by HBS Working Knowledge - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

policy that reflects Americans' nuanced, evolving sense of fairness. They are a part of what makes our economy, and our society, work. And that knowledge might even make writing that check on April 15th a bit less painful. This article... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

11 Sep 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size

Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Ramana Nanda; Banking

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

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

working paper, "Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship". The news that successful experience, or performance persistence, pays off may not be news at all. But HBS researchers were surprised at just how... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

has to drive over 70 miles to work each day. Meanwhile, the Copenhagen climate conference ended with no agreement, and the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, proposed by Representatives Henry... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Sep 2000
What Do You Think?

Whither the Information Economy?

the end is better products and services. According to Bob DeNoble, "... information is a tool to help get the real work done. It enables us to produce food, clothing, and shelter, run our transportation and banking systems, and keep... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

that body of knowledge was derived primarily from companies in the United States, Europe, and Japan. But as emerging markets in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America continue to grow, so does an interest in how they came to be... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

02 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Spending on Happiness

Can money buy you happiness? Yes—so long as you spend the money on someone else. According to new research, giving other people even as little as $5 can lead to increased well-being for the giver. That's the insight into the secret of happiness View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

06 Nov 2018
Research & Ideas

8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End

Isao Okada of Osaka Seikei Univerity and HBS marketing professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser—a longtime student and observer of the Olympics—conducted extensive field research at 10 of the 12 Summer Olympics sites since the 1972 Munich... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Sports

30 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides

their products and downplay risks, fearing that any negative sentiment might hurt demand. But research led by Ryan W. Buell, a professor in the HBS Technology and Operations Management Unit, and doctoral... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922

reprinted—and thereby according to the author "exposed"—the techniques of book canvassers, atlas salesmen, and lightning-rod peddlers. While it is not clear that Patterson was familiar with any of these scripts, it is likely that his agents, many of whom had... View Details

Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

up until the point (and even after) the company tumbled off a cliff. Indeed, HBS professor Mark Bradshaw and collaborators Scott Richardson and Richard Sloan found that pre-year 2000 forecasts and recommendations done View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

2005 on business solutions for alleviating poverty. The work combines chapters from a variety of perspectives—business, academic, government, nonprofit—to examine the nature of poverty, how the poor can become producers as well as... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

Move over, venture cap. There's a new kid on the block. It's the business incubator, and it has the potential to remake the way businesses are launched in the Internet economy. Incubators are not really new, of course. "They've been around a long time," said... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

13 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

resolve it from the "client's" standpoint. But what seems natural to us from a business perspective needs to be informed by the knowledge of people who have studied public health for a long time,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

05 Nov 2024
Research & Ideas

AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen

the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: HBSWK, made with assets generated by Firefly, an artificial intelligence tool, and from AdobeStock/Ziyan and... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Technology

November 2007
Case

Differences at Work: Emily (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon

In Differences at Work: Emily (A) HBS Case No. 9-408-014 Emily, a private equity analyst, reads disturbing, sexually focused emails written about her by work colleagues and acquaintances after they all attended a work-related social event. Emily debates what she should... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Gender

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15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

their quest for revenue generation. It can also be risky and difficult to finance a hybrid: Venture capitalists may be turned off by the idea of funding an organization preoccupied with its social mission, while charitable foundations may... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Stuti Agarwal

Stuti is a PhD student in Consumer Behavior at Harvard Business School. She completed her Bachelors in Economics and Psychology from Boston University in 2019 and went on to complete her MPS in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University in 2020. She... View Details

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