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- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
negative trend. For example, to welcome people back to its stores, J.C. Penney ran deep discount sales for Mother's Day and Veterans Day. By November 2013 the retail stores posted positive sales comparisons year over year, the first time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
Health. Quelch says integrating patient data is crucial to propelling the health care system to become more consumer-centric. Yet with many people concerned about privacy and skeptical about personal data being shared, he believes any... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
These People Is Your Future CEO? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Andrew Hill, and Toby Johnson Publication:Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010) Abstract Americans have long believed that U.S. military officers—trained for high-stakes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
payments in the remaining months. Concerns about later-life income, spending flexibility, and counterparty risk are the most important self-reported motives that influence the annuitization decision. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
to emerge? In three studies, we demonstrate that the hedonic benefits of generous spending are most likely when spending promotes positive social connection. Study 1 shows that people feel happier after giving more to charity, but only... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
integration across multiple offices, ancillary businesses, early adoption of financial reporting software, and consensus-based decision making. The firm was proud of its corporate culture and sought to maintain it as it grew, bringing in only View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
complex organizational patterns that emerge in lieu of genuine mirroring when actionable transparency allows people to "break the mirror." Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-058.pdf Criminal Recidivism after... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
is seductive, and they are actually practicing medicine by micromanaging the payment system. I tell the story in the book about how Congress motivated clinics and doctors with its payment formulas to use more of the antianemia substance... View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
regret relaxes self-control and motivates consumers to counteract their righteousness. A series of five studies demonstrates the effect of self-control regrets on real choices and actual shopping behavior. The findings indicate that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
cash for electronic value and vice versa, forming the backbone of an emerging electronic currency ecosystem that has potential to connect millions of poor and “unbanked" people to the formal financial system. Unfortunately, low service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
is escalating, people are getting aggressive, and no one is willing to back down. And, to top it off, you have little power or other resources to work with. This book shows how to defuse even the most potentially explosive situations and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
sector financial help a joint venture was set up with POEMA, a modern high-tech factory built, and coca plantations developed. Some 5,000 people were employed. Literacy levels soared. Political participation increased. Change had been... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
and they see it everywhere they go." He adds that "my favorite part of the case is the bar operation. Since people are seated in groups of eight, often with strangers, it sometimes helps to have them drink a little bit first—but... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
new leaders for this field." Other HBS faculty presenting at the conference included Prof. Alan MacCormack, who discussed the School's new field study effort; Michael Chu, on case studies; and Srikant Datar, about his experience View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
subnational regions have gained increasing attention both as a level of analysis and as a level for policy making. This chapter aims to explore what this new context implies for the role of regional governments. It is motivated by a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
people are covered by insurance, whether public or private, they tend to engage in riskier behavior, since they know that the insurer will cover any potential losses. In the public context, for example, the rise of federal disaster relief... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
search affiliated sellers (stores). There are three motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like): 1) trading off higher total consumer traffic for higher revenues per consumer visit, 2)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Fails—and What to Do about It By: Beer, Michael, Magnus Finnström, and Derek Schrader Abstract—U.S. corporations spend enormous amounts of money—some $456 billion globally in 2015 alone—on employee training and education, but they aren't getting a good return on their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
Approach Authors:Jordan I. Siegel, Amir N. Licht, and Shalom H. Schwartz Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract This study addresses an apparent impasse in the research on organizations' responses to cultural distance. Using historically View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
behaviors with a motivation to change the status quo. Letting Misconduct Slide: The Acceptability of Gradual Erosion in Others' Unethical Behavior Authors:Francesca Gino and Max Bazerman Publication:Journal of Experimental Social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace