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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
Regarding a proper role for government, Reinhardt believes that a fuel tax would make the externalities involved and the cost of driving directly visible, with consumers demanding more fuel-efficient cars as a result. As for the new... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
customers are habitually more satisfied than others. An empirical investigation of the satisfaction of 149,389 customers surveyed by J.D. Power and Associates over a five-year period provides evidence that these customer-level differences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
Reforms Set the Stage for Growth When Deng Xiaoping came to power in 1978, he set China on a new course by making economic growth a top priority, even if that meant relinquishing state control over markets. It was the realpolitik thing to... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
choose which mobile development software platform to invest in. Written from the perspective of an established consumer bank that is about to commence development on its first downloadable application for mobile devices, the case surveys... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
powerful instruments of philanthropy, like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, are putting hundreds of millions of dollars towards the eradication of a disease. Huge as that is, it's not an effort that can be permanent. Historically,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
“we-dentity” and the power of community in the face of an inefficient, sometimes corrupt, local government. Santa Ana del Valle, for example, provides many of its services (such as policing or maintenance of the church and museum) through... View Details
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
themselves to open source, however, mainstream companies are learning to incorporate users in a way that benefits everyone. Apple, for example, tightly controls the software that runs its iPhone, as well as the technology through which View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
high-end computer power to run many different probabilistic software approaches simultaneously. They built the system so that every component produced both a proposed answer and a confidence in that answer. They built error-analysis... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Abstract—Algorithms are powerful predictive tools, but they can run amok when not applied properly. Consider what often happens with social media sites. Today many use algorithms to decide which ads and links to show users. But when these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
than their share of scarce environmental resources and therefore must now consume less," observes Fri. "Another is that the developing countries, whose exploding populations threaten to tax the carrying capacity of the planet, must... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
less helpful if you don't know whether your options will get better or worse. It pays to look for strategic insight from contexts where uncertainty, risk, and change are the only constants. Military science, in particular, offers powerful... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
because we wanted it to be perfect. The reality is a startup isn’t about perfection on the first try. When we launched our first product we were hawks––watching and waiting for any feedback we could get. Hearing what consumers had to say... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2020
sales at airports, retail outlets, and other brick-and-mortar locations, declined 10 percent from fiscal 2019. COVID-19 significantly reduced consumer traffic at those locations, which trimmed book sales and prompted merchants to return... View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
scanner panel data from a single California location of a major grocery chain, and completely controlling for consumer heterogeneity, we demonstrate that bringing your own bags simultaneously increases purchases of environmentally... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
consumers shop around, gets him visibly agitated. "Practically speaking, we can't even move an MRI from one guy to the next, and both have electronic medical records—are you kidding me?" (His reputation precedes him: "I've been very, very... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
inequality. We are hoping to engage more and more companies and alumni in bringing the power of the market system to the inner city." Partnering for Success A small number of key business leaders can make a big difference by leveraging... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
consumers and shopping habits in the next few years. Real Estate, a Love Story: Wisdom, Honor, and Beauty in the Toughest Business in the World By Joshua Benaim (MBA 2006) Disruption Books With this book, a blend of memoir and strategy,... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016
is escalating, people are getting aggressive, and no one is willing to back down. And, to top it off, you have little power or other resources to work with. This book shows how to defuse even the most potentially explosive situations and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015
forthcoming NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2015 Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, and Kerr, William R. Abstract—The propagation of macroeconomic shocks through input-output and geographic networks can be a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne