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05 May 2022
HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

capabilities, Groysberg says. An effective job posting will distinguish between skills that are required and those that are preferred and could be taught on the job. Then, human resource departments need to push the retooled job posting... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

bankruptcy proceeding can have difficulty restructuring their public bonds. If such bonds are widely held, individual bondholders may be unwilling to make concessions, preferring to free ride off the concessions of others. Thus it will be... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

comfort with botsourcing when jobs are framed as requiring cognition versus emotion; (3) people will express more comfort with botsourcing for jobs that do require emotion if robots appear to convey more emotion; and (4) people prefer to... View Details

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

notion that a large segment of consumers might prefer automobiles that were safe and fuel-efficient. Coca-Cola ignored evidence that "New Coke" would fizzle and launched it anyway. Companies in the mechanical-watch and... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

05 Aug 2011
Working Paper Summaries

An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization Policy

Keywords: by N. Gregory Mankiw & Matthew C. Weinzierl

2018
Working Paper

Channeled Attention and Stable Errors -- Previous Working Version

By: Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch, Matthew Rabin and Joshua Schwartzstein

A common critique of models of mistaken beliefs is that people should recognize their error after observations they thought were unlikely. This paper develops a framework for assessing when a given error is likely to be discovered, in the sense that the error-maker... View Details

Keywords: Perception; Behavior; Theory; Situation or Environment

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08 Dec 2021
Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital

pitching themselves is this: “Let your actions do the talking.” “I didn't sell myself because I’m not good at that. Instead, I prefer to demonstrate my work ethic and was lucky to be able to do that with OMERS Ventures when they gave me a... View Details

30 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

two dozen retailers to determine which ones self-matched. They developed a model that analyzed various types of retail situations, and they considered a variety of consumer factors, including their preference for specific brands, their... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online

Online Learning Model HBS Online vs. Other Top Business Schools with Online, Asynchronous Courses HBS Online HBSO Others Considered more impactful than other online programs by learners* Yes No The preferred brand among prospective online... View Details

15 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Shaky Business: How Handshakes Win Negotiations

party voicing preferences for price, colors, and models. They found that when negotiators shook hands beforehand, they came to a more cooperative agreement—both sides getting more of what they wanted. “Together, they came up with better... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 May 2005
Research & Ideas

What Could Bring Globalization Down?

am not sure waves are the right natural-world image here. I would prefer to think of events such as forest fires or earthquakes—sudden crises arising from the advent of what scientists call "criticality." Q: What other... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

12 Sep 2024
Blog Post

4 Things You Need to Know about Immersive FIELD Courses at HBS

during the summer EC enrollment process and pending availability. Specific IFC offerings and locations vary year-to-year. Additionally, students enrolled in each IFC have the opportunity to submit preferences for which project, if... View Details

26 Jun 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Contracting in the Self-reporting Economy

Keywords: by Romana L. Autrey & Richard Sansing; Accounting

09 Feb 2023
Blog Post

The Sixth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

businesses face and the unique strategies that founders have adopted to stay relevant in the wake of the global pandemic and shifting consumer and investor preferences – from reinvesting in retail, introducing new channels, optimizing... View Details

30 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

“That was pretty incredible to us, that you’re able to identify these patterns even with this simulated data.” The team then introduced two brands of toothpaste, Crest and Colgate, and set Colgate as the preferred brand. By altering the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

16 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

desires (e.g., spending instead of saving money, eating junk food instead of health food). The should-self, on the other hand, prefers to behave in a way that will maximize long-run benefits. If left to its own devices, the should-self... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation

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Aligning Reimbursement with Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

that rewards good outcomes is far preferable to our current fee-for-service reimbursement that rewards the volume of services instead of value, and has been a major contributor to the relentless rise of health care costs. Fee-for-service... View Details

28 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Master the Team Meeting

have guests come at the start or end so as not to disrupt the meeting. My personal preference is guests at the start. Then we get into our regular routine. Most important, don’t set it and forget it. If you do change things up, be clear... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

26 Oct 2010
Working Paper Summaries

When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Hanna W. Halaburda; Entertainment & Recreation; Technology

2025
Working Paper

Residential Battery Storage - Reshaping The Way We Do Electricity

By: Christian Kaps and Serguei Netessine

In this paper, we aim to understand when private households invest in behind-the-meter battery storage next to rooftop solar and how those batteries impact households, the electricity market, and emissions. We answer three main research questions: 1) When do customers... View Details

Keywords: Solar Power; Energy Storage; Technology And Innovation Management; Energy; Energy Policy; Renewable Energy; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Energy Industry