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- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
The programs reduce some pollution, or get rid of some waste, but they require a new allocation of money every year.” And when times get tight, that allocation is often first on the chopping block. In short, “Those top-down point solutions have not been shown to be... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
proposition. It aims to explore effective curricular and programmatic responses as opportunities for MBA programs to innovate. The paper also aims to call for collective action across the business school field to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
“which is a fancy way of referring to all of the things you don’t have as a new company—products, knowledge, connections, resources.” The most common and effective way to make up for that lack is to find someone who can help you overcome... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
but I'm the steward. I aspire to that HBS mission of being a leader who makes a difference." The metrics show that CEE is effecting change. Last year, 10,000 students took part in the National Economic Challenge, almost View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
than doubling the unit cost of the aircraft. The amount of electronics equipment in a modern fighter aircraft is astounding. An Air Force general captured the essential change: "In the past, the Air Force used to buy airplanes and... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
liberal. To double check, the researchers ran the numbers excluding Scandinavia and found they still held up. “The idea that language affects a business strategy is pretty fundamental to our results” Furthermore, they performed a unique... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
private information is directionally strong, managers, at announcement, provide guidance and use language that points statistically in the opposite direction. This effect is more pronounced when, post-announcement, management insiders... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and change the mix of marketing promotions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
after his third entreaty - a telegram - she acquiesced. Her column, titled "If I Were a Negro," helped the sales of Johnson's magazine to double overnight, from 50,000 to 100,000. "That was a turning point in my career," said Johnson.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
Campaign for Harvard Kennedy School, was so pleased with the innovative course that he doubled his commitment. Mayo notes another unexpected incident during the stay—a labor protest that, in part, targeted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
raise funds from outside investors. The relationship appears not to be causal but instead driven by selection effects across heterogeneous teams with varying degrees of inequality aversion. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—This paper studies the effect of corporate and personal taxes on innovation in the United States over the 20th... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
senior executives specializing in everything except sales. “The number of executives reporting to the CEO in the average S&P 500 company has doubled in the last 20 years,” says Frank V. Cespedes, a senior lecturer in the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
challenging in the past, and remains so today, the book argues that one reason was how they have both been defined. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52778 forthcoming Journal of International Economics The Real View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-028.pdf Do Not Trash the Incentive! Monetary Incentives and Waste Sorting Authors:Alessandro Bucciol, Natalia Montinari, and Marco Piovesan Abstract This paper examines whether monetary incentives are an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
Saint-Etienne saw the interest rates on one of its major loans rise from 4 percent to 24 percent in 2010, due to the depreciation of the pound sterling. In total, losses on toxic loans doubled the city's debt levels. More than 72% of the... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
New weather patterns brought on by climate change will require updated farming practices, effective water management, and innovative pest and disease management in the Midwest and around the globe. Increasingly, the business community is... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 06 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
A Letter from the Women in Investing Club
who did not have backgrounds in investing to effectively make a career switch. Looking back on the year, the strength of our community was consistently cited as a differentiator for our group. Over the course of the two semesters... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
motivation. Should bonuses be tied to quotas or should they be given unconditionally? Is it better to use bonuses as a reward or as punishment? A randomized field experiment at a large Indian company investigated these questions, finding that conditional bonuses were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
Evaluation, a paper published in 2011. “We know racism and sexism exist. The question is what can we do about it?” Parsons has made a habit of asking surprising questions about economic issues, looking at situations where small factors have an unexpected View Details