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- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55632 forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Active Choice, Implicit Defaults, and the Incentive to Choose By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
to underinvest in investees with greater accounting distance significantly weakens when accounting distance is reduced either from an investee's IFRS adoption or from IFRS adoption in the investor's country. The latter finding holds despite the fact that IFRS adoption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
The customer rewards cards that clutter wallets and clog key chains of many a shopper may soon be no more, as retailers move from physical to digital (read: mobile apps) forms of loyalty program member identification. It's a smart... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
economics, demonstrating a persistent concern with market fairness—not only fair prices for consumers but also fair competition among businesses. Proponents of fair trade collaborated with regulators to create codes of fair competition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
trade barriers but because gasoline prices were so much lower than in other auto-producing countries. With no serious challenge from abroad, and only relatively benign competition among themselves, the Big 3... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
gravity the law of integrity just is, and if you violate the law of integrity as we define it, you get hurt just as if you try to violate the law of gravity with no safety device. The personal and organizational benefits of honoring one's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
have to tear down the highways. That might happen, but it’ll happen because they’re no longer needed.” Dediu says he envisions “unbundling the car,” much like Steve Jobs “famously unbundled the album. So instead of buying 10 songs, you... View Details
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
billion--but analysts have been disappointed by a share price in the mid-teens. Are RLBOs really the risky, under-performing investment that is claimed? In fact, says Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner, RLBOs generally... View Details
- 27 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge
use of the strategic text sequence prompted the AI assistant to choose the targeted products for recommendation even though they didn’t always meet the consumer’s stated criteria. For example, one of the machines was repeatedly included in the results even though it... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
facts of a situation and then how to analyze and make a decision. But even more important, this process requires you to think really hard. In my career, nothing has been more important than that." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "Integrity and character matter. Without... View Details
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
$60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans, an amount that rises in years when IBRD loans are in high demand, particularly for countries in the most influential seats. This effect is more likely driven by informal rules and norms in the boardroom than by the power of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
Given the nature of some unusually thoughtful responses, there was no consensus on the question of whether Walmart has reached its full potential. Comments raised even more interesting questions surrounding the dynamic of relationships... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
department stores will once again redefine themselves." David Overton, vice president and director of strategic planning and research for JC Penney, said, "Our biggest competitors are no longer the other department stores."... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
to the unrealistically purist view that it was in the business of producing only high-performance footwear for competitive athletes. Nike has since changed its ways, but several years of less-than-stellar sales was the price the company... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform
shareholders have lost an "enormous" amount of wealth? Designing regulatory systems is very tricky and could result in the "unintended consequences" of slippery CEO pay efforts, he observed. "I think society pays a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Action Plan: Casting Call
in our 90s understand, a few aches and pains are a small price to pay for being with family and friends,” he observes. And no doubt the ongoing challenge of fly-fishing keeps him young: “It’s the best sport... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; hobbies; balance; meaning; longevity; aging; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
asked to consider whether entry into web services by Amazon, which had established its brand in retail, represented a prudent move by the company. The case provides an opportunity to highlight the benefits of AWS's variable pricing for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
This course is part of the Finance & Accounting track. Introduction to Strategic Financial Analysis ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! New Strategic Financial Analysis $1,850 Next... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
compared to consensual sovereign bond restructurings. A few holdout investors refused to concede and sued. These so-called "vulture" investors, hedge funds that bought the defaulted loans at deeply reduced prices and then sued... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro