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- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
chosen bag, to give them some skin in the game and make them more serious about their choice. Then, the students were excused for 12 hours. Some did the initial selection of a bag at night and were told to come back in the morning, after... View Details
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
and specialized interest in a political issue, and face little political opposition in the process. "In any given issue, there's a handful of people who are truly experts and those are also the people with the strongest commercial interest in the issue," he said. "The... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community
game changer. How has the HBS alumni network impacted your career? From a purely business perspective: I ended up meeting my first boss at Spotify through an EC acquaintance who had worked there as an MBA intern the previous summer. I was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
And I hope I can approach future problems with the objectivity of Dr. Fauci: “I don’t have any horse in the game one way or the other. I just look at the data.” Second, I’ve been reminded of the importance of the human connection. In the... View Details
- 03 Dec 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?
greater the likelihood that it will not be a major player in future competitions in rapidly changing environments. But they reflect something more: a belief that competition in information technology at this stage of the game requires... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Crucibles of Crisis Leadership - Course Catalog
nature of crisis situations (literally) force creativity in staffing, problem-solving, teamwork, collective purpose, and other features of performance. Some of the innovation unfolds at a deeper level as individuals realize—internally—they must raise the level of their... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Carol Fishman Cohen (MBA 1985) On Getting Back into the Workforce
about resuming careers after time away. I didn't know a single other person who had returned to work after a career break at the time, until I met Vivian in 2002. We both felt alone and without a game plan. We decided to write Back on... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
to join a syndicate that will fulfill the contract. We model syndicated markets as a repeated extensive form game and show that standard intuitions from industrial organization can be reversed: collusion may become easier as market... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
how fast it should be moving. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817127-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-405 Virtual Reality and the Gaming Sector 2017 This brief note explores the emerging possibilities... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
Disney Company expects to lose up to $190 million on its summer fiasco The Lone Ranger, another star vehicle featuring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. Welcome to the risky strategy of "blockbusters," practiced increasingly by movie, TV, and recording companies;... View Details
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
publishers and retailers to social networks and gaming sites. Job growth on the Internet stands in sharp contrast to the US economy as a whole, which has suffered from high unemployment for years. The report found that the gross domestic... View Details
- 27 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge
into favoring their own products by adding a carefully crafted short text sequence to online product descriptions. The study explores whether marketers “can game these models to get the answers that they are seeking to advantage their own... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
Owusu-Kesse says, “I can’t tell you how rewarding it is to take a bunch of kids from Harlem to their first Knicks or Yankees game and watch their faces light up. For me, my job isn’t about charity. It’s about bringing to the world the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
Unfortunately, there were huge discrepancies in the way circuit courts resolved these cases, so lawyers used to game the system to end up in front of a judge who they thought would be favorable to their case. Beyond that, Supreme Court... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
buy the right to retransmit the games and sell ad space to their local advertisers. Another key principle of the Economics of Attention is that attention is valued in a "superlinear" manner, which means that advertisers place... View Details
- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
into the acquisition price that it is difficult to realize value for the acquirers? Is the information regarding human resources just too difficult to obtain during a sensitive acquisition process? Or do acquirers talk a good game about... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
SmartLess, with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, and No Such Thing as a Fish, from the researchers behind the BBC game show QI. Bookshelf: “Most of the books I read are to fuel curiosity and creativity. One I’d recommend is The... View Details
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
societal returns. Lassiter reminded the room that there are many levers that can be played in the game, but that the game is playing out at a rapid pace. Lehr, from National Grid, talked about finding that sweet spot when it comes to... View Details
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Scrapbooks & Collectibles- The Art of American Advertising
Romance and Adventure of the Old Time Advertising Game . New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1926 p. 53 in Garvey, p. 28. 31 Garvey, p. 49. Contact Baker Library Historical Collections Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Harvard Business... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
First, there was no standard to evaluate the CIP managers at the division level, so a 60 percent execution rate, for instance, might conceivably seem “good enough.” Second, the way the money was being distributed at the headquarters level—Stuckey’s level—was... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon