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- 31 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing
industry, finding that 17 percent were funding direct competitors in the same portfolio. One result: 30 percent fewer product introductions. McDonald's advice: Make sure your investment partner is acting in the best interests of your... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Reconsidering Retirement
require lifelong care; and at about the same time, Tuchman sold his company for a profit. “Those events really shaped the way I invest,” he says. Amid the dot-com boom, when “people were doing a lot of really dumb things with money in... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
funds, and money managers are natural active investors, but they have been shut out of boardrooms and strategy by the legal structure, by custom, and by their own practices." There are many reasons why shareholders have remained on... View Details
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
consider showing up for work?" Bill Bittner observed that, "Those boards that recognize the need for change early can use the existing talent to make it happen, and save both money and careers." Anshu Vats said, " . .... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
OPM Honors Marty Marshall with Professorship
has influenced legions of HBS students, especially those involved in owning and running their own businesses. Former student W. James Hindman (9th OPM) led the effort to fund the chair. "Marty changes the way you do business - you begin... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
factors,” says Kaplan, who cofounded Fashion To Figure in 2003 with his brother Nicholas. “It took nine months to find the right location. That’s two full merchandise seasons, a significant delay, especially when someone has given you View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
profits would have to go to charity. "To make money off that would be so tacky," he noted. From the outset, Newman eschewed costly market research and ignored industry wisdom that new product launches... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Martin V. Marshall Remembered
retired from the active faculty in 1993, was a marketing and advertising expert whose practice-oriented approach to teaching and course development left a lasting impact on countless Harvard MBA students and business leaders. “Marty was a... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
fund them. New research from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School professor Leemore Dafny suggests that many pharmaceutical companies may find it highly profitable to fund these... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
could well be a case study about an American manufacturer’s adaptation to the forces of globalization. Back in the 1990s, when the U.S. economy was in a high-tech, dot-com frenzy and China’s experiment with export-driven market economics... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
customer information. But now, conveniences such as Web browsers and "smart cards" (which today are used to store electronic money in several European markets and, in the future, could record an individual's... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)
involved with grassroots organizations in the Los Angeles area such as the Coalition for Clean Air and Heal the Bay, which is dedicated to cleaning up Santa Monica Bay. Through the Horn Foundation, which they founded in 1989, the couple also contributes View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 29 Aug 2024
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
they believe tech entrepreneurs have the power to catalyze transformation in Latin America. MAYA Capital starts by supporting the first round of funding—getting the team off and running, in order to raise the second round. “Most of the View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
not Cambridge, the heart of academia, but business-like Boston, seat of august money managers and the then-hottest management consulting firm around, The Boston Consulting Group, with whom all but three of our classmates (it seemed)... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 08 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Cutting in Line
No one likes to waste time standing in line. So why don't more people try to bribe their way to the front? Should companies allow some customers to move to the front of the line for a hefty fee? Is there a market for time? Felix... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
clients, most of whom had low skill and education levels. Marketing at first was fairly simple, said artisan baker David Ekstrom, a panelist at the session who joined the bakery a year ago as full-time manager. "They got the word out... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Speculation and Credit - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Vanity and Virtue Misers, Moneylenders, and Thieves Money Devil Biblical and Mythological Scenes Love and Money Politics and War Louis-Philippe Speculation and Credit Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen Stock... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
Lal, Rajiv, and Ishan Sachdev Abstract—Mobile money services are being deployed rapidly across emerging markets as a key tool to further the goal of financial inclusion. Financial inclusion, the development... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
team, also owned by Perini at that time. The team became a major sponsor of the Jimmy Fund, helping raise money for the treatment of children with cancer. Although the Jimmy Fund has mobilized a multitude of... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin