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- 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10
Ariely Publication:Health Affairs 31 (February 2012) Abstract Policies that mandate calorie labeling in fast-food and chain restaurants have had little or no observable impact on calorie consumption to date. In three field experiments, we... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
with less efficient governments. The findings suggest that country-level factors have an economically significant impact on the rate of corporate profitability mean reversion. The study has implications for forecasting profitability and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
to dealers with whom they have the strongest ties, and more so during periods of market turmoil. Systemically important dealers exploit their connections at the expense of peripheral dealers as well as clients, charging higher markups... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
for a deep discussion of the bases for variable compensation in sales, including observability of effort and outcome, risk aversion, team vs. individual pay and the marginal impact of effort. The context is also an interesting and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
joint evaluation, making joint evaluation the money-maximizing evaluation procedure. Our findings are compatible with a behavioral model of information processing and with the System 1/System 2 distinction in behavioral decision research... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
determine which unique capabilities your company values the most. K-12 On the Brink: Why America’s Education System Fails to Improve, and Only Business Leadership Can Fix It by Tom Coyne (MBA 1984) Independently published Ask yourself... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
JOSM and proposed research themes are presented in hopes that they will inspire impactful research on service operations. These themes are further developed in a companion article, “Service Operations: What’s Next?” Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
telecommunications to tobacco and soft drinks. The dangers of excessive market concentration are greater in finance, however, because of the systemic importance of credit to the economy and the now widely held belief that governments must... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
stock, GE CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) made the decision to cut the company's annual dividend for the first time since 1938. It was gutting for Immelt. He knew the financial impact such a move would have not just on the company, but also on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
each one of us receives from this community are very important. I want to thank all of you for participating in this support system and for sustaining the unique set of values that defines HBS. "Stacey M. Childress (MBA '00), director of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- Web
Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
as the “noble savage” and “manifest destiny.” Seen and Unseen examines what is pictured, and more importantly, what is not shown in these representations. It investigates how they inaccurately depict the lived experiences of hundreds of diverse Native communities and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
the Student Association (SA) and began one of the most active tenures of any SA president in recent memory. "I was motivated by the people at HBS and wanted to make a positive impact on the community," explains the friendly and outgoing... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
bookmakers interact? Will Betfair.com naturally come to dominate the industry, and if so how should the bookmakers react? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709417 Boston Teacher Residency: Developing a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
two-parent families in the United States with children reported both parents working full-time in 2015—up from less than a third in 1970. For some, there has been a tangible impact on their professional lives, with 30 percent of the Pew... View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
presumes that only women have a gender. By studying men and masculinity, we were able to highlight that men too have a gender and to examine how organizations influence the way men enact their gender. Q: Can you explain the "image of invulnerability" and its... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
entrepreneurs have to build the full stack. Morrell: Which usually means developing both the ultimate product and the infrastructure that underpins it, says Alex. Think of Amira having to build not only the consumer-facing website for BulkWhiz, but also its last-mile... View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
improving internal systems and measurement methodologies as necessary, it can re-evaluate what is included in its categories of risks, opportunities, and choices. One Report challenges management to be much more granular about how they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
existing electronic system for tracking opioid prescriptions. Today the group will have the chance to review a bill from the office of Georgia State Senator Renee Unterman, chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. She now... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
relies on Costco as a distributional partner, which adds credibility as well as helps to the brand without overspending on advertising. A logistics system allows Vizio to import televisions from a manufacturer in China in just-in-time... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
with each other over the Internet to buy and sell products and services from one another securely. Ghosh founded Open Market after selling his first company, Appex, which developed a payment system for the cellular telephone industry. Now... View Details