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23 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers

attract desirable customers. "On the face of it, price coherence seems good for consumers because they get a benefit for choosing the intermediary, and they pay no additional fee," says Benjamin G. Edelman,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Air Transportation; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation

20 Dec 2017
Blog Post

Meet Annie & Piper: A Student and Dog's Life at HBS

figured out how to get treats off of counters. She’s definitely good at manipulating me to get what she wants. How did you balance being a student and pet owner?In many ways, it's easier than normal working... View Details

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

cave—if you have a collection of caves within reach of each other—know other members of other caves, and it's this combination of a tight, local clustering with an occasional weak, distant tie to other clusters, that is the essence of a... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

22 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

that particular dynamic hasn't seemed to spread as much as people feared it would. Is that part of the mystery? Greenwood: Yes. This [chart shows] the federal funds effective rate. It's a very good summary of monetary policy View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking

18 Mar 2014
Blog Post

BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up

big screen. Our virtual conversation is live!Julia is the Director of Business Development at BaubleBar, and oversees the company’s global digital and offline partnerships. Before HBS, Julia never worked in... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

tariffs—equivalent to taxes—we are currently witnessing.) It reflects the fact that “global” market freedom for capital and goods may work, but market freedom for labor does not. As a result, labor suffers... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

Create Opportunity, Profits, Growth, and Social Good and the 2009 Harvard Business Review article "Mergers That Stick." Investment bankers View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

Fast Answer

Digital Innovation and Transformation: Resources useful for Course Assignments

search. They are good resources for the industry emerging trends and key leaders, such as: World Manufacturing... View Details

04 Oct 2024
News

On the Vineyard, Black Alumni Reconnect With Friends and HBS

broader community as a result,” says Moore. As the first Shared Interest Group (SIG), the HBSAAA has members all over the world, and Morales says keeping such a dispersed community connected to each other View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

29 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

gone to UChicago, too. "We'd start talking about where to eat in Hyde Park, or about the school's PhD lab, and we'd go from there," Cohen says. "It seemed to grease the wheels for a good conversation View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

01 Apr 2021
Blog Post

An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs

for ways to make an impact on problems she was passionate about. As the daughter of immigrants (her father emigrated from Nigeria and her mother emigrated from Ghana) she wanted to use her skills to make an impact in the developing world.... View Details

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4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities | MBA

the responsibility of officers of administration and instruction to be alert to the needs of the University community; to give full and fair hearing to reasoned expressions of grievances; View Details

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Online Security for You and your Family | Information Technology

Online Security for You and your Family Adopting good cybersecurity habits is crucial for protecting your personal information and digital life. In today's interconnected... View Details

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

April 2018 Management Science Offline Showrooms in Omni-channel Retail: Demand and Operational Benefits By: Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno Abstract—Omnichannel environments where... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1996
News

Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

Associate Professor Willis Emmons's work in the area of government policy and business. In Praise of Predictability "It used to be that if you worked hard and kept your nose clean, you'd enjoy a View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

HBS Association of Ireland: Connecting at Home and Abroad

Photographed at a recent HBSAI Speaker Luncheon were (from Left) Brendan O'Reilly (12th OPM), guest speaker Harry Lorton (15th OPM), Jim Barry (MBA '94), and George Good (43rd PMD). Photo courtesy HBSAI... View Details

10 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

interplay between men and women in a number of different organizations, and I tried to write something that would derive examples from all those organizations, as I've managed to do in subsequent big... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

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IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog

renewable energy, as well as developing and implementing sustainable production technologies in industries ranging from consumer goods to food and horticulture. We will visit... View Details

Research Summary

Trust

By: Sandra J. Sucher

In this research, I aim to provide a practical orientation to trust—how to build it, how it can be damaged, how it might be repaired—grounded in my experience as an executive and in the research on organizational trust and moral philosophy. As a case researcher, I... View Details

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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports Course Number 1914 Professor Anita Elberse Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Paper/Project Career Focus This course is primarily designed for students who are pursuing... View Details

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