Publications

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'Many Others Are Doing It, So Why Shouldn't I?': How Being in Larger Competitions Leads to More Cheating

By: Celia Chui, Maryam Kouchaki and Francesca Gino

In many spheres of life, from applying for a job to participating in an athletic contest to vying for a date, we face competition. Does the size of the competition pool affect our propensity to behave unethically in our pursuit of the prize? We propose that it does.... View Details

Keywords: Unethical Behavior; Cheating; Competitors; Social Norms; Ethics; Behavior; Competition; Societal Protocols

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China Gambles on Modernizing Through Urbanization

By: Kristen Looney and Meg Rithmire

Contemporary discussions of urbanization and urban construction in China tend to focus on “ghost towns” on the one hand or urbanization as China’s silver bullet to growth and reform on the other. In this paper, we detail what China calls its “New Urbanization Policy.”... View Details

Keywords: Urban Development; Development Economics; Problems and Challenges; China

July–August 2017
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Why Outlet Stores Exist: Averting Cannibalization in Product Line Extensions

By: Donald Ngwe

Outlet stores are a large and growing component of many firms' retailing strategies, particularly in the fashion industry. Outlet stores offer attractive prices in locations far from central shopping districts. The main perspectives on why outlet stores exist can be... View Details

Keywords: Fashion; Industrial Organization; Outlet Stores; Price Discrimination; Retail; Channel Management; Luxury; Product Marketing; Price; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry

August 2010 (Revised January 2013)
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Urban Water Partners (B)

By: Karthik Ramanna, George Serafeim and Aldo Sesia

The case explores a new business venture to bring clean water to residents of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who otherwise cannot afford it. Management has enough money to get their company through August 2010, but needs more capital thereafter. An HBS alumnus is interested... View Details

Keywords: Human Needs; Accrual Accounting; Financial Statements; Health Industry; Utilities Industry; Dar es Salaam

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January 2001
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World Bank and Knowledge Management, The: The Case of the Urban Services Thematic Group

By: William E. Fulmer and W. Earl Sasser

The World Bank has implemented a knowledge management initiative. One of its communities of practice is to take the lead in a $50 billion commitment to address urban slums. The community of practice is struggling with its mission and how knowledge management can help. View Details

Keywords: Urban Development; Knowledge Management; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry

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La Nueva Ruta: alianzas sociales estrategicas (The New Path: Strategic Social Alliances)

By: James E. Austin, Gustavo Herrero and Ezequiel Reficco

Keywords: Strategy; Society; Alliances; Growth and Development Strategy

26 May 2015
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Life plays out in phases

After five years of working as a consultant in the international telecom sector, Julie Wolinsky (MBA 1998) left the full-time workforce to focus on family. (Published May 2015) View Details

30 Mar 2015
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Reconnecting Californians with their history

As foundation director of LaSeñora Research Institute, Patricia Nettleship (AMP 86, 1981) helps preserve the rich cultural heritage of the Rancho Era of early California through research and education programs. (Published March 2015) View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Making Dreams Attainable

Illustration by David Vogin HBS believes that leadership talent is more evenly distributed than opportunity across society and the world, and takes the approach that preparing future leaders for today’s challenges depends on having a... View Details

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Lynda Benglis Migrating Pedmarks 1998 | About

Lynda Benglis Migrating Pedmarks , 1998 Lynda Benglis (American, born 1941), Migrating Pedmarks , 1998, bronze with black-and-white patina. Courtesy the artist and Cheim & Read . © 2020 Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights View Details

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A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 | Baker Library

work at Polaroid Morse graduates from Smith College in art history and is hired by Polaroid. Polaroid net sales: $16,752,465. Net profit: $449,424. 1947 Demonstration of instant photography Land demonstrates instant photography for the American Optical View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit, Information, and the Courts

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

Portrait Project

Mike Cohen

impact I can have on my immediate family might not be as great as the impact they had on me, I have come to realize that it is my obligation to provide a better future for society as a whole. Injustices are still rampant in American View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Visual Collections

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

11 Sep 2018
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Bringing Government Up to Code

career change at that point and why you decided to join the nonprofit? Ingersoll: There's a lot of different things all sort of converging at once. I heard Robert Reich speak. He was a former Secretary of Labor, and he said that if we don't fix these problems in our... View Details

May 2023
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Gentrification and Retail Churn: Theory and Evidence

By: Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca and Erica Moszkowski

How does gentrification transform neighborhood retail amenities? This paper presents a model in which gentrification harms incumbent residents by increasing rental costs and by eliminating distinctive local stores. While rising rents can be offset with targeted... View Details

Keywords: Gentrification; Neighborhoods; Impact; Local Range; Transition; Civil Society or Community; Welfare; Economic Growth