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- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
investor, I feel powerless to control or even understand how my mutual funds operate." Anupam Bordia comments, "the mutual fund scandal will shift public trust towards index funds." There is also a suggestion that the job of the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
Behavioral Economics. Here's how StickK works. The user selects a goal—like losing weight—and pledges a certain amount of money toward achieving it. Then a referee—often a friend—is chosen and a contract signed. If the goal is achieved,... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
that could destabilize the economy as a whole. In another example, researchers HBS Associate Professor Michael I. Norton and Columbia Business School professor Ilyana Kuziemko have suggested that those close to the bottom of the economic ladder may take greater risks... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
of the common contracts people sign with themselves each year. If you have resolved to eat healthier, try ordering your groceries a week in advance of delivery. Internet delivery services make it all too easy to give into food cravings... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
It’s easy to understand why so many people embrace transportation network companies like Uber and the growing number of other ride-sourcing startups, which enable drivers to make money using their own vehicles. By allowing passengers to... View Details
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
Business scholars increasingly hinge their hypotheses on sociological and psychological studies, seeking a true handle on what motivates executives, employees, consumers, and policymakers. For instance, the following studies suggest several simple weight-loss tips. TIP... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
audiences anywhere in the world. We have to work faster and more collaboratively. We have to be able to work seamlessly across all those turfs and tiny territories that used to characterize big bureaucracies. And that's a new culture, a new way of working. There's... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
participants were given a series of seven letters and asked to create as many words as possible," the paper explains. "The last series of letters was presented in a different order for each participant so that we could track who... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
entertainment: building a business around blockbuster products-the movies, television shows, songs, and books that are hugely expensive to produce and market-is the surest path to long-term success. Along the way, I reveal why entertainment executives often spend... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
If the COVID-19 crisis lasts four months, 65 percent of small retailers say there’s a good chance they’ll be forced to close permanently by the end of the year. Among restaurants and bars, 70 percent expect to go out of business if social-distancing View Details
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
money could participate. The transformational force that has brought affordability and accessibility to other industries is disruptive innovation. Today's health-care industry screams for disruption. Politicians are consumed with how we... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time
to pay off their debt in full every month because, of course, many people just don't have the money to do that. It was just to see if they would move up a little bit every month off of that minimum payment because over the longer term... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
unobservable heterogeneity, and it is more pronounced in teams that make quick decisions about founder share allocations. In addition we perform some counterfactual calculations that estimate the amount of money "left on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
They are often born of deep business experience, delivered with great style, wit, and humor. Here are some of our favorite comments in 2017. Some have been edited for clarity. Want to be Happier? Spend Some Money Avoiding Household Chores... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
methodologies for detecting "tunneling," or efforts by firms' controlling owner managers to take money for themselves at the expense of minority shareholders. We find that, in contrast to prior views, Indian business groups are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
taxes in order to purchase public goods. Equal Sacrifice has many implications for tax policy. For instance, it says that everyone should pay some taxes, so it makes no room for redistributing income from one person to another. But... View Details
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
include arrogantly ignoring cease-and-desist orders from cities trying to enforce local business regulations, allegations of drivers attacking customers, and sexual harassment complaints from employees about the company’s... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
borders? Money is crossing borders... ideas are crossing borders," she said. Unfortunately, she added, there is little evidence that Africa, given its population and size, is benefiting proportionately from the phenomenon. The... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
customers," says Senior Lecturer Michael J. Roberts. By soliciting money through Kickstarter or similar sites, a company overcomes the catch-22 that occurs when it needs funding to make a product, but it must show the product in... View Details