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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
- too much product (and too much production capability) chasing too few buyers - is hardly a new phenomenon. As a factor in market capitalism, overcapacity has been recognized and analyzed as a business-cycle reality by economic thinkers... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 19 Jul 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Charitable Giving When Altruism and Similarity are Linked
Keywords: by Julio J. Rotemberg
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
School Case 207-084 Following a successful model in Europe, JP Morgan has introduced a set of five U.S. retail mutual funds with an investment philosophy and marketing strategy grounded in behavioral finance. The asset management group... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
by advertising revenue. On the other hand, he detected clear bias in the types of companies that the press targets for special scrutiny. For this reason, business people are wise not to underestimate the ability of the press—particularly... View Details
- Web
HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
Gradient Ventures Lauren Taylor Wolfe , Cofounder & Managing Partner, Impactive Capital This panel will highlight how we can effectively build the governance mechanisms for climate action. Thousands of companies have publicly announced View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
market need.” There were differences in how companies handled their founding stories, though. Virtually any startup goes through one or several iterations before hitting on the right product and the right View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot of information to digest. To... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Blog
Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives
right board seat for you—and navigating the selection and onboarding process. Step 1: Refine Your Targets You don't just want to join a board—you want to be an outstanding board member. Make sure to find a company where you can really add... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
waste into by-product. In some cases, when the markets for the primary and by-products are "separable," it is optimal to convert only a portion of the waste into by-product and disposing of the rest. In other cases, when the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
behavior are reduced (Study 5). Our results have important implications for models of ethical decision making, moral behavior, and self-regulatory theory. Publisher's link: http://www.francescagino.com August 2013 Journal of Finance The Real Product View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
business model, one that positioned the company simultaneously in the PC industry and the consumer electronics industry. While Apple enjoyed a high market share in digital media players and in online music sales, it remained a niche... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge
For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details
Keywords: by Glen Justice
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More
notice and take action, according to the research, published September in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. The study could provide an incentive of its own for businesses looking to attract and retain talent amid a brisk labor View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
bank accounts at all—they wanted effective ways to send money home to their families. The case's key lesson is the importance of meeting the real needs of your target audience, not the needs as you perceive them, says professor V. Kasturi... View Details
- 28 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note
the hiring market continues to prove challenging, and employers across the spectrum commit to diverse hiring practices, apprenticeships could create a pipeline for homegrown talent. “It raises a lot of concerns among some teachers and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
Publication:Quantitative Marketing and Economics 7, no. 3 (September 2009): 237-266 Abstract This study presents a signaling model of advertising for horizontally differentiated products. The central ingredients of the model are two... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Joiner - Entrepreneurship
of HBS to global startup regions. FALL Is becoming a joiner right for me: Attend Rock/CPD career panel What does a startup job search look like? Meet with a Career and Professional Development (CPD) entrepreneurship coach (login required) Visit Baker Library for help... View Details
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
http://www.cambridge.org/US/academic/subjects/economics/economics-general-interest/democracy-and-its-elected-enemies-american-political-capture-and-economic-decline August 2013 Journal of Marketing Research Contingent Match Incentives... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
2018 Pearson Education Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis By: Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav Rajan Abstract—Horngren’s Cost Accounting defines the cost accounting market and continues to innovate today by consistently... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
the 1920s Research Links Site Credits 1929: The Great Crash Unique historical materials in Harvard University collections throw light on the role of the regional exchanges in the stock market crash of 1929, and the regulation of the... View Details