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- 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11
Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16645 Preference Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation Authors:Mikhail Golosov, Maxim Troshkin, Aleh Tsyvinski, and Matthew Weinzierl Abstract We examine a prominent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Kurt Piemonte
industry or location. For the summer of 2016, more than 250 students qualified for funding. Tell us a fun fact. I am an amateur cellist with a passion for chamber music. I’ve played the cello for more than 40 years, and while I used to be an active free-lancer in... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010
contracting structure has important strategic implications. Preferring Balanced vs. Advantageous Peace Agreements: A Study of Israeli Attitudes Towards a Two-State Solution Authors:Deepak Malhotra and Jeremy Ginges Publication:Judgment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010
the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
it far because there’s a lot of air you’re moving around,” he explains. “This is very much a local business.” Consumer preference for plastic and the marketing trend toward rejuvenating a brand with new packaging designs have been pushing... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31
messages. It finds that surprisingly, actual meetings and peer pressure do not seem to be crucial in making self-help peer groups an effective tool to encourage savings. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-060.pdf De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Theory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
Roberts, 27-38. Studies in Choice and Welfare Series. Springer Verlag, 2009 Abstract All of us make decisions that are not entirely self-centered; we voluntarily anticipate what we think to be the preferences of others and incorporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing Challenges of the China Olympics
torch relay. Lenovo's sponsorship will doubtless reinforce its brand preference rankings in China. However, around the world, Lenovo hardly wishes to be known as the Chinese PC company that consumers find convenient to boycott. Here are... View Details
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Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change
environmental sustainability, agriculture, health and education sector. It prefers to make equity investments for-profit companies operating in the affordable education services across the world with a focus on Africa, Asia and Latin... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
databases: ABI/Inform, OneSource, and CareerSearch. This active committee will also survey graduates to understand how they currently use the Alumni Web site. The goal is to design a personal preference software agent that would allow... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 18 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump
actions was not without risk for the CEOs and their companies” While many CEOs prefer to stay under the radar and avoid public scrutiny, Ken Frazier led the way with his example. As the chair of PhRMA, the pharmaceutical manufacturers... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 27 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way
are daunting. Small problems are addressable.We all know we're in a changing world. The rules of competition are in flux as artificial intelligence, big data, and changing consumer preferences come into play. It's huge, scary and hard to... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
sales. With the resulting improvements in demand forecasting and production planning and practices, inventory management for both the retailer and the manufacturer has become much more of a science. Since stores can track consumers' View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
The panelists found themselves in separate camps when the discussion turned to the reality of the truly global brand. Wagner, who headed Estée Lauder International for twelve years, noted that while her company's seventeen products take into account regional View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
and implement our idea for a kids’ menu,” says Jiang. “But we discovered that the consumer preferences and concepts of a bakery were completely different in Brazil. It challenged us to understand the customers’ mind-sets,” explains... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Sparking Internet Commerce
businesses and organizations to provide users with a highly personalized selection of goods, services, and information." Employing passwords and aliases to ensure anonymity, individual users supply personal preference and choice... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 02 Nov 2010
- News
Commanding Officers
Current and former students, such as Donovan Campbell (MBA 2007) have served with distinction in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Armed Forces Alumni Association is one of the most active student clubs on campus. (One current HBS student, who View Details
- 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