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  • 17 Nov 2020
  • In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

lecturer of business administration and the C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell: Watch costs and find channel advantages Given COVID-19 transmission rates as of mid-November, the upcoming holiday shopping season for malls... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail
  • Web

2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Simmons Graduate School of Management, in Boston. Prior to joining the HBS faculty, she taught at Columbia University and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Professor Ely received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Yale... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

These Walls Can Talk

(Javier Larrea/Getty Images) Today: Most smart homes connect basic electronic devices such as lights, locks, smoke detectors, security cameras, and thermostats. Tomorrow: Homes will be fully outfitted with smart appliances, which can make efficiency decisions such as... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • Article

De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Heterogeneity in Preferences and Optimal Redistribution

By: Benjamin B Lockwood and Matthew Weinzierl
The prominent but unproven intuition that preference heterogeneity reduces redistribution in a standard optimal tax model is shown to hold under the plausible condition that the distribution of preferences for consumption relative to leisure rises, in terms of... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Income; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Taxation; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics
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  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

No Small Beer

cheese pairing of their wares. —Dan Morrell Taste Tester In his program, Daniels teaches everything from beer economics to taste and flavor. Ray Daniels's Cicerone Certification Program is aiming to build a new generation of beer experts.... View Details
Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; craft beer; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
  • 03 May 2016
  • First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

Effectively By: Casciaro, T., F. Gino, and M. Kouchaki Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51004 February 2016 Journal of Accounting & Economics Labor Unemployment Insurance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 23

financial crisis of 2008 laid bare the hidden network of relationships in corporate governance: who owes what to whom, who will stand by whom in times of crisis, what governs the provision of credit when no one seems to have credit. This book maps the influence of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

decrease them during the downturn. Both results are in line with the behavior of inexperienced investors in experimental asset markets. The economic significance of young managers' actions is amplified by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

Published Papers Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy? Journal of Financial Economics Samuel Antill “In United States, Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, firms are either reorganized, acquired, or liquidated. I show that decisions to liquidate... View Details
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

The bottom line is, after all, the bottom line when it comes to business success. No profit, no business. But should money be the sole measure for evaluating and rewarding the effectiveness of a leader? In a new Harvard Business School working paper, three experts on... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Letters to the Editor

from mistakes we learned a long time ago not to make. Why would we now repeat the mistake of banking on a nuclear option that simply makes no economic sense? Michael Hogan (MBA ’88) Sunapee, NH Priorities Trump Prescriptions Your December... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Curing Health Care

of environmental toxins are powerful, still somewhat mysterious influences on our health. Simple tests that make those tendencies more transparent will result in basic behavioral changes and healthier lives overall. "Things are about to... View Details
Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

their portfolio of brands. Results show firms shifting display promotions away from smaller revenue brands toward larger ones following periods of poor financial performance. This indicates the behavior is determined by parties above... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) The financial economics of sustainability and climate change As business strives to reduce carbon emissions and transition to clean energy, Gasparini plans to study... View Details
  • 06 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

philanthropy because even global companies tend to focus corporate giving on local nonprofits. Charitable behavior is a key area of interest for Marquis, whose research and teaching focuses on businesses' social strategies and activities.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

HIV/AIDS and Business

Harvard University. Cosponsored by UNAIDS and the World Economic Forum, the workshops were organized in conjunction with Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG), School of Public Health, and AIDS Institute. After opening at... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

forthcoming Quantitative Marketing and Economics Aggregation of Consumer Ratings: An Application to Yelp.com By: Dai, Weijia, Ginger Jin, Jungmin Lee, and Michael Luca Abstract—Because consumer reviews leverage the wisdom of the crowd,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 2001
  • News

Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success

leadership was taken up later in the day by Professor Michael Porter. "Inequality is probably the single biggest problem facing America," he stated in a talk titled "Inner-City Renewal." Noting that the economic plight of inner cities is... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Frank Batten (MBA '52); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 27 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

assure that state and local governments can appropriately respond to the digital activities that impact physical realities. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54300 August 2017 Journal of Law & Economics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jan 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

how innovation that matters really occurs and aren't always helpful to long-term global or even U.S. development. Bhidé's conclusions are based on interviews with a large sample of start-up entrepreneurs as well as economic analysis. He's... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett