Filter Results:
(971)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,925)
- People (5)
- News (738)
- Research (971)
- Events (9)
- Multimedia (10)
- Faculty Publications (294)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,925)
- People (5)
- News (738)
- Research (971)
- Events (9)
- Multimedia (10)
- Faculty Publications (294)
Sort by
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Basics of Consumer Marketing in Asia
of BBK's products return questionnaires, enabling the company to collect some data. Mikitani said that in Japan, he and his partner probably visited 1,000 stores to get ten to sign up to use his site. Marketing to consumers also took... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
Act, which was passed by Congress in 2010, created a mechanism to deal with many of them, alongside Basel III the most recent iteration in global banking regulations. Important details of both are still being hammered out. The most progress has View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
measures used by banks, insurance companies, and asset management pools to describe the risk differences among assets. It measures how much the asset value could decline within a specified future time period and within a certain View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
well subscribed program. We're now looking into the possibility of launching an executive education program for physicians, physician leaders of health care providers. Q: Do the faculty members in the initiative have backgrounds or interests in health care? A: That's... View Details
- 05 Jan 2011
- Op-Ed
Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress
a new research stream, and there is a low probability you will get funded in a new area. You may be fired. In short, your career is in danger of total meltdown. That is the real cost of our randomized model of research support in the... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?
to arise periodically in the future than it did in the past? Does it suggest an opportunity for a would-be fifth or sixth entrant to the global elite of accounting firms? Will such an organization, probably already in existence, be able... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
promote entrepreneurial activities have struggled to date. A lot of times, it’s probably fair to say that there are well-meaning government officials who don’t really understand the intricacies of the process and make poor policy... View Details
- 27 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
Equipped with rubber bands, the bags un-fussily but effectively deal with garbage in a weightless environment. "It sounds silly, but trash in space is a big deal," he said. "Sometimes the best technology is the simplest." "If [Americans] built... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
According to Martinez, "There is probably some research done on the inflationary impact of regularizing illegal residents in the U.S." Roberto J. M. Rodriguez asks, "What is the U.S. economic labor demand that could be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50046 The Probability of Rare Disasters: Estimation and Implications By: Siriwardane, Emil Abstract—I analyze a rare disasters economy that yields a measure of the risk neutral View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
less common as manufacturing loses influence, in the following email Q&A Anteby explains that moral gray zones operate everywhere, at all levels of organizations. What's more, they will probably remain strong in the years to come.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
empowerment. The preference for the precise mix of these elements differs from consumer to consumer, depending on patients’ individual needs. “It probably also differs according to the situation, if it’s an emergency or it’s... View Details
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
work. "When it comes to mental health, the main issue for organizations is 'presenteeism' more than absenteeism," says Quelch. And that cost is borne not just by the employee suffering from mental illness. "If I am bringing a mental health problem to the office, I am... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
the place where shoppers' attention is probably going to be most focused on this element, the bag, which seems to encourage them to buy these things." For consumers, she recommends that they just think about the findings as they... View Details
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
attempts to calculate the economic value of the lead, with an estimate of conversion rates. Competitors also do this to some degree, but probably not to the level of sophistication that Zillow does. The leads and pricing of them are so... View Details
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
two that would lead to better results. You may think you're sticking your neck out, but if the conflict is there and neither of you addresses it, you are probably not long for that job anyway. Q: You take exception in the book to the... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 24 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?
Fannie and Freddie, which will expose the taxpayer to considerable risk in housing downturns. Given that guarantees have small benefits during normal times, these costs are probably not worth bearing. And finally, when markets are... View Details
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
former book publishing executive, Olson recognizes that his outlook might be a bit less cheerful if he was reporting to the company's head office in Gütersloh, Germany. "It's a very nice time to be at HBS and not in the book industry. It's fun to watch, but it's... View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
wins, but because the average bid is probably the best estimate of actual value, the winner will likely have overpaid. The escalation of commitment is a self-justification story. Even if bidders have perfect information regarding the... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
the number of hospitalizations and severe complications among diabetic patients," they wrote. Disease management, then, can take several approaches. The simplest is probably for the healthcare provider to offer a monitoring system... View Details