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- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
At last year's Grammy Awards, singer Pharrell Williams wore such an outlandish hat—a cross between Smokey the Bear's forest-brown lid and The Sorting Hat at Gryffindor—that it quickly received its own Twitter account. Then some marketing... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
process? I think that these sorts of scenarios, along with doubts about the effectiveness of recent US foreign policy decisions regarding Syria and Iran, have had a negative effect on how we're viewed by business and government leaders in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo
any experience,“ Marcelo said. “Upromise was sort of my general management tour of duty and TheLadders allowed me to further my leadership training.“ After TheLadders and with support from Matrix, Marcelo wrote her... View Details
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in 1892. The photographs, taken by J. E. Middlebrook, include images of European and native African miners at work, engine rooms and other equipment, native workers sorting gravel for diamonds, and European workers classifying the... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
movie by Michael Keaton) who oversaw the Pulitzer Prize–winning investigation. “Over the course of two years he dug out of us everything we knew—and then some.” That legwork and intense focus translated into a gripping, moment-by-moment depiction of the power of... View Details
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
1979). Counter to this notion, results from six experiments show that lay people adhere more to advice when they think it comes from an algorithm than from a person. People showed this sort of algorithm appreciation when making numeric... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
to existing competitors in a local market. We provide evidence that these results are due to a sorting effect, whereby firms trade-off service quality and price, and in turn, the incumbent attracts service (price) sensitive customers in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
sort of questions did they have? Brunell: Well first, there was a preliminary meeting with the head of the investment agency in Yangon. He told me his objective was to prepare a private sector development transition plan to accelerate and... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
early December, the board fired Wallace as CEO. A few weeks later, the company closed for good. It isn’t the sort of story that alumni like to trumpet when they return to their alma mater. But today, that is why Christina Wallace is back... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
all sorts of elements of the digital marketplace that our existing legal frameworks are not particularly well-suited to deal with.” About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social media editor for Harvard Business School Working... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
not yet diffused through the entire population—the second mover can try to influence new users rather than get the small installed base to switch over. The second mover has to have some sort of asymmetric advantage, such as control over... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
other community activities and things that will fill that hole. So I'm Jonson Cox, I was in an AMP program, 157, in 1999. I never expected to cease being a full-time chief exec when I was about 53 or 54. But I did. And then I sort of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
research and for universities to strive to disseminate new knowledge and liberate it from unnecessarily restrictive patents and licensing. Indeed, many of the ideas Pisano has advanced over the years are being adopted by the biotech industry. It is precisely this View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
communications or architecture. Randall: Right. In fact, I think it's gotten more complicated as people try to sort out how to improve the capability, speed, and capacity of the existing network. Meakem: Exactly. In our application,... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Reserve faced several critical decisions. Should they adjust interest rates? Was abandoning the gold standard an acceptable option? Should they lend more freely to the nation's commercial banks? Or would this only ensure the sorts of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
and have kids, but Guillaume and I decided that we would rather take a reduced income from one of us not working full-time so that there’s a sort of shock absorber built into the system to handle sick days, teacher meetings, school... View Details
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
Vogel was the most hopeful about Japan's ability to recover, but saw it as a tough job for Japan's policymakers. "It is not clear how you combine the best of their old system with the new," he cautioned. "That is still going to take a few years to View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
firefighters, teachers, nurses, and other sorts of workers. These people help build communities and keep them stable and functioning; they deserve to be able to live where they serve." Build It and They Will Come With the federal... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
particular movement. What we’ve tried to do is realize that advertising has a different sort of power and perhaps even a responsibility. In true marketing, you can change pop culture to create a world that’s more aligned with your brand.... View Details