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16 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

Source: iPhoto Startup founders with a hands-on management style are more likely to retain employees and see their firms thrive, new research shows. The results are particularly applicable to knowledge-intensive technology firms, where human talent is the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23

Publications 2013 pub Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings?: On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending By: Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Gillian M. Sandstrom, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—When are the emotional benefits of... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

2008
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Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality

By: Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III

This paper analyzes changes in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services (A&MS) industry using publicly released data that have been largely ignored in past discussions of the industrial organization of this industry, namely those available... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Mergers and Acquisitions; Revenue; Analytics and Data Science; Surveys; Marketing; Measurement and Metrics; Rank and Position; Competition; Advertising Industry; Service Industry; United States

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12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

time they bring the platform in competition with new competing platforms from previously separate industries. Managers should be clearly aware of the fundamental economic functions performed by their platforms—these functions are the main... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits... View Details

15 Feb 2024
Blog Post

How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Carol Wright

program, you’re likely someone who likes to plan and have a sense of what their future looks like. Being admitted to 2+2 means that you have an incredible graduate school experience waiting for you down the line and the opportunity to explore from a career perspective... View Details

16 Apr 2018
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Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

What’s behind a bad decision? Researchers trying to change behavior tend to focus on one of two main reasons for bad choices: “frictions” and “mental gaps.” In a mental gap analysis, researchers conclude that people just don’t think... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail

August 2014 (Revised September 2016)
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ANA (A)

By: Doug J. Chung and Mayuka Yamazaki

All Nippon Airways (ANA) became the largest airline in Japan in 2013. Having been designated as a domestic carrier by the Japanese government till the mid-1980s and Japan being the sixth largest domestic airline market, two-thirds of ANA’s passenger revenue came from... View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Analysis; Economics; Price; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Product; Policy; Air Transportation Industry; Japan

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Morgan Hall | About

tenure of Dean John H. McArthur, Morgan now comprises 164 L-shaped faculty offices with work areas for research assistants, doctoral students, and support staff. The main facade and two side walls of the building were restored, and an... View Details

22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

inclusion initiatives at Capital One and working as a field organizer on Stacey Abrams’ 2018 gubernatorial campaign. I hold a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. Kelsey Pfleger (MBA 2024) - VP of Academics and Accessibility My View Details

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Political Economy and Effects of Gun Policy

In two projects with Mike Luca and Deepak Malhotra, I examine the causes and consequences of gun policy.

The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy

There have been dozens of high-profile mass shootings in... View Details

Keywords: Gun Policy; Firearms; Political Economy; United States

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Dissertation: "Essays in International Non-market Strategy and the Political Economy of Environmental Regulation"

My dissertation is part of a research agenda intended to advance our understanding of the interaction between companies and non-market actors (e.g. regulators) in an international context. The empirical setting of my analysis is the European Union Emissions Trading... View Details

24 May 2017
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Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1953 Born, Ibadan, Nigeria 1975 Earns BA, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Oxford 1979 Earns JD/MBA 1980 Clerks for US Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall 1982 Joins... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Mar 2023
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The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

performance builds off that solid foundation.” Look at wider team-building Managers may want to build on the main finding: going through rigorous training together forms bonds that benefit the patient—or the customer—by fostering mutual... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

21 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Building a Better World: The Harvard Builders Club

the retreat, as well as many people who approached us wishing to participate in a similar event, we decided to announce our summer Builders Gala event in NYC. The Builders Gala is the annual summit and the main event of the Builders... View Details

16 Nov 2010
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The HBS Tunnels

Chapel, and the Dean’s House. Click on the map to enlarge it. The two main tunnels, the red and the green, are wide and almost entirely open, blocked only by card-unlocked doors to the Wyss and Hamilton parts of the tunnel. All tunnels... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

in future. Hong-Kong had the call. 23 Augustine Heard & Co. moved its main office to Hong Kong in 1857 and continued to expand its operations with branches in Foochow and Shanghai, agencies in Amoy and Ningbo, and later offices in Japan... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation Download Sant profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1931 Born, Los Angeles, California 1955 Earns BS, Business Management, Brigham Young University 1955... View Details