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    • 17 Aug 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    ‘Not a Bunch of Weirdos’: Why Mainstream Investors Buy Crypto

    in crypto’s popularity The heart of the paper sought to answer a fundamental question: Who invests in crypto? Among the findings: Booming interest in Bitcoin in 2017 drove new investors into cryptocurrency at a View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 05 Nov 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries

    Keywords: by Diego Comin, Norman Loayza, Farooq Pasha & Luis Serven
    • Article

    State Activism and the Hidden Incentives Behind Bank Acquisitions

    By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Juan Almandoz
    A number of studies have shown that, as a result of the ambiguity of U.S. legal mandates, organizations have considerable latitude in how they comply with regulations. In this paper, we address how the different agendas of the federal and state governments increase... View Details
    Keywords: Organizations; Opportunities; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Banks and Banking; Motivation and Incentives; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Management Practices and Processes; Research; United States
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    • 19 Aug 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: August 19, 2008

    blurring by retailers have generally increased both inventory levels and gross profit dollars across retail segments. Download paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-078.pdf New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • December 2010
    • Article

    Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race

    By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
    The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium... View Details
    Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Motivation and Incentives; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Framework; Problems and Challenges; Interest Rates; Cost; Developing Countries and Economies; Service Operations
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    • October 2001
    • Exercise

    Liability Problems

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    This case provides three examples of the recognition and measurement of liabilities. The first focuses on recognizing when employees have rendered services for which future period benefits have been earned, that is, whether unused vacation, sick, and personal days at... View Details
    Keywords: Cash; Annuities; Interest Rates; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Wages; Problems and Challenges; Value
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    • Web

    Podcast - Business & Environment

    in the carbon credit space, how structured finance can scale climate solutions. Luke also describes how investors source and evaluate carbon projects, the risks of over-crediting, and the future role of biodiversity markets. Finally, he... View Details
    • 25 Aug 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

    maintain a company's culture."—Nabil N. El-Hage "The case highlights some interesting tensions and conflicts in the private equity business between generating wealth for the firm's investment professionals via the fee stream,... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services
    • 14 Feb 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing

    Updated to clarify a failure rate figure included in an earlier version. When planning new products, companies often start by segmenting their markets and positioning their merchandise accordingly. This segmentation involves either... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Service; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage
    • 28 Jul 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Meeting China’s Need for Management Education

    Companies are sufficiently convinced of their need for much more training of their managers, and their respect for their leading universities is such that they are very willing to pay market rates for their executives to attend programs... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education
    • 18 Apr 2022
    • HBS Case

    Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off

    murder of 17 students and teachers in Parkland. And with those words, Stack, a gun owner and gun rights supporter, set in motion a series of corporate actions that may serve as a model for other CEOs trying to balance their personal conscience and corporate View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

      Building Sustainable Cities

      By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, to 6 billion, and the problems created by this rampant urbanization are among the most important challenges of our time. Of all resource-management issues, the author argues, water, electricity,... View Details