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- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
rely on the reputation of the nonprofit and the belief they have that the organization is doing, and will continue to do, good work. Edelman PR tracks consumer trust in global brands and has found that many... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- Blog
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
I consume for the pleasure of good stories and engaging writing, which help improve my writing. These include legal thrillers with ensemble characters by John Lescroart, such as The Rule of Law; classic... View Details
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
Economics & Management Strategy Measuring Consumer Preferences for Video Content Provision via Cord-Cutting Behavior By: Prince, Jeffrey, and Shane Greenstein Abstract—The television industry is undergoing a generational shift in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Kim realized something: He wasn’t certain of the finance industry’s inherent value to society—and he wasn’t sure being a great banker was his destiny. “But I sensed I could be good enough to make a mark,” he says. “It seemed like the... View Details
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
government spending, and consumer spending—consumer spending being the biggest—the United States consistently spends more than 100 percent of its GDP (as high as 106 percent in 2005 and 2006). But of course we produce only 100 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
came about over 25 years, the result of another civic- and business-led effort. And it’s wonderful, many agree. But there are still a good number of Chattanooga residents who’ve been left out of the picture. As in so many American cities,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Software Tools - Research Computing Services
software modules can be installed on the HBSGrid by following the instructions below. Default Software and Environments RCS offers a number commonly used software packages, both open-source and commercial, for use on the HBSGrid. We have included additional detail... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
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... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
supplies in the 1980s. "As the rise and fall of De Beers exemplifies, while a diamond may be forever, power is not." But in recent years, competition from other diamond sellers has increased, providing customers with many more alternatives to DeBeers, plus many View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
data, the algorithm learns to predict the outcome from the input data. Unsupervised learning. In this case, using unlabeled data, the algorithm learns the inherent structure from the input data. Either machine learning approach is only as View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh
each other for decades. I was really rooting for spouses to have an edge!” Computers make good recommendations, but do people want to listen? Businesses are investing heavily in sophisticated computer algorithms that rely on past View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
During the Internet and telecom bubble, investors placed money in mutual funds, believing it was being managed carefully, only to discover that it was placed in dot-com and telecom stocks. When the bubble burst, the money was mostly lost. Disenchanted with many mutual... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
the facts as they were known a week after the incident occurred and raises a wide range of questions regarding consumer behavior, corporate responsibility, and competitive reaction. I recall only two cases that we spent more than one... View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
(iStock) iStock SUMMING UP Does Diversity Really Enhance Performance? As I’ve pointed out in the past, a tenet of the MBA classroom is that if a case problem splits the class, it will produce a good discussion. This appears to have been... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Amir Kermani & Kaveh Majlesi JULY 2020 What is the causal impact of changes in stock market wealth on households’ consumption? Using Swedish data on households’ stock holdings, the authors find that unrealized capital gains lead to a marginal propensity to View Details
- 11 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?
nature. The resulting “100% Pure New Zealand” campaign—which targeted travelers in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore—helped boost tourist visits by 50 percent from 1999 to 2005. New Zealand couldn’t have achieved that success if it... View Details
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Industry Information - Alumni
the global personal care and household product market. Recently, it has added features on a variety of subjects, and expanded coverage in fast-growing markets in Asia and Latin America. CPG Matters A twice-monthly e-zine directed to the View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details