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- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818089-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 919-401 The Reputation of the 'World's Most Prestigious Award': The Nobel Prize Nobel Foundation leadership is addressing a range of issues related to its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
attempt to squelch their demands for independence. Cover photo for Imperial Reckoning, Central Province, Kenya, c. 1954 (Photo credit: Popperfoto/Retrofile.com) The research became the basis for her 2005 book Imperial Reckoning, which won the 2006 Pulitzer View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
competition results. The analysis showed a significant relationship between an entrepreneur's gender and whether a pitch had been successful. Male entrepreneurs were 60 percent likelier to receive a funding prize than were female... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
very difficult to measure quality, this ceteris paribus proviso often precludes convincing empirical assessments of the magnitude of status effects. We address this problem by examining the impact of a major status-conferring prize that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
engaging 2,500 commentators, ultimately selecting four finalists who will benefit from an advisory network of health care industry leaders (including many HBS alumni), be the subject of a teaching case, and receive a cash prize of over... View Details
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
their areas." Stuart, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, was recently awarded the 2007 Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship, an award given every two years to... View Details
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
historian and Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullogh. I've heard that it's a nitty-gritty account of how they achieved sustained flight—against all odds and through industriousness, patience, and relentless experimentation. Robert Kaplan... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
so as well? What do you think? Or do you need more time? Original Article Behavioral economics has fascinated us at least since Daniel Kahneman became the first psychologist to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002. It has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
constraints the other party faces. Often when your counterpart's behavior appears unreasonable, his hands are tied somehow, and you can reach agreement by helping overcome those limitations. The third is to view onerous demands as a window into what the other party... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
of other extraordinary work followed, including The Visible Hand, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977. In 1917, two-thirds of the CEOs of these companies were either Presbyterian or Episcopalian. If you were anything else, chances are... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
teaching. By the end of his first year, Thomas was the first first-year professor to ever be nominated for the teaching prize at Wharton. Question All Assumptions Managing "across differences" is one of the most difficult and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
activities makes them less attractive to leader brands. They prefer, ceteris paribus, heavier, less scalable promotional activities, like in-store demonstrations, big prize sweepstakes, and the like, which are less affordable for... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
create a bigger problem going forward. Anytime the government manages a risk, it must also manage the moral hazard, and the current crisis is no exception," Moss concluded. Innovation Will Continue University Professor Robert Merton, who received the Nobel View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
potential American demand for prize-linked savings accounts, an account that awards prizes as part of the saving product's return. In October 2006, Centra Credit Union launched a prize-linked savings pilot. As part of that initiative, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
place an undue burden on workers who don't have the interest, time, or expertise to manage their finances. A pioneer in translating finance and mathematics into practical, Wall Street-ready models, Merton was awarded the 1997 Nobel Memorial View Details
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
the intense concerns regarding China's growing interest in Australia's prized natural resources sector? Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709007 Busse Corporate Center Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
prize in Newark, New Jersey. It provides an opportunity to debate the political and ethical responsibilities of businesses in repressive regimes as well as the challenges faced by entrepreneurs operating in countries with different value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
behavior and cognition miss. The chapter seeks to establish a theoretical foundation for a turn towards historicism in entrepreneurial studies, which is already partly underway. The authors stress that the path will not be easy, but that the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
windfall in order to make the state a less attractive prize to potential insurgents. We put forward a model that makes that prediction, as well as the additional predictions that the recipients of the aid may themselves become more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
and Erik Hurst Abstract For over three centuries and throughout the globe, people have enthusiastically bought savings products that incorporate lottery elements. In lieu of paying traditional interest to all investors proportional to their balances, these View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne