Publications

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

10 May 2016
First Look

May 10, 2016

gathering tasks. We use the framework and examples of successful research studies in the nancial reporting literature to clarify how data-gathering choices affect a study’s ability to achieve its goals and conclude by showing how the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

October 2006 (Revised February 2007)
Background Note

How Media Choices are Changing Online Advertising

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett

What is the response by advertisers as media consumption moves to the digital medium? Provides an overview of online advertising in mid-2006 and discusses the impact of an increasingly fractured media landscape and its accompanying expanding advertising options. View Details

Keywords: Digital Marketing; News; Media; Emerging Markets; Internet and the Web; Perspective; Disruption; Journalism and News Industry

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

certificate. Public Education Leadership Project (PELP) Summer Institute Taught by a team of faculty members from Harvard Business School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Harvard Kennedy School, PELP Executive Education programs... View Details

November 2008
Background Note

Welcome to a Wireless World

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett

Wireless technologies and mobile devices have played crucial roles in the evolution of the digital ecosystem. This note looks at cell phones, smartphones, mobile technologies, and popular applications noting companies that are positioned to capture the value engendered... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Product; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Industry

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract— We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in six countries parsing granular CEO diary... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Taylor Callery Scroll the main story to read all alumni submissions or jump to a specific case here: “Suzuki Samurai” Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) “Johnson &... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Research Research Invisible Primes: Fintech Lending with Alternative Data By: Marco Di Maggio , Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara & Don Carmichael MAR 2022 Will the use of alternative data to assess borrowers’ creditworthiness result in broader credit access? Using administrative... View Details

05 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 5

prepay for participating merchants' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can benefit affiliated merchants: price discrimination and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2010 (Revised May 2012)
Case

Drilling Safety at BP: The Deepwater Horizon Accident

By: Stephen P. Kaufman and Laura Winig

Following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico explosion and oil spill on the Deepwater Horizon, public attention focused on BP's safety record, practices, and management culture as the primary cause of the disaster. Drawing on public sources this case traces the circumstances... View Details

Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Practice; Safety; Energy Industry; Mexico, Gulf of

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AASU50 - Alumni

Stansbury, Jr., MBA 1973 Walter L. Ross, MBA 1973 Terry L. Jones, MBA 1974 Stephen R. Bryant, MBA 1974 Harry G. Walker, III, MBA 1975 Jonathan L. Weaver, MBA 1975 Frank E. Lattimore, MBA 1976 Anita R. Goodman, MBA 1977 Sylvia C. Carroll,... View Details

September 1998 (Revised August 1999)
Case

IBM's Lotus Development in 1999

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter

Describes Lotus' acquisition by IBM, its movement from proprietary standards to open standards, and its current market position. Microsoft is gaining ground with its Exchange Server, and Lotus has received unfavorable press. View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Product Marketing; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry

January 2010
Article

The Role of Experience in the Gambler's Fallacy

By: Greg Barron and Stephen Leider

Recent papers have demonstrated that the way people acquire information about a decision problem, by experience or by abstract description, can affect their behavior. We examined the role of experience over time in the emergence of the Gambler's Fallacy in binary... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Making; Forecasting and Prediction; Knowledge Acquisition; Outcome or Result; Game Theory; Prejudice and Bias

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Bibliography – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction The Hawthorne Plant Employee Welfare Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room Enter Elton Mayo Human Relations and... View Details

September 1991 (Revised December 1991)
Case

G. Heileman Brewing Co. (A): Power Failure At PowerMaster

By: Stephen A. Greyser

In June 1991, Heileman announced plans to introduce a high-alcohol malt liquor under the name PowerMaster (PM). Although the company claimed PM would be positioned as an upscale product and marketed on the basis of its superior taste, minority advocates and alcohol... View Details

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Ethics; Lawfulness; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers; Market Entry and Exit; Food and Beverage Industry