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  • 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Halaburda Abstract We present a theory for why it might be rational for a platform to limit the number of applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

strategy, it's not necessary for the CEO to spend time learning how different clients would prefer customized solutions. The CEO should spearhead the identification of three or four customer health metrics. Even in companies that see... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

Getting Personal

interactions between humans and technology. Are computers the perfect tool for customized marketing? The tailoring of messages via computer technology to a person’s interests based on past purchases or preferences is of course very... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 28 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections

Zhang compared the effectiveness of ads prepared by the candidate's own campaign with ads supporting the candidate prepared by outside political groups, including political action committees (PACs). “"I need to see a good ad about Obama to influence my View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 15

Returns By: Greenwood, Robin, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 22

potential impact of policies to manage systemic risk. Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences Author:Hanna W. Halaburda Publication:Games and Economic Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

fulfill its independent fiduciary responsibilities in overseeing this global organization? While there is a temptation to pile on, I would prefer to comment on what can be learned from this situation. This and other leadership crises of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

projects, two studies are related to how we ought to tax people when they differ in multiple ways. One shows that taxes ought to be less progressive when preferences for leisure time vary widely in society, and I find that international... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

participants prefer borrowing less when a free formal savings account is available. Take-up patterns suggest that requests by others for participants to share their resources may be a key obstacle to saving. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

over the first thirty-four years of the FASB (1973-2006). We examine the influence of auditors' lobbying incentives arising from three basic factors: managing expected litigation and regulatory costs; catering to clients' preferences for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

documents/opim/seminars/Steffenson_McElheran_JMP_011408.pdf Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Publication:Management Science (in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Profile

Maliha Khan

In college, Maliha Khan kept her family's textile business at arm's length, preferring to follow a path that would lead to a PhD in political science. But as she approached graduation, the business changed dramatically. "Pakistan... View Details
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Jennifer Kelly

different styles — some were authoritative, some preferred a service approach — but they were all effective!" "The case method," says Jennifer, "is a much more challenging way to learn business concepts. It's easy to... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)

CFO, Gary Crittenden, asked me to become CFO for Citi Holdings right at the beginning of the financial crisis. He told me: “Careers are defined in times of crisis.” I said, “You want me to be CFO of a bad bank?” and he said, “I prefer you... View Details
Keywords: April White; Photo by: Michael Bucher; banking; diversity; COVID-19; leadership; African American; career advice; Finance
  • 15 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem

choices.— Jan Hammond & Kristin Kohler The accuracy of color on the Web is of particular concern to consumers. A Web-based survey conducted by InfoTrends Research Group indicated that 88 percent of consumers would prefer to shop at an... View Details
Keywords: by Jan Hammond & Kristin Kohler; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail
  • 01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1

Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 3 (March 2011) Abstract Zoom buttons on digital devices let us examine images from many viewpoints. They also provide an apt metaphor for modes of strategic thinking. Some people View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research The Role of (Dis)similarity in (Mis)predicting Others' Preferences By: Barasz, Kate, Tami Kim, and Leslie John Abstract—Consumers readily indicate liking options that appear dissimilar—for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

journey has not always been easy and positive, no career journey is. I’ve learned I prefer to stay away from workplace politics, a discovery that has impacted the choices I’ve made and paths I’ve taken. Likewise, when there have been... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 21 Jul 2016
  • Blog Post

Coming Out and Finding Acceptance at HBS

identity.  But I didn’t speak up. To make my point as clearly and as resonantly as I wanted, I would have to explain that I am a cisgender woman in a relationship with a transgender man, and that while I generally prefer men as romantic... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

Why I Almost Didn’t Apply to HBS

Like many of you reading this article, I prefer to plan out each step of my life. Methodically marching towards each life goal, and rolling with the punches life throws at me. Oftentimes though, unforeseen events take place, and our well... View Details