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- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
critical action phase. We draw on the research on behavioral forecasting, ethical fading, and cognitive distortions to gain insight into the forces driving these faulty perceptions and, noting how these misperceptions can lead to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
cannibalization and complementarity, and conjecture that the magnitude of these effects may be different at different points in time. We find that retail store openings initially cannibalize direct channel sales in the short term if... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
million fee. The situation came to light when the negotiation leaked. (The dispute was apparently resolved when Wahlberg agreed to donate his $1.5 million to Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund.) This Hollywood soap opera raises an interesting question. If the All the Money... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
to exit direct stockholding if their stock portfolios have performed well; but these relationships are much weaker for mutual funds, a pattern which is consistent with previous research on the disposition effect among direct stockholders... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
In the summer of 2023, Initiatives intern Skye Bluestein conducted important research with the BEI on the intersection of environmental justice (EJ), policy, and business. The resulting paper posted below... View Details
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
devoted much attention to the subject of selling and marketing, but relatively little to salespeople until the 1990s. Why the initial neglect? What rekindled renewed interest in the peddler? A: It's as if Arthur Miller's Death of a... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
students Taniel: Before coming to HBS/HKS I wish I knew more about the vast amount of funding opportunities jointees receive from both schools for summers spent working in non-profit organizations, the government, or social driven organization or even for educational... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women
threats. The second largest contingent of women supporting Trump was white women with college degrees. Forty-five percent of them voted for him. While some were likely attracted to Trump’s fiscally conservative policies, research suggests... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely
- 12 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster
who joined the Climate Circle one year later, teaches children ages 3-11 about climate in six countries. They were recognized as a UNESCO Green Citizens Initiative for their positive and empowering approach to teaching this complex topic... View Details
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Harvard. Endowment Distribution (in millions) 150 FY18 162 FY19 173 FY20 184 FY21 191 FY22 Endowment Distribution Components 34% Professorships 24% Financial Aid 16% Unrestricted 8% Other 7% Special Initiatives 6% View Details
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Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society
intellectual community of scholars studying business’ role in society and supports the development of new research initiatives at BiGS. Sarah Gazzaniga Programming Manager Sarah Gazzaniga serves as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
and investment firm, Fung considered the role crypto would play in a diversified portfolio. Her research introduced her to the underlying blockchain technology, and the revelation that led her to launch Co:Create: that these tools could... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
starts a premium vodka business, bringing in his cousin at an early stage, but with no initial discussion of the eventual split of equity or managerial control between the two. The article offers each man's case for his ownership stake in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
is no chance of meeting it,” says Doug J. Chung, MBA Class of 1962 Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School. "The salesperson will be discouraged, and just as unlikely to work to their full potential."... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
collaboration. Strategy Research Initiative: Recognizing and Encouraging High-quality Research in Strategy Authors:Joanne E. Oxley, Jan Rivkin, Michael D. Ryall, and the Strategy View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
everybody does? My colleague Professor Raffaella Sadun has wonderful research that shows just how slowly even key managerial practices diffuse. All of a sudden, being a good manager confers a lasting competitive advantage. Kost: You end... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
decarbonization customer research and go-to-market strategy development. Grace's role prior to HBS was a Solar Engineering Associate at EDP Renewables. Rick Marquardt (MBA 2023, Section K), Summer Internship: Strategy MBA Intern at Tender... View Details
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
more than 14 million Google results). But the initial characterization of this concept in Getting to Yes (Fisher, Ury, and Patton 1991) as well as many later interpretations can be problematic, limiting, and even misleading in several... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
company’s obligation lie? The struggle over the advertising of India’s fairness creams is the centerpiece of a March 2016 case “Fair & Lovely vs. Dark Is Beautiful,” which was written by Rohit Deshpandé, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at Harvard... View Details
- 22 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries
well-grounded research on how improvements can be brought to services through some of these lean concepts." Not all lean manufacturing ideas translate from factory floor to office cubicle. For example, tools such as the andon cord, a... View Details