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- 2023
- Working Paper
Channeled Attention and Stable Errors
We develop a framework for assessing when somebody will eventually notice that she has
a misspecified model of the world, premised on the idea that she neglects information that
she deems—through the lens of her misconceptions—to be irrelevant. In doing so, we...
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Gagnon-Bartsch, Tristan, Matthew Rabin, and Joshua Schwartzstein. "Channeled Attention and Stable Errors." Working Paper, August 2023. (Revise and Resubmit, Quarterly Journal of Economics.)
- January 2004
- Article
Cross-country Technological Adoption: Making the Theories Face the Facts
By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
We examine the diffusion of more than twenty technologies across twenty-three of the world's leading industrial economies. Our evidence covers major technology classes such as textile production, steel manufacture, communications, information technology,...
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Keywords:
Technology Adoption;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Development Economics;
Human Capital;
Government and Politics;
Trade;
Production;
Information Technology;
Steel Industry;
Communications Industry
Comin, Diego, and Bart Hobijn. "Cross-country Technological Adoption: Making the Theories Face the Facts." Journal of Monetary Economics (January 2004).
- 2019
- White Paper
Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy
By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed...
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Keywords:
Impact-Weighted Accounts;
IWAI;
Background;
Economic Systems;
Economy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Measurement and Metrics;
Financial Statements
Serafeim, George, T. Robert Zochowski, and Jennifer Downing. "Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy." White Paper, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, September 2019.
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
authority on leadership — sees this phenomenon as a sign of the times. "The transition from the industrial age to the information age is a huge shift," he notes. "In all of human history, there have only been two other socioeconomic...
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Management
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Leverage LinkedIn - Alumni
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- March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
- Teaching Note
Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-065. In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to...
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Keywords:
Disruption;
Communication;
Communication Strategy;
Decision Making;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Judgments;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Disclosure;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Controls;
Policy;
Employees;
News;
Cybersecurity;
Digital Strategy;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Management;
Internet and the Web;
Crisis Management;
Business or Company Management;
Resource Allocation;
Risk Management;
Negotiation Tactics;
Failure;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Perception;
Reputation;
Trust;
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
Health Industry;
Alabama;
United States
- 2018
- Chapter
Why Do So Many Chinese Students Come to the United States?
By: William C. Kirby
Many books offer information about China, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. The questions addressed in this unique volume provide a window onto the challenges China faces today and the uncertainties its meteoric ascent on the global horizon has provoked....
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Keywords:
Asia;
China;
Emerging Country;
Students;
Education;
Higher Education;
Globalization;
International Relations;
History;
Society;
Education Industry;
Asia;
China;
United States
Kirby, William C. "Why Do So Many Chinese Students Come to the United States?" Chap. 27 in The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power, edited by Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi, 219–230. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
- 2017
- Book
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Find, acquire, and run your own business. Are you looking for an alternative to a career path at a big firm? Does founding your own start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurs;
Small Companies;
Small Business Finance;
Negotiation;
Due Diligence;
Sourcing;
Search Funds;
Search;
Deal Sourcing;
Deal Structuring;
Funnel;
Debt Financing;
Small And Medium Enterprises;
Small Business;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Negotiation Deal;
Ownership;
Equity;
Borrowing and Debt
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company. Harvard Business Review Press, 2017.
- December 2007
- Article
Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization
By: Aldo Musacchio and Ian Read
The historiographies of Mexico and Brazil have implicitly stated that business networks were crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the importance of business networks have arisen. In the case of Mexico, the...
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Keywords:
Business and Government Relations;
Networks;
Business History;
Market Entry and Exit;
Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Markets;
Supply and Industry;
Banks and Banking;
Brazil;
Mexico
Musacchio, Aldo, and Ian Read. "Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization." Enterprise & Society 8, no. 4 (December 2007): 842–880.
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- March 2022 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Pakistan Rising: Bazaar's Growth Story (A)
By: Paul A. Gompers and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in September 2021 as Hamza Jawaid and Saad Jangda, co-founders of Bazaar technologies (Bazaar), the Pakistani high growth B2B e-commerce marketplace, are contemplating whether the year-and-a half old startup should also venture into offering financing to...
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Keywords:
B2B;
Business Model;
Emerging Markets;
For-Profit Firms;
Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology;
Value Creation;
Globalization;
Competition;
Expansion;
Profit;
Resource Allocation;
Diversification;
Corporate Strategy;
Pakistan
Gompers, Paul A., and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Pakistan Rising: Bazaar's Growth Story (A)." Harvard Business School Case 822-098, March 2022. (Revised February 2023.)
- 12 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks
managers to make decisions about pricing, product displays, or brand-related social media content. On one hand, that makes good sense because they are more informed about local conditions and customers than anyone at headquarters. On the...
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- March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales. These results were in marked contrast...
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Keywords:
Best Buy;
Hubert Joly;
Renew Blue;
Showrooming;
Webrooming;
E-commerce;
E-Commerce Strategy;
Online Retail;
Multichannel Retailing;
Omnichannel;
Marketplaces;
Turnaround;
Consumer Electronics;
Consumer Electronics Accessories;
Appliances;
Stores-within-stores;
Store Experience;
Store Size;
Store Pickup;
Store Management;
Delivery;
Delivery Models;
Amazon;
Amazon.com;
Pricing Strategy;
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Units;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
For-Profit Firms;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Music Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Theater Entertainment;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geographic Scope;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business History;
Cost;
Selection and Staffing;
Reports;
Technological Innovation;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Human Capital;
Leading Change;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Product Marketing;
Consumer Behavior;
Demand and Consumers;
Media;
Distribution;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Distribution Channels;
Infrastructure;
Product;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Programs;
Groups and Teams;
Sales;
Salesforce Management;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Information Technology;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Applications and Software;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Resource Allocation;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
United States;
Minnesota;
Minneapolis;
Saint Paul;
St. Paul
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Reinventing Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 716-455, March 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
and Richard Zeckhauser, the Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy; and The Wharton School’s Maurice E. Schweitzer, the Cecilia Yen Koo Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions. The different forms of deception The truth...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 13: Identifying Strategic Risk
By: Robert Simons
This module reading begins by describing the three sources of strategic risk—operations risk, asset impairment risk, and competitive risk—and demonstrates how these risks can undermine an entire business. To assist in the identification of these risks, the risk...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Execution;
Risk Assessment;
Operational Control;
Asset Impairment;
Franchise Risk;
Fraud;
Strategy;
Information Management
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 13: Identifying Strategic Risk." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-113, November 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
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4. General Policies - MBA
4. General Policies Welcome to HBS Being a Student at HBS 1. Academic Information & Policies 2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct 3. Financial Obligations 4. General Policies 4.1 Student Travel 4.2 Student/Faculty Ventures 4.3 Missing...
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California - Global
white-collar jobs typically pursued by MBA graduates. Informed by the latest research, this case explores generative AI's potential impacts on work, productivity, value creation, and the labor market. November 2023 (Revised April 2024)...
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- April 2023
- Technical Note
An Art & A Science: How to Apply Design Thinking to Data Science Challenges
By: Michael Parzen, Eddie Lin, Douglas Ng and Jessie Li
We hear it all the time as managers: “what is the data that backs up your decisions?” Even local mom-and-pop shops now have access to complex point-of-sale systems that can closely track sales and customer data. Social media influencers have turned into seven-figure...
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Parzen, Michael, Eddie Lin, Douglas Ng, and Jessie Li. "An Art & A Science: How to Apply Design Thinking to Data Science Challenges." Harvard Business School Technical Note 623-070, April 2023.
- 13 Mar 2023
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Should Leave
give fair and balanced responses, but you should not discuss these opinions with anyone else in the organization at any time before your departure. Sequence your communications. Once the formal timing of the announcement of your departure is agreed on, you need to make...
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by John Quelch
- 23 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?
analysts put their initial opinions through additional levels of scrutiny, in which they evaluate more qualitative information from sources such as interviews with management, suppliers, and partners, and an in-depth review of underlying...
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by Ben Rand