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- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
completely made up. “They never even tried to sell the product at that price,” Ngwe says. “Consumers could never have bought that product at that price even if they tried.” As he looked into the issue, he realized that the practice is... View Details
- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
right. When we think about meaningfulness, and I force you to think of it in terms of these moments, that's not how we live, right? We live full complete days. We live a string of moments, most of which we actually forget. But I also... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
Lawrence S. Kramer (MBA '74), who spent twenty years as a newspaper reporter and editor for publications such as the Washington Post and the San Francisco Examiner, was himself in the news last January. Kramer's financial information... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
the natural environment while creating urban living capacity by combining low carbon and resource-efficient development with the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to better manage complex urban systems. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
rather than the opposite. So to the extent that we can inform women about situations in which they should be hypersensitive to opportunities for claiming resources and claiming authority, then they might be more likely to do so and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
on the economic inputs and outputs of owning her own dairy cow, she came to HBS to get away from that world. She’d been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma while completing her degree in plant biotechnology at UC Davis and had written her... View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
all what seems like informal stuff. If that doesn't exist, I can't imagine an agreement of this complexity could have been reached. And that also takes time. And the first stage literally took about three to four years. And although it... View Details
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
matters are too long. The response of investors who say they care about sustainability-and their numbers are large and growing-is that companies do a poor job in providing them with the information they need to take sustainability into... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
developments. His work examines how "sell-side financial analysts incorporate accounting information in their earnings forecasts, common stock valuations, and investment recommendations." He also analyzes management reporting of... View Details
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
you're being expected to perform and to perform on time. Switz: Yes, so at GE, I completely hid this psychotic break and we basically, told the company that I had a thyroid disorder and had been in the hospital, as a result. And even, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
beginning. Before Roshan launched, demand for its service was so high that a prelaunch informational leaflet began selling in the Kabul bazaar for $1. Police were called in to control the crowds waiting outside Roshan’s flagship store in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
teaming: gathering experts in temporary groups to solve problems they may be encountering for the first and only time. This flexible approach was essential to the completion of the Water Cube, the building that hosted swimming and diving... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
with some of firms’ highest-achieving employees often ended with questions about how to manage the demands of parenting and work. Much of the information she found was long on platitudes and short on practical, actionable advice—so she... View Details
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
World Series just completed with a Boston Red Sox sweep of the Colorado Rockies, we asked Elberse to discuss the business of sports marketing and the unique case of Maria Sharapova. Sarah Jane Gilbert: What is the growth rate of the... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
contributions to the literature that span institutional theory and strategic management and to the literature on information disclosure. Download working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1836472 Henry A. Kissinger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
learning in the context of outsourced radiological services, where individual doctors at an outsourcing firm complete radiological reads for hospital customers. We examine more than 2.7 million cases for 1,431 customers read by 97... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
on average, firms' self-reported anticorruption efforts reflect real efforts to combat corruption and are not merely cheap talk. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2229039 When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry Authors:Luo, Hong... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
price information to maximize their consumption-based utility. Emotionally, prices can induce regret and anger among consumers. The optimal responses of firm's prices to these reactions can explain why firms charge prices below marginal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
And then would be responsible for executing, meeting and reporting out. There would be transparency in the company about what they were doing and how they were progressing along. The way I'm thinking about it, it's a completely different... View Details
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
and manage patient-level costs over complete cycles of care for a variety of medical conditions. This innovative approach links costs to clinical outcomes in order to identify opportunities for value improvement and develop reimbursement... View Details