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- 23 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why White-Collar Crime Spiked in America After 9/11
cutbacks Previous studies have delved into the fact that the threat of prison time and fines can deter white-collar criminals from committing crimes that can greatly harm corporations, investors, and consumers alike, not to mention... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
required employees to uphold all regulations and “act with integrity in all that we do.” When the panel of three judges took a look at the argument, however, they threw it out of court as irrelevant. “We think the statements in Cigna’s... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
at the Princeton endowment and I remember my boss at the time saying ‘Listen, we’re giving you this opportunity not because you’re an MBA student, but because you’re in a joint degree program.’ He saw having an MPP in addition to an MBA... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology
people with infertility was, as well as the potential commercial viability of this technology. Last fall, I made the decision to start a company that focused on the embryo selection problem, which I then... View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
James Dimon, MBA 1982
hatches to prepare for tough times ahead; and as a charismatic leader who focuses on recruiting, training, and developing the people in his organization. While competitors imploded during the economic... View Details
- 07 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
Conference Co-Chair Laura Romine reflected on the experience: “Chairing the Climate Symposium with Angela and Nina was one of the most important experiences of my time at Harvard Business School. The (green) energy was palpable View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
"Luxury, Technology, Integration"
customers who did not have time to go to a physical luxury store or simply did not have one near them. I came to the MBA program to explore my passion for fashion and luxury goods as business, a passion... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
Companies that outsource merely to shuffle off commodity work to save costs might be missing important opportunities to work with vendors and significantly improve the final product. "When it comes to the outsourcing of many complex professional services, the world is... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2022, over 65 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that students worked at this summer... View Details
- 22 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'
that particular dynamic hasn't seemed to spread as much as people feared it would. Is that part of the mystery? Greenwood: Yes. This [chart shows] the federal funds effective rate. It's a very good summary... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
in Washington politicians. Fairly or not, people have become willing to believe that executives, as a class, are greedy and dishonest. However natural it might be to ask how so many executives—not to mention accountants, investment... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
Innovation Labs. Previously, Joseph Lassiter, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, Retired, and Srikant Datar, the George F. Baker Professor of Administration and Dean of the Faculty, served View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
American," a case study authored by Mukunda with Lisa Mazzanti and Aldo Sesia (both case researchers at HBS). The case follows several key events in the career of Cynthia Carroll (HBS MBA 1989), who from 2007 to 2013 served as chief... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
encourage more aggressive write-offs of so-called non-performing assets, such as retail stores still in operation but performing below a certain level, as well as the creation... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Portrait Project
Shivangi Goel
to provide high quality care for hundreds of patients with COVID-19 in a converted conference ballroom without any of the usual resources. This experience defined me and how I deal with adversity, pain and suffering. In just a few months I lost more patients than I had... View Details
- 3 PM – 4 PM EST, 11 Dec 2017
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Entrepreneurship: Failing Well
Most ventures fail. Most lives are built on journeys that did not get to their desired destination. How can we think about failure as a necessary part of growth and learn to fail well? View Details
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
We can be forgiven, especially this time of year, for questioning a decision our predecessors made just over a century ago. In the 1910s, Americans decided to make personal and corporate income taxes a permanent feature of the United... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
making certain types of public risk management less necessary. How this pans out is something that I plan to pay close attention to in the coming years. Q: Your book seems particularly timely given all the recent debate View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
and implications for new browser upstarts such as Firefox and Camino. Do they stand a chance against Internet Explorer? Yin says Microsoft's entrenchment in corporate IT, the maturation of the PC market, and the technical difficulty many... View Details
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
As business goes global, pressure is increasing for adoption of a single set of accounting standards worldwide. In this e-mail interview, Harvard Business School professor Gregory S. Miller discusses this trend and India's unique position... View Details