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- 2010
- Working Paper
Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions
By: Lisa L. Shu and Max Bazerman
We explore interventions at the individual level and focus on recognized cognitive barriers from behavioral decision-making literature. In particular, we highlight three cognitive barriers that impede sound individual decision making that have particular relevance to...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Judgments;
Consumer Behavior;
Environmental Sustainability;
Cognition and Thinking;
Prejudice and Bias
Shu, Lisa L., and Max Bazerman. "Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-046, November 2010.
- 2014
- Chapter
Banking Union: Challenges and Consequences
By: Huw Pill
Pill, Huw. "Banking Union: Challenges and Consequences." Chap. 10 in Bearing the Losses from Bank and Sovereign Default in the Eurozone, edited by Franklin Allen, Elena Carletti, and Joanna Grey, 129–142. Philadelphia: FIC Press, 2014.
- 1993
- Book
Financial Services: Perspectives and Challenges
Hayes, Samuel L., III, ed. Financial Services: Perspectives and Challenges. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1993.
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
engagement on problem solving and of an organization-wide information campaign. First, the phenomenon of patient-safety information campaigns: Such campaigns increase the frequency of frontline workers'...
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- 2005
- Book
Problems and Cases in Health Care Marketing
Gourville, John T., John A. Quelch, and V. Kasturi Rangan. Problems and Cases in Health Care Marketing. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005.
- December 1984
- Article
Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem." Journal of Economic Theory 34 (December 1984): 383–387.
- Article
Internal Deadlines, Drug Approvals, and Safety Problems
By: Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun and Danielle Li
Absent explicit quotas, incentives, reporting, or fiscal year-end motives, drug approvals around the world surge in December, at month-ends, and before respective major national holidays. Drugs approved before these informal deadlines are associated with significantly...
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Keywords:
Health;
Economics;
Government and Politics;
Innovation and Invention;
Research;
Science;
Biotechnology Industry;
Health Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Cohen, Lauren, Umit Gurun, and Danielle Li. "Internal Deadlines, Drug Approvals, and Safety Problems." American Economic Review: Insights 3, no. 1 (March 2021): 67–82.
- 2006
- Article
The Numbers Problem
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Keywords:
Problems and Challenges
Hsieh, Nien-he. "The Numbers Problem." Philosophy & Public Affairs 34, no. 4 (2006): 352–372.
- September 1981 (Revised December 1988)
- Case
John Street Problem
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Keywords:
Problems and Challenges
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "John Street Problem." Harvard Business School Case 382-028, September 1981. (Revised December 1988.)
- March 2017
- Article
Challenges for Empirical Research on RPM
By: Alexander MacKay and David A. Smith
This article discusses the empirical challenges that researchers face when demonstrating the existence and effects of resale price maintenance (RPM). We outline three approaches for finding price effects of RPM and the corresponding hurdles in data and methodology. We...
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Keywords:
Antitrust Issues And Policies;
Antitrust Law;
Resale Price Maintenance;
Welfare Economics;
Price;
Competition;
Research
MacKay, Alexander, and David A. Smith. "Challenges for Empirical Research on RPM." Review of Industrial Organization 50, no. 2 (March 2017): 209–220.
- October 1997
- Article
Profit Maximization Problem
By: David Hemenway and Elon Kohlberg
Hemenway, David, and Elon Kohlberg. "Profit Maximization Problem." Economic Inquiry 35, no. 4 (October 1997).
- December 1983
- Case
ADM and the Corn Gluten Feed Problem
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "ADM and the Corn Gluten Feed Problem." Harvard Business School Case 584-073, December 1983.
- 15 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions
Keywords:
by Lisa L.Shu & Max H. Bazerman
- 14 Nov 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Parallel Search, Incentives and Problem Type: Revisiting the Competition and Innovation Link
- 10 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Unobserved State Fragility and the Political Transfer Problem
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by Faisal Z. Ahmed & Eric Werker
- February 2011
- Module Note
Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization
By: Diego A. Comin
Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization is one of the core modules in Business Government and the International Economy (BGIE), a course for the required curriculum of the Harvard Business School. BGIE teaches the economic, political and historical...
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Keywords:
Fluctuation;
Business Cycles;
Trade;
Business Education;
Curriculum and Courses;
Capital;
Cash Flow;
Globalization;
Problems and Challenges;
China
Comin, Diego A. "Business Cycles and the New Challenges of Globalization." Harvard Business School Module Note 711-064, February 2011.
- December 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
France Télécom (A): A Challenging Restructuring
These cases explore the impacts of industry shocks, resulting corporate actions that had a devastating impact on employees, and the legal conviction of corporate leaders for “institutional harassment."
This case series follows the evolution of France... View Details
This case series follows the evolution of France... View Details
Keywords:
Health & Wellness;
Human Resource Management;
Strategic Change;
Leadership & Corporate Accountability;
Leadership And Change Management;
Leadership And Managing People;
Change;
Restructuring;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Health;
Human Capital;
Human Resources;
Labor;
Labor and Management Relations;
Labor Unions;
Law;
Social Psychology;
Strategy;
Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Organizations;
Problems and Challenges;
Relationships;
Crisis Management;
Organizational Culture;
Employees;
Well-being;
Telecommunications Industry;
Europe;
European Union
Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Ashley V. Whillans. "France Télécom (A): A Challenging Restructuring." Harvard Business School Case 721-420, December 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- 2009
- Case
Ludo (A): Ludo Press and the Newsvendor Problem
By: David F. Drake and Nils Rudi
Keywords:
Problems and Challenges
- May 2011
- Article
Incentives and Problem Uncertainty in Innovation Contests: An Empirical Analysis
By: Kevin J. Boudreau, Nicola Lacetera and Karim R. Lakhani
Contests are a historically important and increasingly popular mechanism for encouraging innovation. A central concern in designing innovation contests is how many competitors to admit. Using a unique data set of 9,661 software contests, we provide evidence of two...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Innovation and Invention;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Value;
Applications and Software;
Competition;
Performance;
Theory;
Practice
Boudreau, Kevin J., Nicola Lacetera, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Incentives and Problem Uncertainty in Innovation Contests: An Empirical Analysis." Management Science 57, no. 5 (May 2011): 843–863.