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- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. The survey first examines the magnitude of immigration as an economic phenomenon in various host countries. The second part deals with the assimilation of immigrant workers into host-country labor View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey
It's easy to run a company in an up market. OK, sort of easy. But a down market is something else again, and what a roller-coaster year the past year was, said six entrepreneurs in a panel discussion at the 2002 Dynamic Women in Business... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
the question of where to apply it to a team of experts—tech gurus as well as specialists in asset management, regulation jurisdiction, and operations. The team eventually landed on private equity. O’Grady offers the example of a fund closing to illustrate its... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
the ways and means of fostering art, which is often seen as a sort of afterthought of Maslow’s hierarchy, so to speak: Get your basic needs done and then move on to art. And yes, it often happens that way . But I often think of [poet] Bertolt Brecht: ‘In the dark View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
relatable—they can help listeners understand what makes HBS distinctive and how it’s making a difference in the world,” explains Brian Kenny, HBS’s chief marketing and communications officer and host of “Cold Call.” Two to three View Details
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
was an example of a firm leaving its market, while in A&P's case, the market left the firm. Both were like the proverbial frog being boiled in a gradually warming pot of water. By the time they realized... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
the French exiles and describes their businesses and their successes. “Once you have been trained to be a management consultant, writing comes relatively easily. One gets used to thinking and putting one’s thoughts together whenever time... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Marriage, Inc.
The census figures tell the story: In the 35-plus age bracket, there are 28 million single women but only 18 million single men. For today’s mature single woman looking to get hitched, the approach must be proactive, methodical, and targeted — not unlike a View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
two-sided marketplace, it must achieve a critical mass of both employers and employees in each market to be successful, an endeavor that takes time and resources. Focusing on a small number of states would... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
and focus it up the supply chain and let the market forces determine which of the growers, processors, and distributors are going to succeed and be responsive to these market opportunities,” says Kendall.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
mortgage market work? Our notion is that if government guarantees matter at all, they matter in a time of crisis. If there is a housing bust, it will be amplified by the reluctance of private investors to... View Details
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
themselves. Now more than ever, American society needs this kind of exchange of ideas.” Bill added, “All it takes for evil to flourish is for good people to remain silent.” Jesteeleconsult commented, “Looking the other way in times of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
spun off into a nationwide program Teach to One, which Kim profiles in a new HBS case. The program has since been started in 15 schools in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Access: The New York View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
Ashraf, an associate professor in the Negotiations, Organizations, and Markets unit at Harvard Business School. “Asking them to apply something that's been generated somewhere else isn't involving them in the process” But there's a dearth... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
investments in research and development, was emphasized by several respondents. Mark Hopkinson remarked that "most big companies rely for their tech pipeline of new products on the innovation that comes from small business, acquiring companies, products or rights... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
Bank of Chicago, told the audience. For instance, an extended growing season or double cropping for farmers may be possible with a focus on precision farming. “In some ways, it seems like the Midwest may benefit ... but at the same time... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
engineer for Boeing. At that time there were rows and rows of engineers sitting at desks, as far as you could see — it looked like an assembly line. After six months or so, I decided I didn't want to be one of those guys, I wanted to be... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
Cassie, A.V. Whillans, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Time and money are scarce and precious resources: people experience stress about having insufficient time and worry about having insufficient money. This chapter reviews research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Paulson Advocates Regulatory Reform
2008 financial crisis. Now Paulson has emerged as a strong advocate for tough regulatory reforms. Before a packed student audience in Burden Hall in late February, Paulson said, “At the time we went to Congress for TARP authority, I knew... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
responses interact with those of other actors, and how these individual and collective responses unfold over time to generate outcomes. Second, we call for stronger unification of theory within the entrepreneurial resource mobilization... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman