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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
There’s already proof the transition is viable: A recent study in Switzerland found 51 percent of those surveyed said they now use their car less often having bought an e-bike. Micromobility adopters may ultimately decide to give up car... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
process. Using survey and interview data we analyze how a CSO's authority and responsibilities differ across organizations that are in different stages of sustainability commitment. We document increasing organizational authority of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Business: Current Issues, Future Directions offers a contemporary and forward-looking survey of the global sport industry, introducing the key themes, trends, and critical issues that will impact decision-making and strategy in the coming... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
is a myth, and how eliminating options leads to more choice. In the Spirit of Napa by Jennifer Raiser (MBA 1990) (Assouline Publishing) Rasier surveys Napa’s great local culinary establishments, legendary wine pioneers and cult labels,... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
services in Vietnam, for example, might go to an inner-city neighborhood of Boston with a high concentration of foreign nationals, to survey them on their banking habits and test out new ideas for changing these habits. Theory Into... View Details
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
to evaluate the link between dismissal costs and productivity. Drawing on establishment-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturers and the Longitudinal Business Database, our estimates suggest that wrongful-discharge protections... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
how is internal adaptation in employment practices linked to external shifts in gendered beliefs and practices? The authors began by comparing thousands of pages of the firm's internal documents, such as surveys and interviews, as well as... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
drugs? How frequently do physicians prescribe advertised drugs when other drugs or treatments may be equally effective? We surveyed a national probability sample of 643 physicians practicing in a wide variety of specialties. Data were... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
frictions play a first-order role in determining market prices. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49425 Popular Acceptance of Inequality Due to Brute Luck and Support for Classical Benefit-Based Taxation By: Weinzierl, Matthew C.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
porous as possible.—Karim R. Lakhani The result has been a product that even academics regularly consult. In late 2005, the scientific journal Nature conducted a study comparing 42 science articles in Wikipedia with the online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica. The... View Details
- 16 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
analytics to assess whether employees feel included on their teams and are treated fairly within their larger organizations. “These surveys should be broken down by demographic categories, including race and gender, to identify certain... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
between level of peer interaction, group and solo practice, and maintenance of certification exam performance. Design, Setting, and Participants: Longitudinal cohort study of 568 physicians taking the 2008 maintenance of certification exam. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
survey notes, more than half of HBS alumni launch a business. In this conversation, professors Tom Eisenmann and Bill Kerr discuss HBS’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, which empowers students to create an enterprise that has impact. Eisenmann... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Julia J. Lee, Bradley R. Staats, Jochen I. Menges, and Francesca Gino Abstract—Across the globe, people commute an average of 38 minutes each way. Several large-scale surveys indicate that lengthy commutes decrease... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
both in school and the work she’s doing at Xbox is shaping their future worlds. In a recent survey of Gen Z teens, around 30 percent list video games as their preferred entertainment, ahead of social media, television, and movies. And the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
Georges Viana surveyed a factory floor filled with silent, outdated machinery. Then, a quick, scuttling movement caught the corner of one eye: rats. He hadn’t known what to expect when he arrived in the city of Caen, 150 miles west of his... View Details
- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
observers are both looking back at what we've accomplished so far and looking ahead to what the future brings. The Harvard Business School faculty hasn't escaped this phenomenon. Plans have been made for a survey that will ask two... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs through a highly competitive fellowship program. The organization agreed to facilitate research on the many early-stage social entrepreneurs who applied to the annual program. The researchers followed up with a survey that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events - Recruiting
your event to help guide your team’s discussion. Providing students with an email address or an external feedback survey in your event details can help you gather intel on what interests students about your organization. Quick Tips:... View Details
- 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