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01 Jun 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Star Search

company can learn about the work there. If your work is highlighted, you understand and see the impact of that work. From Baker Library: Want to learn more about the latest trends in attracting, hiring, and retaining talent? Read PwC's 2018 Global CEO View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

fair trade activists were aware that these provisions lacked enforcement power. They needed the government on their side. So Gleason and Philip conducted a statewide survey of more than 1,200 California druggists, which tracked falling... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

30 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 30

The Tokyo Stock Exchange Survey David F. Hawkins and Jin YamamotoHarvard Business School Case 112-017 Tokyo Stock Exchange survey raises questions about Japan's readiness to adopt IFRS in 2016. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

imposing costs on marginal ones. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52388 Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey By: Amel-Zadeh, Amir, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

what we find using data from the online platform we study, but we also confirmed this result in a nationally representative survey of consumers. At the market level, we find that more stringent occupational licensing regulation actually... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

Michael Morris and Paul Ingram at Columbia Business School, we surveyed Executive MBA students in Beijing, Shanghai, and New York, asking them detailed questions about their professional networks. These executives first identified... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

correlation between these two series over time. Purchase the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13755 Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis Authors:Peter Tufano, Nick Maynard, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve Abstract This paper... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Dec 2016
Op-Ed

The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth

critical (but often neglected) part of the economy, all at a low cost to taxpayers. Gallup and other surveys show high support for small businesses. However, programs that support small businesses are not popular for superficial reasons.... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

07 Sep 2016
What Do You Think?

How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?

So it was with great interest that I looked over the results of a recent small, unscientific survey by McKinsey of what CEOs were reading this summer. The most frequently mentioned book somehow had escaped my attention: The Seventh Sense:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

particular climate change. Responses to climate change pit energy providers and manufacturers—for whom the costs of adjustment are likely to be high—against the general public interest in restraining temperature increases. In this contest, the concentrated interests... View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

28 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance

And consumer finance businesses are the touch points between the financial system and millions of consumers. Despite its size and importance, we had ignored this sector almost entirely in our curriculum. Q: Was HBS alone in not offering a consumer finance course? A:... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Financial Services; Education

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

Here is a survey of what is happening in these four areas: Record Prices Record prices are being paid for property in the U.S., but also in Europe and Asia. In the U.S. records were broken for the most paid for a single building ($1.8... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

28 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates

variation of online shopping. Rather than just study the problem, they also came up with a possible solution: Virtual Dates. The researchers began their work by talking to online-dating-site users about their experiences, supplementing these conversations with View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Publishing

15 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics

and inspiring confidence.” Crafting a Life You Love Beside her love for a bold lip as part of her professional persona, Dozie did not have any work experience in the beauty industry, but that didn’t stop her drive. “I began by creating Google View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

20 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

designed to determine whether Apple CEO Tim Cook’s vocal opposition to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 2015, which he saw as discriminatory against LGBTQ individuals, would influence public opinion on the new law. First, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Web

Trends and Insights: Board Leadership Diversity and Organizational Performance - Blog: RGE Report

https://www.conference-board.org/press/press-release-board-diversity-2023#:~:text=The share of reported female,2022 to 25%25 in 2023.) shows that the number of women on S&P 500 boards has increased. The same is true for directors from racially and ethnically diverse... View Details

31 Jan 2018
Blog Post

Tiffany Nida’s Amazon Journey: “I Continue to Grow Because They Keep Giving Me Responsibility.”

Reflections on the right fit Surveying her career at Amazon to date, Tiffany believes she has found “a special place” that’s particularly suited to her ambitions. “They encourage people to move around a lot, both functionally and across... View Details

Keywords: Technology

Fast Answer

Stock Pitching: company, industry and market research

Industry Surveys cover industry trends, forecasts, major players and market share data, key ratios, and statistics. Click on the "Markets" tab on the top menu bar. From the pop-up window, select "Industry... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors

better search and retrieval of information. Committee members are also developing survey questions and coordinating interviews with career liaisons and club career coordinators to assess alumni awareness, preferences, and needs in career... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Sep 2016
First Look

September 13, 2016

the industries in which they are most prevalent. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47648 Harvard Business School Case 916-407 Survey Masters LLC (B) No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details

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