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- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
corporate leaders speaking out on social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their core business. In the first study of this phenomenon, we investigate how CEO activism can influence public opinion about these issues... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2014
- Blog Post
Discovering a new organization and state as an intern
last 5 years in Boston taking road trips all over New England, so I am excited to explore a new area and enjoy the lakes and mountains in the region. Maybe I’ll even drive the 45 minutes across the border to... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) and other providers to build their telepsychiatry programs and meet the needs of under-served populations. “Our support allows patients to see providers remotely... View Details
- November 2012 (Revised July 2012)
- Supplement
Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd (C): Anthony Pierce of John Lewis
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Alex Godden
The "Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd" case series focuses on entrepreneurial selling, and is based on an older case study, "Deaver Brown and Cross River Inc." (9-394-042). It concerns two entrepreneurs, Andrew Sullivan and Hope Abasi, who have designed an innovative... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Management; Sales; Marketing; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
Cespedes, Frank V., and Alex Godden. "Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd (C): Anthony Pierce of John Lewis." Harvard Business School Supplement 813-106, November 2012. (Revised July 2012.)
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 28 Sep 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
What Can Economics Say About Alzheimer's Disease?
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
Investors in these countries need to demand more integrated reporting by the companies they invest in. Companies need to actively engage with various stakeholders and identify View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 13 Jun 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Learning to Become a Taste Expert
- 01 Jan 2014
- News
Competing with Privacy
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
typical consumers think. That's fine if you only want to keep making incremental improvements to your products, says Jill Avery, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a former brand manager at... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)
The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details
- March 2003 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement
Examines the political and economic dimensions of the campaign to improve workers' rights around the world through the inclusion of labor standards in international trade agreements. The U.S.-Cambodia Textile Trade Agreement was the first agreement of its kind to link... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Rights; Working Conditions; Globalization; Consumer Products Industry; Cambodia; United States
Abrami, Regina M. "Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement." Harvard Business School Case 703-034, March 2003. (Revised September 2004.)
- 28 Apr 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
When Smaller Menus are Better: Variability in Menu-Setting Ability and 401(k) Plans
Keywords: by David Goldreich & Hanna Halaburda
- 07 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips
strategy, and develop a hobby—all to face weeks on the road interviewing at far-flung institutions. Rouen teaches in the Accounting and Management Unit, having recently completed his own job hunt, which... View Details
- December 2023
- Article
What Can Stockouts Tell Us About Inflation? Evidence from Online Micro Data
By: Alberto Cavallo and Oleksiy Kryvtsov
We use a detailed micro dataset on product availability and stockouts to construct a direct high-frequency measure of consumer product shortages during the 2020-2022 pandemic. We document a widespread multi-fold rise in stockouts in nearly all sectors early in the... View Details
Keywords: Prices; Stockouts; Inventories; Supply Disruptions; COVID-19 Pandemic; Supply Chain; Product; Demand and Consumers
Cavallo, Alberto, and Oleksiy Kryvtsov. "What Can Stockouts Tell Us About Inflation? Evidence from Online Micro Data." Journal of International Economics 146 (December 2023).
- Web
IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog
observe and interact with business leaders engaged in decarbonization including renewable energy production and storage, and sustainable production of industrial View Details
- 21 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The $15 Billion Question: Have Loot Boxes Turned Video Gaming into Gambling?
in-game-spending-obsessed customers, known in industry parlance as “whales,” who make up just a small percentage of players. Regulators’ and consumer protection groups’ concerns are justified for whales, for... View Details
Julian De Freitas
Julian De Freitas is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit, and Director of the Ethical Intelligence Lab, at Harvard Business School. He earned his PhD in psychology from Harvard, masters from Oxford, and BA from Yale. He teaches... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
ongoing scrutiny on the part of government regulators, who themselves experience a wide range of pressures from consumer and other advocacy groups." Emmons argues that ultimately the notion that government... View Details