Minority - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Spending on Happiness

a promising route to lasting happiness. Supporting this premise, our work demonstrates that how people choose to spend their money is at least as important as how much money they make," the researchers explain. "Our findings suggest that very View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

structures that exist in teaching hospitals, this annual cohort turnover results in increased resource utilization (i.e., longer length of hospital stay) for both minor and major teaching hospitals and decreased quality (i.e., higher... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

energy is also often quite a profitable thing to do." On the topic of consumer marketing, Henderson acknowledges that the majority of shoppers still aren't willing to pay a premium for sustainable products. However, the environmentally minded View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

01 Dec 2020
News

Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers

in the growth of retail medical centers, too. If they are conveniently located, people will take care of minor medical issues, such as an ache, or a mole that might be cancerous. Most people also prefer them to hospitals overwhelmed with... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

Japan was most competitive internationally — such as cars, video products, and robotics — government played a relatively minor role. By contrast, the country was least competitive in industries such as chemicals, aircraft, and software... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

private sector organizations and on how such partnerships can be most effective. Exploring Obstacles to and Opportunities for Professional Success among Ethnic Minority Medical Students Authors:K. Odom, L. Morgan Roberts, R. Johnson, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

commissions, albeit lower, still exist, but they represent a relatively minor source of revenue for the big brokerages compared to investment banking fees. Either way, the cost of sell-side research, estimated at over $8 billion in total,... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

06 May 2015
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?

individuals. All forecasting is a case in point. When the application becomes personal, it raises many questions that will have to be addressed. In this case, should we be careful what we wish for? What do you think? Original Article In 2002, the film View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

strongly rewarded for a positive result," says John, now an assistant professor of marketing at Harvard Business School. This system can drive researchers to bend the rules to get a desirable outcome. Sometimes researchers commit View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

"Investing in Latin America, or in emerging markets, has simply not paid off," he said. Investors are also jittery over a lack of monitoring and transparency of public companies and the fact that in many countries, the rights of View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

01 Mar 2009
News

A New Approach to Health-Care Reform

is almost 100 percent effective in protecting children’s teeth against decay, only about one-third of kids get it. By contrast, in the minority of dental plans that provide comprehensive care for a yearly fixed fee, nearly all children... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

generous welfare state. It emerged instead from evolving coalitions between fledgling consumer lenders seeking to make their business socially acceptable and a range of nongovernmental groups working to promote public welfare, labor, and View Details

Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

from the literature has clearly shown that many local exchanges in emerging markets are suffering for the lack of strong legal and regulatory institutions to protect minority investors. When investors lose their money, and when they see... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs - Recruiting

people need time in the office with tenured staff.” Reveal the “hidden codes” In any social situation, unspoken expectations may be as, or more, powerful than those overtly expressed. “I’ve seen people have a very public failure they weren’t even aware of as a... View Details

25 Mar 2021
News

Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

Press, proposes that entrepreneurial thinking will be the key to government’s ability to solve big problems (written by Professor of Management Practice and Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow Mitchell B. Weiss). Scaling Minority... View Details

11 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t

profitability over time," says Siegel. Not surprisingly, the researchers also found that multinational firms with Korean subsidiaries were far more likely to hire women into management roles than local Korean firms, which were unlikely to hire woman managers at... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 1998
News

Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All

develop tolerance for minor annoyances - at home as well as in the office. Many organizations are still unprepared to meet the Y2K deadline. Why? The further you are from something, the less dangerous it appears. And, as already... View Details

26 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806201 Vignette: Bombay Tyre Manufacturing Ltd Harvard Business School Case 806-207 Presents a U.S.-based investor who had taken a minority position in a publicly owned... View Details