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- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
populations, one expects such attitudes to be sacrosanct and nearly inalterable, perhaps for generations to come. On the other hand, even these attitudes may be informed by social cues that interpret violence in different ways and that View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads
those Super Bowl viewers? While only time will tell how many Alexa-enabled devices are sold as a result, early signals show a five-times increase—compared to the previous week-in searches on Google for “Alexa” that peaked during the... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
stakeholders. Here is some expert advice. “Early on, entrepreneurs should avoid a focus on overly specific solutions and instead present the big picture,” write Rory McDonald and Robert Bremner in Harvard Business Review. “When changing course, they can then View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO WAVE
developing 21st century competencies in young people. By focusing on degree credentials and work experience as proxies for competencies in entry-level recruitment, employers signal the wrong focus to educators and young people. As a... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
find emissions to be less under cap-and-trade, with technology choice driving the vast majority of the difference. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-079.pdf Lords of the Harvest: Third-Party Signaling and Regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
census data on retail stores located in England, Sadun found that stricter planning restrictions against big-box stores actually coincided with independent retailers closing down or hiring fewer workers, a signal their business was... View Details
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
propositions represents a market test and signal of what consumers want. Q: Consumer marketing appears to be drifting away from mass market advertising to more targeted approaches made possible by the digital world. Is political marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities
Venture investing has picked up from the post-dot-bomb era of a few years ago—but does the comeback signal good times ahead or a mini bubble of misguided exuberance? To provoke discussion, HBS professor Bill Sahlman threw down the... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often
strategy, find ways to overcome it, because employees cannot live in the dark.” Choose people to serve as “information brokers.” They can share updates and provide a sense of stability during the transition. “You cannot rely on just your top people because they are... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz
- Web
How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs - Recruiting
toward a new ambition. “Many MBAs are switchers,” notes Kristin Brennan, HBS Career Coach. “They’ve used their education to go from one functional area to another. That can be exciting, but as new hires they’re navigating a new set of norms, expectations, and View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
structure, making data collection difficult and delaying the alarm bells that signal an oncoming crisis. Ivashina points to the fact that no one understood the scope of the exposure banks had to subprime mortgages in 2008 until it was too... View Details
- 23 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Status: When and Why It Matters
with central players because that signals you have the quality to solicit those relationships," Malter says. "But there comes the point at which you have to switch from partnering with the central players in your industry to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
charity, instead of having them buy a product and then 10 percent of that goes to charity, as is typical. Giving customers money to give to others makes them happier and is a strong signal that the company is really genuine. This question... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
challenge ahead. We’ve included direct responses from our 600 CEOs to reflect their current thinking and concerns. Nutrition and hydration This may seem obvious—but under stressful or traumatic conditions the body’s usual signals of... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
victory. "It can also lock a company into a community—a double-edged sword," Sull writes. You name monuments after your success. Renaming football stadiums, ice hockey rinks, and the like "is another red flag that sometimes View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
customers, and recommended new coffees based on their preferences, signaling a communal norm. When asked what they would pay for the coffee, pro-social participants increased the amount they paid under the second condition but only by 13... View Details
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Latin America - Global Activities 2020
that Fondo Esperanza is interested in experimenting to learn which product could work, not just for their bottom line but for its impact on borrowers. For the organization, repayment of the loan is not a sufficient signal that the product... View Details
- 15 Jul 2025
- Blog Post
Outrage at the Death of a Tree
Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, reflects on creativity, innovation, and inclusive economic systems. You can subscribe to his Substack newsletter here: https://tarunkhanna.substack.com/ During a recent family visit to St Louis... View Details
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
identically distributed signals of true quality," he says. "Essentially, they treat a restaurant that gets three five-star reviews followed by three one-star reviews the same way that they treat a restaurant that gets three one-star... View Details