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  • 18 Jun 2015
  • News

Should companies eliminate audits?

  • 02 Jul 2020
  • News

A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life

  • November 2010
  • Case

Bling Nation

By: William A. Sahlman and Liz Kind
Bling Nation, a Palo Alto, CA startup, was founded in 2007 as a mobile payment service provider that bypassed industry participants such as Visa and MasterCard. Bling Nation partnered with local community banks and merchants in small towns. The banks provided their... View Details
Keywords: Culture
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  • 16 Oct 2017
  • News

Gun waiting periods could save hundreds of lives a year, study says

  • May 8, 2020
  • Article

Which Covid-19 Data Can You Trust?

By: Satchit Balsari, Caroline Buckee and Tarun Khanna
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a tidal wave of data, but how much of it is any good? And as a layperson, how can you sort the good from the bad? The authors suggest a few strategies for dividing the useful data from the misleading: Beware of data that’s too broad... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Pandemics; Analytics and Data Science
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  • 02 Sep 2011
  • News

Do Customers Hate Waiting?

  • 24 Jan 2022
  • News

COVID-Hit Citizens Don’t Just Blame Govt. Buck Is Passed on to Democracy Too, Survey Finds

  • 07 Jun 2021
  • News

Three Strategies for Winning the Post-pandemic War for Talent

  • 23 Feb 2017
  • News

If Democrats Want to Challenge Trump, They Need a New Strategy

    Structural Impediments to African Growth? New Evidence from Real Wages in British Africa

    Recent literature on the historical determinants of African poverty has emphasized structural impediments to African growth, such as adverse geographical conditions, weak... View Details

    • 2012
    • Book

    Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way you Work

    By: Leslie A. Perlow
    Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps you in touch with your team and the office—but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and... View Details
    Keywords: Time Management; Internet and the Web; Groups and Teams; Performance Productivity; Globalized Firms and Management; Service Industry
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    • July 2004 (Revised January 2007)
    • Case

    H&R Block and "Everyday Financial Services"

    By: Peter Tufano and Daniel Schneider
    H&R Block, the U.S. market leader in tax preparation services, must decide whether to offer financial services to its low-income clients. H&R Block is facing increased competition from branded and nonbranded tax preparers, and the number of returns prepared by the... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Management; Income; Taxation; Product Development; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • October 2016
    • Case

    Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery

    By: Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta
    In 2013, Sam Frons founded Addicaid—a mobile application (app) that allowed people in addiction recovery to track their progress, check in with counselors, and connect with others in recovery programs. The app was grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy and used the... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Health Interventions; Substance Use Disorder; Addiction Treatment; Addiction Recovery; Scale; Innovation; Health; Health Disorders; Health Industry; New York (city, NY)
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    • 29 Jun 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: June 29, 2007

      Working PapersEconomic Catastrophe Bonds Authors:Joshua D. Coval, Jakub W. Jurek, and Erik Stafford Abstract The central insight of asset pricing is that a security's value depends on both its distribution of payoffs across economic states and state prices. In fixed... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • October 1996 (Revised April 1997)
    • Case

    Tweeter etc.

    By: John T. Gourville and George Wu
    In the early 1990s, Tweeter etc., a small regional retailer of higher-end audio and video equipment, faced increasing competitive pricing pressures from several large regional and national consumer electronics chains. In response, in 1993, they introduced "Automatic... View Details
    Keywords: Advertising; Customer Focus and Relationships; Price; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain Management; Competition; Electronics Industry; Retail Industry
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    • 13 May 2014
    • News

    Arianna Huffington's Tips on How to Feel Better and Get More Done

    • 19 Feb 2021
    • News

    Was a three-week trip to New Orleans for work or vacation? Both.

    • 03 May 2016
    • News

    There Are Multiple Issues With Multitasking

    • 10 Mar 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

    Administration should be targeting with subsidies. "My point is that not everyone who wants the money to start a business necessarily deserves it; and that wealthy people are often able to start inadvisable businesses because they don't need to undergo the reality... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
    • March 2018
    • Article

    Polluted Morality: Air Pollution Predicts Criminal Activity and Unethical Behavior

    By: Jackson G. Lu, Julia J. Lee, F. Gino and Adam D. Galinsky
    Air pollution is a serious problem that influences billions of people globally. Although the health and environmental costs of air pollution are well known, the present research investigates its ethical costs. We propose that air pollution can increase criminal and... View Details
    Keywords: Pollutants; Behavior; Moral Sensibility; Crime and Corruption
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