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  • 06 Dec 2016
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December 6, 2016

overworked lifestyle, rather than a leisurely lifestyle, has become an aspirational status symbol. A series of studies shows that the positive inferences of status in response to busyness and lack of leisure are driven by the perceptions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

are less responsive to changes in investment opportunities, especially in industries in which stock prices are most sensitive to earnings news. These findings are consistent with the notion that short-termist pressures distort investment... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

between men and women—as opposed to hiring biases, gender discrimination, or a hostile workforce—were at least partially responsible for the low numbers of women in tech. At the time, 20% of Google’s tech workforce, and 31% of its overall... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

M. Howitt Publication:In Integrative Risk Management: Advanced Disaster Recovery, edited by Simon Woodward. Zürich, Switzerland: Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, 2010 Abstract Societies face a wide array of significant hazards—ranging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

strategy on artificial intelligence research and development ” As he put it, “DARPA is a government agency responsible for developing and deploying weapons for war fighters of the future. We need CARPA—the Cyberhealth Advanced Research... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
  • 08 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

supply expenses are provided. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55343 Financing the Response to Climate Change: The Pricing and Ownership of U.S. Green Bonds By: Baker, Malcolm, Daniel Bergstresser, George... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

boards (PCBs) in-house rather than buying them from third-party contract manufacturers. Stryker Corporation's Instruments business is considering the proposal in response to difficulties with existing suppliers. The case requires students... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

demand that have the same effect on marginal cost. Lastly, if consumers experience regret or disappointment when faced by increased prices, the model can explain why prices can be more rigid in response to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

  Working PapersCorporate Social Entrepreneurship Authors:James Austin and Ezequiel Reficco Abstract Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a process aimed at enabling business to develop more advanced and powerful forms of Corporate Social View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

benefits policy at the AFSCME, the largest public sector workers union in the U.S., was responsible for protecting the pensions of its members. Because pensions were invested for decades, Ferlauto wanted the companies in which the union... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

financial incentives do not appear to crowd it out. Third, the responses to both types of incentives are stronger when their relative value is higher. Indeed, financial rewards are effective at motivating the poorest agents, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

growth of a company. Not surprisingly, firms spend billions of dollars on marketing. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate these resources and demonstrate that these investments... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Dec 2005
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Is Growth Good?

Summing Up by Jim Heskett A small but thoughtful set of responses to the question "Is Growth Good?" posed this month conveys the sense that the wrong questions were asked. According to the responses, growth is not only good—it... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 May 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

garment factory owners engaged in cutthroat price competition to secure orders from Western manufacturer and retailer brands. These brands conveniently sourced their requirements at arm’s length through third-party intermediaries to avoid any View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

direction of this nascent market. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/712410-PDF-ENG The Dannon Company: Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility (B) Christopher Marquis and Bobbi ThomasonHarvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

human) disaster risk, response, and recovery preparation. B: Basic Resources. There is massive growth in urban populations as hundreds of millions of people move to cities seeking opportunity (UNPD). Already, there is not enough clean... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

Japan. An entire system of governance was blown away. In 1911, an imperial tradition of more than 2,000 years ended. After the subsequent disasters of world war and Maoist utopianism, China was an impoverished third world economy holding... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

schools. What was the appeal of charter schools in this sensitive environment? What opportunities do they present both for improving public education and utilizing best practices in entrepreneurship? Childress explains below. Sarah Jane Gilbert: After Hurricane Katrina... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

improved ability of firms to replicate business innovations has changed the nature of business competition. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-016.pdf Do Voters Appreciate Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

have a differentially lower response to these perceived benefits. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1590245 Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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