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- 25 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela
the Harvard Divinity School. She is a world expert on pilgrimages and the author of definitive books about the rivers of India. Prof. Rahul Mehrotra, chair of the department of urban planning and design at the Harvard View Details
- 30 Apr 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management
own money in outlets such as television commercials and billboards that are more frequently used for fast food than books. Patterson represents a supplier who builds a persistent demand and designs production to perpetuate that brand's... View Details
- 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007
implications for the efficient targeting of social programs more generally. A key issue in this debate is whether higher purchase prices lead to more intensive product use and, therefore, greater health benefits. We present results from an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
(Fitch) to the competitive landscape offers a unique experiment to empirically examine how, in fact, increased competition affects the credit ratings market. Increased competition from Fitch coincides with lower-quality ratings from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
exploit a quasi-natural experiment that holds constant the information event across firms, but varies the availability of a major news outlet in local markets. We find that firms subject to the threat of slanted coverage suppress the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
peers. Across three online experiments and a field experiment of entrepreneurs, we identify an interpersonal strategy that can mitigate feelings of malicious envy in observers: revealing one’s failures.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016
in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J. Sturtevant Abstract—Technical debt is created when design decisions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
computer problems on a website, companies that design those interactions purely to cut costs don't succeed. But when they actively partner with their customers to deliver a better service experience," she relates, "that's the... View Details
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
practical experience in order to benefit from the hard-won lessons of those who have gone before you? What are the various theoretical assumptions and pedagogical techniques you might consider in the process of View Details
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52652 Learning to Manage: A Field Experiment in the Indian Startup Ecosystem By: Chatterji, Aaron, Solene Delecourt, Sharique Hasan, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—Management styles and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17
content? The Times had several choices in designing the paywall, including determining the digital content, pricing, as well as how to interface with readers of secondary news websites like blogs that posted links to news articles. Should... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
customer experience faces cutbacks, what services get chopped? Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car? Car-buying sends shivers up the backbones of American consumers, so why hasn’t the industry stepped up to create a better... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
catalyze capabilities design the right set of experiences orchestrate company resources and champion customers within the organization ... once that transformation is complete and the company has indeed... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
In many emerging economies, the need to give people in poverty better access to financial services seems obvious. The mobile phone is a perfect vehicle, given their widespread adoption, even among the financially less well off. Designing... View Details
- 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13
"freemium" business model, which is used by some Internet businesses and smartphone application developers to give users free basic features of a digital product and access to premium functionality for a subscription fee. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30
health choices. The good news is that human nature can also be a source of solutions. Through her studies in Zambia exploring the reasons for unwanted pregnancies and the incentives that would motivate hairdressers to sell condoms to their clients, the author has found... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
been more desirable, as a policy matter, but is now a missed opportunity. Using this experience on staggered boards as a motivating case study, the article then examines a policy choice regarding Section 203 of the Delaware corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
When business executives create innovative products or services, they often look to impress their customers by delivering an experience more meaningful, more delightful, than possibly expected. A true "wow!" moment. And Harvard Business... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17
prices determine organizational design by studying how trade policy affects vertical integration. Property rights theory asserts that firm boundaries are chosen by stakeholders to mediate organizational goals (e.g., profits) and private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
experience the employer has on the market” In this case, the employer is the shopper, and the freelancer has the information advantage—especially when working with a first-time employer. The result: The inexperienced employer tends to pay... View Details