Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (5,292) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (5,292) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 38 of 5,292 Results →

    James E. Austin

    Dr. Austin holds the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. Previously he held the John G. McLean Professorship and the Richard P. Chapman Professorship. He has been a member of the Harvard... View Details

    Keywords: agribusiness
    • 18 Jul 2014
    • News

    “The Promise of Microfinance and Women’s Empowerment; What Does the Evidence Say?;”

      Nancy F. Koehn

      Nancy F. Koehn is a historian at the Harvard Business School where she holds the James E. Robison chair of Business Administration. Koehn's research focuses on crisis leadership and how leaders and their teams rise to the challenges of high-stakes situations. Her... View Details

      Keywords: beauty products; clothing; consumer products; entertainment; fashion; marketing industry; retailing; health care; advertising; media
      • 20 Sep 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: September 20

      on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute Heidi K. Gardner, Edo Bedzra, and Shereef M. ElnahalHarvard Business School Case 412-029 Dr. Barrett Rollins, chief scientific... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 05 Sep 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: September 5

      Agarwal, and Christine ChiHarvard Business School Case 612-080 When HP established a branch of its corporate research lab in Singapore, the government played a key role through its Economic Development Board... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 2007
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Mind Over Matter? Similarities and Differences Between Perceived and Observed Networks

      In spite of the rapid development of new methods for network analysis—relying on electronic data sources and sophisticated computational analysis—organizational scholars continue to rely largely on more traditional survey-based methods. We believe that the... View Details
      Keywords: Surveys; Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks
      Related
      • August 2009 (Revised January 2012)
      • Case

      Steel Street

      By: Arthur I Segel, William J. Poorvu, Ben Creo and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
      The case involves repositioning an old 6-story warehouse in Pittsburgh and many of the issues of rehabilitation and selecting and managing the development team especially in a world of capital market uncertainty. The case also demonstrates the alignment of interests of... View Details
      Keywords: Construction; Capital Markets; Financial Management; Investment; Property; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Pittsburgh
      Related
      • November 2007
      • Article

      Measuring Consumer and Competitive Impact with Elasticity Decompositions

      Marketing investments are designed to change consumer behavior in ways that help goods compete in the marketplace. Previous research has focused on using elasticity decompositions to measure how these investments affect either consumer decision making or competing... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Return; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Measurement and Metrics; Mathematical Methods; Competitive Advantage
      Related

        Aticus Peterson

        Aticus Peterson (apeterson@hbs.edu) is a PhD candidate in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on how entrepreneurs and investors can... View Details

          Ryan L. Raffaelli

          Ryan Raffaelli is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the MBA course "Leadership: Execution and Action Planning" (LEAP) and serves... View Details

          Keywords: publishing industry; advertising; consulting; information technology industry; grocery; nonprofit industry; retailing; consumer products; federal government
          • March 2015 (Revised January 2020)
          • Case

          Behavioural Insights Team (A)

          By: Michael Luca and Patrick Rooney
          The Behavioural Insights Team case introduces students to the concept of choice architecture and the value of experimental methods (sometimes called A/B testing) within organizational contexts. The exercise provides an opportunity for students to apply these principles... View Details
          Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Experiments; Choice Architecture; Public Entrepreneurship; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Taxation; Economics; Public Administration Industry; United Kingdom
          Related

            Tiona W. Zuzul

            Tiona Zuzul is an Associate Professor in the Strategy Unit. She teaches the MBA elective Making Difficult Decisions, a PhD seminar in Strategy Research Development, and contributes to various executive education programs. Professor Zuzul studies how leaders’... View Details

            • 22 Sep 2019
            • News

            The Most Interesting New MBA Courses At B-Schools This Year

            • Article

            The Importance of Being Causal

            By: Iavor I Bojinov, Albert Chen and Min Liu
            Causal inference is the study of how actions, interventions, or treatments affect outcomes of interest. The methods that have received the lion’s share of attention in the data science literature for establishing causation are variations of randomized experiments.... View Details
            Keywords: Causal Inference; Observational Studies; Cross-sectional Studies; Panel Studies; Interrupted Time-series; Instrumental Variables
            Related
            • November 1981 (Revised June 1998)
            • Case

            A Keynesian Cure for the Depression

            Keynes, in excerpts from a 1933 pamphlet, outlines his recommendations for recovery from the Depression. He emphasizes the need for public works expenditures financed by government borrowing and discusses the "multiplier" effect of deficit spending on gross national... View Details
            Keywords: History; Business Cycles; Theory; Microeconomics; Government Administration
            Related

              Natalie Epstein

              Natalie Epstein is a PhD Candidate in Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on service design strategies for on-demand operations. As the service industry accelerates, she is particularly... View Details

              • 26 Nov 2001
              • Research & Ideas

              How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

              system we are operating. Q: You say in your article that the Toyota system involves a rigorous and methodical problem-solving approach that is made part of everyone's work and is done under the guidance of a teacher. How difficult would... View Details
              Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto
              • 26 Apr 2016
              • First Look

              April 26

              Case 216-023 Models of Endowment Management: King's College, Cambridge One of the University of Cambridge's Colleges evaluates different asset management options for its endowment fund. Purchase this case:... View Details
              Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

                David Ager

                David Ager is a Senior Lecturer in Executive Education.  He engages CEOs, CHROs, and their teams to design and deliver customized executive development experiences for executive, senior and high potential leaders.  The companies hail from diverse sectors including... View Details

                • 30 Aug 2019
                • News

                Allocating capital to microentrepreneurs through community surveys in India