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- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
Alexander, and Amitabh Chandra Abstract—Many public and private efforts in coming years will focus on research in precision medicine, developing biomarkers to indicate which patients are likely to benefit from a certain treatment so that... View Details
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
teaching can help faculty resolve a basic dilemma of academia: promotion is often based upon our published research, and we find that responsibilities to teach detract from the mandate to publish. When approached properly, case studies can transform teaching into... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
privately held) or for shareholders (if it's public). The interests of the customers, the firm, and the owners become aligned by the customer actually paying for the product. In the nonprofit sector you rarely have this kind of alignment... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
entrepreneur—would take him far away from Calhoun, he returned in 1997 to give his three daughters the opportunity to grow up in the close-knit community he remembered from his childhood. He continued his work across the private and... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
really struck me about this, and that I really wanted to ask students about, is that Mark Zuckerberg is a very public figure. He's in every newspaper, every day. TV shows, media. He wants to be that public figure. All of a sudden he gets... View Details
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407089 Kristen's Cookie Co. (A) (Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 608-037 The student is starting his or her own business, baking make-to-order cookies. Basic times of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
asset class. In recent years, a growing number of individual and institutional investors have allocated a portion of their capital into agricultural farmland. Private investors, public companies, and sovereign wealth funds are now all... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Lara Hodgson
get paid immediately for a flat 2.5% merchant fee, which is akin to accepting a credit card for payment but at atypically lower fee. NOWaccount is not a loan or debt, it is simply a revenue accelerator like a merchant service, and it’s... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
relative importance of public agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and different types of private firms in developing precision medicines. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53560... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
Administración de Empresas. (Today INCAE is judged to be the best business school in Latin America and among the best in the world.) As part of my work there I conducted a three-year research project in Veraguas Province, Panama. My View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
Abstract Financial statements are the basis for a wide range of business analysis. Managers, securities analysts, bankers, and consultants all use them to make business decisions. There is strong demand among business students for course... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Day in IFC: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017), Africa - MBA
Blog MBA in the Field Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author GEO Staff Author HBS Faculty Author Harvard Community Author MBA Students Topics Topics Alumni Business Etiquette Culture Domestic Entertainment... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
particular setting. This paper exploits a plausibly exogenous change in the liability structure offered by a microfinance program in India, which shifted from individual to group liability lending. We find evidence that the lending model matters: for the same borrower,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
the private holder cap, and mini-public offerings. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/313091-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 914-405 Amul Dairy In 2013, Rahul Kumar, the managing director of Amul dairy, India's leading dairy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community
decisions, but eventually, many students face the decision of either going back to their previous role that sponsors their tuition or pivoting to a riskier role. This decision becomes more complex when they have to consider the interests... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
pivotal role in the industry during the 1970s by selling Iranian oil to Israel and South Africa. The case provides a means to explore the rationale and advantages of giant commodity traders, as well as enabling students to debate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
relaxed way of life. And I was explaining my fascination with this part. So it starts like this. In 1989, a group of American students arrived for a study abroad year at Yunnan University in Kunming, where I was studying. They were from... View Details
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
institutions of our capitalist system, which, if ignored, can undermine the legitimacy of the system. I provide some ideas on how to fix the problem. Working Papers Curbing Adult Student Attrition: Evidence from a Field Experiment By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
better than the risk for getting into the Internet." Startup Smarts Previous work experience is often the critical factor in helping an aspiring entrepreneur make the judgment calls necessary to spot and develop a good business opportunity. "I'm adamantly opposed to... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
College, and the ‘Bert King Award for Service’ from the African American Student Union at HBS. Ebony Magazine named him one of the top 150 influential people in America. He has often been quoted in many publications, including Black... View Details