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  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

these other sectors, there is a need for more innovation in both government policy and business strategy. "America Needs a Chief Strategy Officer Authors:Andy Zelleke and Justin Talbot Zorn Publication:Foreign Policy (November 2, 2012) Abstract The White View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)

customers themselves are not aware? Zaltman: There are several helpful approaches. One is to double check stated beliefs with actual behavior. For example, many consumers report handling competing brands and comparing prices at the point... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
  • 23 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

The High Line redevelopment in winter, New York City. sx70 A new study of gentrification shows that the addition of a coffee shop or restaurant in your neighborhood could be an early indicator that housing View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

service-line-oriented structure, JLL created two interdependent groups: Accounts and Markets. Accounts housed account managers who served JLL's corporate clients. Markets housed brokers specialized in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

When Negotiating a Price, Never Bid with a Round Number

amount so specific. A round number, on the other hand, suggests that a person is just ballparking it—offering an approximate valuation based on vague knowledge. In one 2013 study, for example, participants played an online game based on the TV show The View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Mar 2013
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: LEGO

Ole Kirk Kristiansen eventually shifted the business from making houses and furniture to crafting wooden toys. He based the name of his new venture on the Danish words for "play well" (and, as it turned out, the Latin words for... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 14 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 14

Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-107 Affordable Housing and Low Income Housing Tax Credits in the United States This background... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

restaurants.” More tip jars and prominent space on checks for voluntary staff appreciation contributions will likely be part of restaurants’ initial response and, as the economy recovers, menu prices will likely increase. Addressing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • 18 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

options. Both seats had equivalent safety ratings, but one came with additional convenience features and an almost 20 percent higher price tag. Higher- and lower-income Alex both bought the more expensive car seat; however, lower-income... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

School Case 907-046 Describes Lazard's situation in 2001, and supplies context for the subsequent negotiation between its Chairman and his hand-picked successor. In 2001 Lazard, the last of the great investment houses to remain both... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 27

expenditures. In doing so, we show that fiscal spending shocks appear to significantly dampen corporate sector investment and employment activity. These corporate reactions follow both Senate and House committee chair changes, are present... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2021
  • Research & Ideas

What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?

Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 25 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

find that changes in the local business landscape is a leading indicator of housing price changes and that the entry of Starbucks (and coffee shops more generally) into a neighborhood predicts... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

that the cost estimates are accurate (and perhaps conservative) given the complexity of the project and the short deadline. If the project manager is willing to make a concession, she might say: "This isn't easy for us, but we've made some adjustments on View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
  • 05 Dec 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements

Bill Clinton about allegations of his having had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. In his answers, the president speaks in the present tense as a way of dodging Lehrer’s questions. Jim Lehrer: “No improper... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 2020
  • Chapter

Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build

By: John D. Macomber
As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. This implies that homeowners and investors have been making location decisions without properly pricing the cost of potential peril,... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Housing; Mortgages; Geographic Location; Real Estate Industry
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  • 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

http://ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2013.837889?nosfx=y August 2013 Harvard Business Review The Price of Wall Street's Power By: Mukunda, Gautam Abstract—Over and over again, executives make... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

A simple view of negotiation presents a cold transaction between what one person has and what the other person is willing to pay for it. If the price is right, the deal gets done. As anyone who has recently bought a car or sold a View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports
  • 02 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 2

show that empirical findings linking governance, incentives, and performance, which are typically observed in isolation, can instead be interpreted within a simple unified matching framework. Publisher's link: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1561903 2006 pub Legislating Stock... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 11 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

performance indicators that shifts strategic decision making to customer-facing edges of the organization. Others advocate less sweeping but still significant changes: Housing the budgeting and strategic planning functions in one office,... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary

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