by Dan Ciampa - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

journals. “Academic research can be helpful, but it tends to be overly complex, hard to digest, and not backed by real quantitative insights from customer populations or engagements,” says Neale-May, executive director of the Chief... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

20 Nov 2011
News

Occupy the Agenda

22 Oct 2015
News

The (Dis)Honesty Project: Millennial Take

21 Jun 2016
News

Two Black Members of Congress 'Condemn' Racism on Airbnb, Pressure CEO

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset

the building gets built and (hopefully) leased. I have another case I am working on with HBS professor Dan Bergstresser on a real estate mortgage bank in Argentina that restructured itself during the country's recent collapse—the greatest... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Construction; Real Estate

02 Oct 2017
What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

freeze up.” David Wittenburg, from his vantage point as a “former numismatist,” suggested that such currencies “arise in times of need (e.g., tokens when official currency is scarce) and they disappear when government offers a better alternative.” Many agreed with... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

06 Nov 2019
News

It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

often comes with a dark side. This paper offers experimental evidence, specifically with regard to the relationship between creativity and unethical behavior. Research involving four experiments with university students was conducted by... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

February 2020 (Revised April 2021)
Case

StockX: The Stock Market of Things

By: Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb and Julia Kelley

Founded in 2015 by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, and Greg Schwartz, StockX was an online platform where users could buy and sell unworn luxury and limited-edition sneakers. Sneaker resale prices often fluctuated over time based on supply and demand, creating a robust... View Details

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Educators

Purchase

20 Dec 2018
News

Using Fintech to Disrupt Eastern Bank from Within

October 2019 (Revised August 2022)
Case

Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance

By: Michael Chu, Brian Trelstad and John Masko

In 2009, Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer, two veterans of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, founded Nehemiah Manufacturing to build FMCG brands while providing jobs to Cincinnati, Ohio’s beleaguered urban core. Two years later, the pair made their first... View Details

Keywords: Fast Moving Consumer Goods; Social Entrepreneurship; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employment; Human Capital; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Social Marketing; Mission and Purpose; Prejudice and Bias; City; Urban Scope; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio; United States

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06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

The other is an article in this month's Harvard Business Review, "The End of Rational Economics," by Dan Ariely. It argues that theories, strategies, and actions based on assumptions of irrational... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Working While Distancing

Are you suddenly working from home? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of View Details

03 Apr 2012
News

What Class Divide? Rich and Poor, Red and Blue Agree on Wealth Distribution

11 Aug 2014
HBS Case

The Business of Behavioral Economics

economics and pop culture, particularly since the recent publication of popular books such as Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein's Nudge, Dan Ariely's Predictably Irrational, and Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow. Even so,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Health

12 Jan 2004
What Do You Think?

How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?

this impact: the broad, shallow, positive impact on product prices versus the narrow, deep, negative impact on individuals." These quotes help sum up the nature of the thought-provoking debate stirred by this month's column. On the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

You don’t know what you don’t know—and almost by definition new entrepreneurial ventures need a helping hand from established partners if they hope to succeed. “Startups suffer from what researchers call ‘liability of newness,’” says... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

that "it is a natural human tendency to devolve into denial." As Elaine Sihera put it, "Denial comes out of fear of being wrong." Dan Wallace pointed out that neuroscientists tell us that "once you've solved a... View Details