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- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
through the aisles to buy something at full price, increasing the store’s bottom line. When it comes to the online environment, however, retailers have fallen all over themselves to do the opposite—putting discounted items front and View Details
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
centers can seriously affect an organization's bottom line and undermine its strategy. "My research reveals that what happens in the last 10 yards of retail supply chains is really important. Customers often... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical foundations and dynamic experiences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
About - Global
debate, and insight into the seminal topics facing the global business community. 2006 India Research Center opens in Mumbai. 2005 Latin America View Details
- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
A health insurance crisis may be looming for employees of small businesses, with many firms struggling to cover their share of these costs, new research from Harvard Business School finds. Nearly one-third of employers surveyed weren’t... View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
their doctor is also a woman, the study published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows. Researchers looked at about 582,000 census records of patients admitted to Florida emergency rooms from 1991 to... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
situations. Filled with stories of people facing a range of challenges, from going on job interviews to asking someone out; scientific research on how our bodies change our minds; and revolutionary strategies like "power... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
health care has led her to study nurses, who, as direct care providers, are at the center of the web of supply chains of equipment, supplies, medications, and even physicians. Singer received a grant from the Agency for Healthcare View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- Web
Giving - Alumni
Fund Help support student financial aid, faculty research, and other HBS priorities. Learn More Advancing the HBS Mission Learn how giving to HBS makes an impact through stories about two alumni who are improving literacy in India, a faculty member’s View Details
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Overview
My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details
- 04 Mar 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do People Want to Work Anymore?
published an article that laid out two human resource strategies that we labeled the “cycle of success” and the “cycle of failure.” Our late colleague at HBS, Christopher Lovelock, wisely suggested we later consider the term “cycle of mediocrity.” The “cycle of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
next step, as outlined in a working paper entitled "Tigers and Dragons: Profiling High Performance Asian Firms." Deshpandé and Farley extended their research to analyze company performance in large companies in China, Hong Kong,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
to northern cities Influence: Medium-High 20 1920 19 Population of urban centers overtakes that of rural communities Tight immigration restrictions Increase in divorce rates Influence: Medium-Low 30 1930 19 Westward migration of... View Details
- 26 Apr 2024
- HBS Case
Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory
organizations to move forward.” Gibson cowrote the case with Nicole Gilmore, director of talent development at MITRE; and Alicia Dadlani, director of the Mid-US Research Center at HBS. Sanders plays in Super... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
find out how accurately this ratio predicted a stock’s returns, the authors gathered data from Standard & Poor’s Compustat and The Center for Research in Security Prices, or CRSP, and mutual fund... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Middle East & North Africa - Global
Center in Istanbul in 2013, followed by offices in Dubai and Cairo. Separately an office was opened in Tel Aviv in 2016 reporting to the Europe Research Center. All play an important role in helping HBS... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
companies doing this despite a lack of clear financial gain? Our approach to these phenomena centers on understanding why the majority of corporations' social activity is focused on their headquarters' community. Our main advancement over... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
surgical service that is constantly improving. The case has many details about how Dr. Shingleton works with his staff and patients and how the provider team focuses on patient care. A key measure of productivity for the surgery center is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Executive Education - Global
Executive Education For nearly 75 years, Harvard Business School Executive Education has been fulfilling its mission of educating leaders who shape the practice of business and innovation around the world. Through an impressive network of global View Details
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Entrepreneurs-in-Residence - Entrepreneurship
come to campus to meet with students 1:1, help facilitate Rock Center programs, and work with faculty on research and course development. To schedule an appointment with a EiR, follow these steps: Click on... View Details