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- 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
labels (vs. text warning labels, calorie labels, and no labels), provided insight into psychological mechanisms driving effectiveness, and assessed consumer sentiment. Study 1 indicated that graphic warning labels reduced the share of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
short-term increase in otherwise steady charitable-giving patterns among firms that are headquartered in the event's host city. Natural disasters also have a strong effect on firms' giving patterns, according to the study Punctuated... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Driving Social Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Driving Social Change Background I’ve always been interested in public sector issues and what we call “institutional change,” especially change that breaks with the accepted norms. I studied the English National Health Service, focusing... View Details
- 27 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad
the strategy shifted, and they happened to be on the favored side of that strategy” Harvard Business School Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley and her research colleagues call this "unearned status gain," which can cause problems for those... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
organization that provides support and visibility for trans technologists and founders. He is also the director of the award-winning documentary STILL BLACK: a portrait of black transmen and the first person to receive the PhD of African-American View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
Look beyond the United States and Great Britain and you are likely to find networks of companies — ranging from Latin America’s grupos to India’s business houses to Japan’s keiretsu — that are integral parts of the global economy. For HBS View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
religious employer allow his employees access to contraceptives or break with healthcare legislation? People and organizations of faith often face moral decisions that have significant consequences. Research in psychology found that religion is typically View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission | Working Knowledge
base, says a case study by Victoria Ivashina . What will it take to scale? Private equity has come a long way since the classic book Barbarians at the Gate detailed the excesses of 1980s Wall Street—an earlier move-fast-and-break-things... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
Michael McGarry (AMP 169 2005), Chairman and CEO of PPG, at the Association's Annual Meeting. The HBS Association of Pittsburgh wrapped up the year with its Annual Meeting on May 15. Michael McGarry (AMP 169, 2005), chairman and CEO of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
recording industry seriously compete against free downloads? Do iTunes and P2P help each other in some ways? Associate Professor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell discusses recent research on competition in digital distribution. See... View Details
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
entrepreneurs everywhere. Sarah Jane Gilbert: How did you first become interested in studying growth in newly founded firms and young organizations? Mukti Khaire: Only one out of every ten newly founded firms in the United States grows to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Developing Insightful Global Leaders
since 2014 and it continues to broaden the School’s impact. Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) represents yet another vehicle for disseminating HBS’s thought leadership through its publications and course materials; last year, HBP sold more than 10 million case View Details
- 31 Jul 2014
- News
Making Private Equity Public Knowledge
buyout modeling tests to typical recruiter questions—was released this summer. (Penned as part of an independent study with Associate Professor Victoria Ivashina, Sheyner received HBS course credit for the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Student-Profile
Ryann Noe
A blended course of study is nothing new for Ryann (she/her) - she earned her undergraduate degree in Economics and English at Williams College, and wrote her honors thesis on children’s literature. “That may not appear to be a common... View Details
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Nikki Skovran
says. In the classroom, she appreciated the way the case study method challenged students. “I like the way the professors push back — I equate it to a friendly cross-examination.” Outside the classroom, Nikki has enriched her business... View Details
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Yaping Wang
After completing bachelor's and master's degrees that positioned her for a life of research biology, Yaping Wang decided to study .deliciousness. "I discovered that my passion is less about research and more about applications and... View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
occurs within a particular social category line (e.g., recipients are all Americans) or across social category lines (e.g., recipients are American and French). Studies 1 and 2 predicted and found that individuals tended to maximize such... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
auditing standards in China, while Associate Professor Huang Yasheng closed the first session with a detailed briefing of his ongoing study of foreign-invested enterprises on the mainland. The afternoon... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
protect local businesses from the crushing competition of "big-box" stores. But it turns out such rules often backfire, according to research by Raffaella Sadun, an assistant professor in the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School. “Suddenly these... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
Forget millions; think billions. That’s what HBS associate professor Benjamin C. Esty does in Large-Scale Investment, a new MBA elective course he has developed that examines how companies structure, value, and finance large,... View Details