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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
MBA in a box over the Internet for 59 bucks. So the MBA title has come to mean less because the label now covers a rapidly proliferating set of things.” That’s not the only issue worrying Dean Light and his counterparts at the nation’s... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
dormant at the time. But with the growth of the microprocessor and of biotechnology in the late 1970s, as well as the deregulation of the airline and financial services industries, new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs were created.... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
Increased financial disclosure standards on such issues as executive compensation should provide more useful information for investors, policy makers, and regulators. But do the companies themselves benefit? What researchers are now... View Details
- 21 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores
inventory without the need to step foot in a bookstore; and then Amazon launched the Kindle e-book service in 2007, challenging the very idea of a physical book. “Not only had the traditional buying channels fundamentally shifted, but the... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
of the common contracts people sign with themselves each year. If you have resolved to eat healthier, try ordering your groceries a week in advance of delivery. Internet delivery services make it all too... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
it this way, privacy has been losing ground rapidly with the ascendancy of big data and the Internet of things. The retreat of privacy has been aided by personal use of networking apps like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, search devices... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
John D. Hertz
Hertz founded the Yellow Cab Company in 1915 as a way to provide transportation services at a modest price. At the time, livery services were targeted only to the upper... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
history with Harvard University and the B-School. With them was Jarred Dore from Richard White Sons, the general contractor. What I saw made one thing clear: Dormitory living ain’t what it used to be. We’re talking a private bathroom in every room, a double bed,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
point is not whether public or private providers deliver the service but the efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness of that service,” says Jeremy Pelczer (AMP 162, 2002), president and CEO of American... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
Starbucks the world's fastest- growing global brand. "We're fortunate because coffee and the coffeehouse concept have cross-cultural relevance," Smith observes, predicting that the company will have a presence in fifty countries by 2005. "Our stores View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
few months will be working on the Internet sector in Brazil. "Just because the world is becoming more globalized doesn't mean that everything is going to look like Silicon Valley. "I also have a background in venture capital and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Career Coach
Philippe Taieb
since 2013. Besides providing career counseling, Philippe assists his clients with what keeps them up at night and what their pain points are. He enjoys meaningful connections. Philippe has 25 years of professional experience, in the... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
competitors in a local market. We provide evidence that these results are due to a sorting effect, whereby firms trade-off service quality and price, and in turn, the incumbent attracts View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jan 2002
- What Do You Think?
Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?
age and with it comes a price: privacy. If monitoring is a good way to provide security, so be it." Have we become so accustomed, however gradually, to the idea of oversight that surveillance in the name of transparency is a mere... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion and Sustainability By: Cole, Shawn A., and A. Nilesh Fernando Abstract—We examine the role of management in agricultural productivity by evaluating a mobile-phone based agricultural advice View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
Demand: Model and Estimation Methodology Authors:Nathan Craig, Nicole DeHoratius, and Ananth Raman Abstract To set service levels, firms must understand how changes in service affect customer demand. Supply... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
and great-grandmothers in the African-American community have always taught young people to help others in need. That's the sort of wisdom that anyone would do well to follow." Lillian Lincoln Lambert, the first African-American woman to graduate from HBS, grew her... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
women—whose careers could provide some insight into these questions. “I wanted to understand what it is that they did to crack the code,” Kraus says of her research. Through interviews, Kraus and her research team found some common... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
As is clear to anyone who pays medical insurance premiums or has undergone any kind of medical procedure, the business of health care is an expensive one. The technology is expensive. The research is expensive. The services are expensive.... View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
like this.” Concentrate on the best profit opportunities. Small-business owners must identify their most valuable products and services and eliminate everything else. If a restaurant’s tried-and-true burger has a stronger gross profit... View Details