Difference In Differences - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing

Manufacturers generally classify products in terms of broad product lines, developing a single marketing strategy and production plan for each line. That makes sense for marketing, but it's a mistake for production. View Details

Keywords: by Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond & David Weil; Consumer Products

28 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

money service, Oi Paggo, but ultimately decided to re-launch the service under a different model. Regulations that are too strict can stifle innovation. In Sri Lanka, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL)... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications

21 Aug 2023
Book

You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance

tenure. We’re seeing layoffs across the board, and senior employees aren’t protected from these headwinds,” she says. “When your identity is your job, it’s going to be harder for you to see your options. You won’t have as much flexibility to go View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

choices, they may still end up in racially segregated schools because racism has created a different motivation structure. Black parents, more than White parents, seek the highest-rated schools and are... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

01 Apr 2002
News

Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms

immediate impact on its P&L. This is why people systems, governance, culture, and leadership are so critical in professional service firms. How do “stars” differ from other managers? Tierney: We define stars... View Details

Keywords: professional service firms; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

24 Apr 2014
News

Extending goodwill to all in the global community

Industries for the Blind and the first blind person to graduate from HBS, Gibbons strongly believes in applying business skills to pressing societal problems. “By using the tools already at their disposal,” he says, "corporate leaders can... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

What’s New in Educational Innovation? A Few Highlights

provides a thorough understanding of the principles of finance — a toolkit for making smart financial decisions. Negotiation Mastery Participants are introduced to analytical tools and interpersonal techniques for dealing effectively with View Details

05 Sep 2023
Book

Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential

decades, says an intelligent failure differs from two other types of failures: a basic failure, which is caused by carelessness or ignorance, and a complex failure, which is caused by multiple factors, none of which would have caused the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Apr 2014
News

Providing education and opportunities to children in Pakistan

Seema Aziz (OPM 39, 2010), cofounder of Bareeze, a global luxury textile and clothing brand based in Pakistan, started the CARE Foundation to provide education and opportunities for children in rural... View Details

20 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Alumni and Students in Climate Networking Series: Boston

Moderator Mike Toffel explored different topics with the panelists, who offered their perspectives on the trends they’re seeing, as well as the challenges and opportunities that they face. Mitch Goldstein likened electricity to the early... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Teaching kids lessons in making choices and tradeoffs

to get up in the morning and you just feel joy in the rest of your life. “Look, all of us who go to HBS are going to spend a lot of our time ‘working,’ whatever that means to you. Doing something that you’re... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

"As different cultural traditions meet in the marketplace and inside organizations, managers face tough choices about the values that they and their organizations will live by," HBS professor Lynn Sharp... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

how elevated footbridges connect competing resorts in Las Vegas today, a true metaverse could allow users to hop between different and even competing worlds, rather than confining them to separate closed-off... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

18 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

don't want to discriminate, or don't want to treat people differently based on their demographic characteristics—fall into these stereotype traps because stereotypes have something to do with how the world is," says Bohnet. "As... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

January 2021
Article

How Personality and Policy Predict Pandemic Behavior: Understanding Sheltering-in-Place in 55 Countries at the Onset of COVID-19

By: Friedrich M. Götz, Andrés Gvirtz, Adam D. Galinsky and Jon M. Jachimowicz

The spread of COVID-19 within any given country or community at the onset of the pandemic depended in part on the sheltering-in-place rate of its citizens. The pandemic led us to revisit one of psychology’s most fundamental and most basic questions in a high-stakes... View Details

Keywords: COVID; COVID-19; Pandemic; Shelter-in-place; Personality; Government; Interactionism; Health Pandemics; Behavior; Personal Characteristics; Policy; Governance Compliance

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Lessons from Jazz in the Live Online Classroom

Trumpeter Miles Davis is heralded as one the most influential jazz musicians ever, helping to drive forward major evolutions in the genre. While he has inspired scores of jazz musicians over the decades, a View Details

24 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

This year the theme of Climate Week is highlighting what businesses and governments can do to meet their climate targets. In that spirit, we have reached out to recent alums working in the climate space and... View Details

11 Jul 2018

HBS Social Enterprise Information Session in Bay Area

This event is designed for prospective MBA candidates with an interest in social enterprise. HBS Admissions will be joined by the Social Enterprise Initiative and local alumni. During the session attendees will learn about the social... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective

a huge difference in economies," Nolan stated, adding that since drugstore.com entered the field, many more health-related Internet companies have followed. "Once a dot-com comes into an industry, the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

is really important to them. The implication is that this will lead to different behaviors and perhaps even different endeavors in the future. The first impulse for many has... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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