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  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path

What prevented the crisis that the data in the spring and summer of 2020 predicted? There are three possible explanations. First, the crisis was much shorter and milder than we originally anticipated because the vaccines came out. Second,... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 20 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 20

aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea empirically using personnel and lending data from a financial services organization that implemented a highly decentralized... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

Your Customer Relationships By: Avery, Jill, Susan Fournier, and John Wittenbraker Abstract—Consumers have always had relationships with brands, but sophisticated tools for analyzing customer data are finally allowing marketing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3

architecture, including business- and technology-related aspects. We apply our methodology to data gathered in a large pharmaceutical firm. We show that this methodology helps to identify layers in the firm's architecture associated with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

their experiences engaging with the health care system. But we are still learning what “good” looks like and we still have a long way to go in understanding which tools work, how well, and for whom. I believe that expansive growth in these new technologies, coupled... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
  • 02 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

Published: January 10, 2011 For retailers offering deals through the wildly popular online start-up Groupon, does the one-day publicity compensate for the deep hit to profit margins? A new working paper, "To Groupon or Not to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

licensed software, including games. Discusses Warner Bros.' online distribution strategy as well as the negotiations between BitTorrent and the Movie Picture Association of America and Warner Bros. that ultimately led to Warner Bros.'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

delivers in the current period conditional on a stockout in the prior period. We also provide a method for estimating the impact of changes in supplier performance along these two dimensions on customer demand. Using data from Hugo Boss,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 31

  PublicationsDo Voters Demand Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian Disaster Relief Authors:Shawn Cole, Andrew Healy, and Eric Werker Publication:Journal of Development Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Using rainfall, public relief, and election View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

Profiles from the Class of 2006

Photos by Webb Chappell At first glance, the MBA Class of 2006 is an interesting collection of data points: 897 students from 67 countries, 34 percent women, 32 percent international, and 21 percent minorities. But look again, deeper this... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 22 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

model incorporating this idea that predicts that although more ideas will be produced during slack time, they will have higher average complexity and perhaps even higher average value. Using data on 165,410 projects posted on Kickstarter... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

research typically prescribes task sequences implemented by managers. Yet employees often have discretion to deviate from their prescribed sequence. Using data from 2.4 million radiological diagnoses, we find that doctors prioritize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

self-perceptions of environmentalism and environmental behaviors. Our data suggest that environmentally friendly behaviors may be promoted by leading people to perceive themselves as good environmentalists. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

and complementary online studies provide a clear answer: yes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53860 forthcoming Management Science Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

believe those who claim to have definitive answers to these big questions. The data to answer most corona virus questions with certainty doesn’t exist. We won’t know for five years if immunity lasts five years. We can’t understand... View Details
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence
  • 30 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Minor says it was illuminating to use “regular” subjects as opposed to undergrads, who aren’t necessarily representative of a broad swath of the United States. Equally important was using real money in the trust... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services
  • 22 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 22

guidance for use exists. Data from a recent consumer survey offers some insight for the decision maker to contemplate, as does the school's recent appearance on the cover of Forbes' magazine as the number one undergraduate institution in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

James Reinhart

disastrous. For James Reinhart, HBS MBA 2009, the foray into online resale began as a virtual swapping platform for grownups looking for a way to empty their closets and upgrade their wardrobes. The idea came to Reinhart when he was at... View Details
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

recent graduates, including: Instabase, FreeWill, Spring Health, Ribbon Health, Snackpass, Parade, Fireflies, Reverie Labs, Getaway, Cobalt Robotics, LogRocket, Pavlov (acquired by Coinbase), and Legalist. Prior to his time at GC, Peter worked for View Details
  • 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

distributional issues, and the likely effects of reforms to tax provisions such as the AMT are considered. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14149 Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles Authors:Robin Greenwood and Stefan Nagel Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace