Publications

03 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment

Donald Trump has not issued an official platform on student debt, although he has referenced reducing college costs and lowering interest rates on student loans. Hillary Clinton has offered a variety of proposals. Echoing Bernie Sanders,... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Education

Panel Discussion

Chief Executive Officers’ Dialogue: Towards an Agenda for Inclusive Growth in Africa

By: Robert Gumede, Aziz Mebarek, Jubril Adewale Tinubu, Catherine Samba-Panza, Euvin Naidoo, Donald Kaberuka and Lerato Mbele

2019
Working Paper

The Effect of Payment Choices on Online Retail: Evidence from the 2016 Indian Demonetization

By: Chaithanya Bandi, Antonio Moreno, Donald Ngwe and Zhiji Xu

The Indian banknote demonetization in 2016 was one of the most significant international events of that year. Overnight, 86% of Indian currency in circulation was declared invalid unless exchanged for new bills. The sudden and unexpected demonetization constituted a... View Details

Keywords: Cash On Delivery; Online Retail; Product Returns; Payment Methods; Digitization; Emerging Markets; Currency; Internet and the Web; Demand and Consumers; Retail Industry; India

2018
Working Paper

Opportunistic Returns and Dynamic Pricing: Empirical Evidence from Online Retailing in Emerging Markets

By: Chaithanya Bandi, Antonio Moreno, Donald Ngwe and Zhiji Xu

We investigate how dynamic pricing can lead to more product returns in the online retail industry. Using detailed sales data of more than two million transactions from the Indian online retail market, where price promotions are very common, we document two types of... View Details

Keywords: Cash On Delivery; Dynamic Pricing; Online Retail; Payment Methods; Strategic Customer Behavior; Opportunistic Returns; Price; Policy; Consumer Behavior; Emerging Markets; Retail Industry

SSRN

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

individuals who (with a few exceptions, like the Donald Trumps of the world) prefer to fly under the radar, even while investing significant amounts of their own capital in various startups. So it’s been hard to study them, and the work... View Details

Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking

04 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions

After Donald Trump won the US presidency in 2016, many Americans who hadn’t voted for him wondered: What exactly motivated so many other voters to choose him? It was a question right in the research wheelhouse of Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Trump’s Tariffs Could Harm Allies as Much as Opponents

After many on and off signals, President Donald Trump pulled the trigger March 1 and announced he would slap long-term duties on steel (25 percent) and aluminum (10 percent) imports next week. The last imposition of tariffs on steel by... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini; Steel; Manufacturing

September 1983
Article

Budgetary Time Bombs: Controlling Government Loan Guarantees

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Donald R. Lessard and Scott P. Mason

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Government and Politics; Financing and Loans

January 1987 (Revised January 2002)
Case

Baker Precision Instruments, Inc.

By: Ramchandran Jaikumar, Roy Shapiro, Donald Rosenfield and Kathryn E. Stecke

A rapidly growing machine parts manufacturer is trying to decide whether to acquire an advanced Flexible Manufacturing System or Systems. The selection decisions must address the impact of new technology, the effect of setup times on production planning and capacity,... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Cost vs Benefits; Machinery and Machining; Production; Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry

20 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

series, gathers in a basement studio at HBS with Desai and Oberholzer-Gee, as well as the occasional guest, to talk about current events, pop culture, and pet peeves. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance; Moon is the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation

05 Sep 2012
What Do You Think?

Will Business Management Save US Health Care?

In this regard, Donald Shaw commented that "We are nowhere close to concerning ourselves with controlling healthcare when we have not defined adequately what it should accomplish and can accomplish for those who are asked to pay for... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

07 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President

shifts are apparent in the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump, a Republican, has recently been trying to soften his anti-abortion position amid signs he may be losing support from women.... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

Article

Determining Our Destiny: Do Restrictions to Collective Autonomy Fuel Collective Action?

By: Frank J. Kachanoff, Nour Kteily, Thomas H. Khullar, Hyun Joon Park and Donald M. Taylor

December 2004
Article

Prevalence and Incidence of Androgen Deficiency in Middle-Aged and Older Men: Estimates from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study

By: Andre B. Araujo, Amy B. O'Donnell, Donald J. Brambilla, William Simpson, Christopher Longcope, Alvin M. Matsumoto and John B. McKinlay

Keywords: Information; Health; Gender Characteristics; Massachusetts

January 2019
Teaching Note

The Golden Triangle: Back in Business (A)

By: William R. Kerr, Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman and Donald Maruyama

Purchase

November 2018
Supplement

Zalora PH: Solving the Profitability Challenge by Hiding Discounts Online

By: Thales S. Teixeira, Donald Ngwe, Leandro A. Guissoni and Samy Dana

Purchase

Article

Celebrating the Work of Keith Murnighan

By: Donald E. Conlon, Max Bazerman, Deepak Malhotra and Madan M. Pillutla

In this tribute, four scholars highlight research published during the career of 2015 International Association for Conflict Management Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Keith Murnighan. In the four sections of the paper, each scholar highlights one of Keith’s... View Details

Keywords: Conflict Management