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  • November 2019
  • Article

When and Why Defaults Influence Decisions: A Meta-analysis of Default Effects

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Shannon Duncan, Elke U. Weber and Eric J. Johnson
When people make decisions with a pre-selected choice option—a “default”—they are more likely to select that option. Because defaults are easy to implement, they constitute one of the most widely employed tools in the choice architecture toolbox. However, to decide... View Details
Keywords: Choice Architecture; Defaults; Default Effects; Decision Making; Behavior; Analysis
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Entrepreneurs and the Co-Creation of Ecotourism in Costa Rica

By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Between the 1970s and the 2000s, Costa Rica became established as the world’s leading ecotourism destination. This working paper suggests that although Costa Rica benefited from biodiversity and a pleasant climate, the country’s preeminence in ecotourism requires more... View Details
Keywords: Tourism; Latin America; Business History; Sustainable Strategy; Sustainability; Nonprofit; Entrepreneurs; Environment; Entrepreneurship; History; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; Costa Rica
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Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

efficiency and prosperity. Key Concepts Productivity Competitivenss is determined by the productivity with which a location uses its human, capital, and natural endowments to create value. Microeconomic Foundations Productivity ultimately... View Details
  • 24 Jun 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

“An Unfair Advantage”? Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing

Keywords: by Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina & Josh Lerner; Banking
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

How Major League Baseball Clubs Have Commercialized Their Investment in Japanese Top Stars

By: Isao Okada and Stephen A. Greyser

When a Major League Baseball club signs a Japanese star player, it obviously tries to commercialize its investment in the player. The initial focus is on home attendance (ticket sales) and television audiences, plus merchandise sales. These elements are similar to... View Details

Keywords: Commercialization; Sports; Revenue; Sports Industry; Japan; United States
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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

of Investments at the McKnight Foundation, reflected on how to effectively advance the organization’s net-zero strategy. The foundation had committed 10% of its endowment to building a portfolio of impact investments and was among the... View Details
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Frameworks - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

globe with the overarching goal of value for patients. Drivers of Competitiveness Competitiveness is the productivity with which a location (nation, state, city or region) uses its human, capital, and natural endowments to create value.... View Details
  • July 2023
  • Article

So, Who Likes You? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

By: Ravi Bapna, Edward McFowland III, Probal Mojumder, Jui Ramaprasad and Akhmed Umyarov
With one-third of marriages in the United States beginning online, online dating platforms have become important curators of the modern social fabric. Prior work on online dating has elicited two critical frictions in the heterosexual dating market. Women, governed by... View Details
Keywords: Online Dating; Internet and the Web; Analytics and Data Science; Gender; Emotions; Social and Collaborative Networks
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South Sea Bubble | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction Links to South Sea Bubble Exhibition RESEARCH PORTAL Browse BROWSE THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE COLLECTION Explore MARKETING & FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS Essay "THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE AFTER 300 YEARS" ESSAY BY EMMA ROTHSCHILD, JEREMY AND JANE KNOWLES PROFESSOR OF... View Details
  • 07 Jun 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

How Short-Termism Invites Corruption--And What to Do About It

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
  • 29 Mar 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

An Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania

Keywords: by Diego A. Comin; Entertainment & Recreation
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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

its endowment to building a portfolio of impact investments and was among... May–June 2025 Harvard Business Review Sustainability as a Business-Model Transformation By: Ivanka Visnjic, Felipe Monteiro and Michael L. Tushman Many global... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

The Burden Legacy

on boards and committees in support of the arts. He died in 1989. The brothers’ commitment to the visual arts influenced the Burden family’s philanthropic support of Harvard. In addition to Burden Hall with its cutting-edge design, the family has View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
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Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

and Robert S. Kaplan “The fundamental goal of economic policy is to enhance competitiveness, which is reflected in the productivity with which a nation or region utilizes its people, capital, and natural endowments to produce valuable... View Details
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About - Global

Brazil. 2004 Gayle and Robert F. Greenhill (MBA Class of 1962) establish the Gayle and Robert F. Greenhill Family Endowment for Global Research, providing permanent funding to support the School’s international research and course... View Details
  • 20 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say

equity. More importantly, HBS endowed me with the critical reasoning and communication skills to tackle any real-world case that I encounter (In this way, the value of the HBS MBA is less obvious). I have confidence knowing that, no... View Details
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Stages of Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

as a sequence of stages, each with a different set of economic characteristics and challenges. Factor-Driven Stage The first stage is the Factor-Driven Stage, in which competitive advantage is based exclusively on endowments of labor and... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

Publishing 27% Endowment Distribution & Current 18% Executive Education Tuition 14% MBA Tuition & Fees 8% HBS Online 2% Housing, Rents, & Other MBA Tuition and Fees Student tuition and fee revenue from the MBA program increased 21 percent... View Details
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Christina R. Wing and Sophia Pan May 2025 | Case | Faculty Research Elizabeth McGeveran, Vice President of Investments at the McKnight Foundation, reflected on how to effectively advance the organization’s net-zero strategy. The foundation had committed 10% of its... View Details
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HBS - Key Metrics

22 28 33 40 46 Unrestricted Reserves 247 227 211 174 129 Endowment 5,132 5,086 5,265 4,092 3,985 Total Assets $6,639 $6,603 $6,755 $5,558 $5,420 MBA 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Incoming Class Applications 8,149 8,264 9,773 9,304 9,228... View Details