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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
building. Her banker, however, refused to loan her all the money she needed. That should not have come as a surprise given that her school’s enrollment would fill only three of the twelve floors, and Russo had no plans to sublet the rest... View Details
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
firms and created its own incubator. This includes a monthly competition where employees can submit business proposals and the winner receives funding and other company resources. The company also hosts an annual competition to identify... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
tantalizing glimpses of HBS, the 1980s Wall Street market rally, temporary insanity, and true love. The Cathedral Builder: A Biography of J. Irwin Miller by Charles E. Miller Rentschler (MBA 1964) (AuthorHouse) Rentschler has based this... View Details
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
methodologies for detecting "tunneling," or efforts by firms' controlling owner managers to take money for themselves at the expense of minority shareholders. We find that, in contrast to prior views, Indian business groups are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
the more general reader interested in national parks. The Health Care Consumer’s Manifesto: How to Get the Most for Your Money by Deborah Dove Gordon (MBA 1999) Praeger Health care consumer policy expert Deborah Gordon offers a guided... View Details
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
countries through both formal business relationships and informal contacts. Formal mechanisms run the spectrum from direct financial investment in overseas businesses that pursue technology opportunities to facilitating contracts and View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
IEEE Security & Privacy Accountable? The Problems and Solutions of Online Ad Optimization By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Online advertising might seem to be the most measurable form of marketing ever invented. Comprehensive records... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Steven B. Belkin (MBA '71) began his highly successful travel and financial services marketing enterprise, Trans National Group, a few years out of HBS. G. Peter Bidstrup (MBA '59) started to put together the Doubletree Hotel chain in the... View Details
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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development, Project Code SX-70 Introducing One-Step Photography TAKING THE PRODUCT TO MARKET Impact of the New Medium Medium of Artistic... View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
should hire for curiosity, model inquisitiveness, emphasize learning goals, let workers explore and broaden their interests, and have “Why?” “What if ?” and How might we ?” days. Doing so will help their organizations adapt to uncertain View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
every hand in the class went up. Needless to say, the faculty had never seen such eagerness to participate before. Some people began playing multiple cards. To rectify this unfairness, we brought market discipline to the fore and started... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
is constrained. We assess these predictions by examining how the 1996 repeal of certificate-of-need (CON) legislation in Pennsylvania affected the market for cardiac surgery in the state. We show that entry led to a redistribution of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Unseen looks at how companies, advertisers, and artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries used images of “the Indian” to promote the railroad, market specific messages, or sell a range of products that included coffee and... View Details
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
resulting currency position tends to rise in value when equity markets fall. This strategy works well for investment horizons of one month to one year. In the past 15 years the risk-minimizing demand for the dollar appears to have... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
know-how. It was here in Santa Clara County that the idea of venture capital was born when Arthur Rock (MBA '51) funded the invention of the silicon-based semiconductor that would give the Valley its name and its identity. It was in a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
Holdings, a $300 million fund with investments in several restaurant concepts including Tatte Bakery, CAVA, Life Alive, BJ’s Restaurants and Clover Food Labs. Christian, can you walk me through how the management team at Inspire Brands... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
in part because they simply treat their players well. “Living in a place you like carries a certain nonmonetary value, and a lot of our players like living in St. Louis,” he adds. “We’ve also been fortunate to enjoy a culture of winning, and that gives us an advantage.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
new water systems or repair deteriorating ones, there is money in water. Already a big business attracting major corporate players such as General Electric, Siemens, ITT, Suez, and Tyco, water is a $400 billion global industry. While just... View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
trust. Why is One Report important now? "The capital markets and our planet have simultaneously reached a fork in the road. One path continues the status quo. The other and new path is a commitment to a better society, stronger financial... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Abstract—General Motors was once regarded as one of the best managed and most successful firms in the world, but between 1980 and 2009 its share of the U.S. market fell from 62.6% to 19.8%, and in 2009 the firm went bankrupt. In this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne