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- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
(Form 8888 allows refund recipients to send refunds to up to three destinations, a policy initiative partly spurred by my and D2D's work.) Third, the concept of gifting savings and buying savings is very exciting. I've developed some... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
that he had sold several million books about a certain Travis McGee. MacDonald wrote, “I am now thinking of, in the next novel, gifting him McGee with an American Express Credit Card! It would make Poe’s bit about the pit and the pendulum... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
messy. But if you fold your cards after one attempt, you’re never going to get there. Video: Professor Francesca Gino on Difference Video: Professor Francesca Gino on Difference So how do we get started building inclusion? Gino: What I... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
big byproduct is using this introductory effort to cross-sell consumer use of the product. How many times have we used something at work that we incorporate into our personal lives? Plenty! —Gary Ambrosino (MBA 1988) You may want to market these View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
gift cards for pulling off impressive projects, or even just by saying “thank you” for a job well done. “Cash matters in people’s lives, but it’s not all that matters,” says Whillans, who researches what... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Portrait Project
Tathagata (TAT) Sarkar
1. His name is Richard Feynman. Other than winning the Nobel Prize in physics, he was a bongo drummer, master lock picker, and gifted painter. He was a man of infinite curiosity. 2. He was not Harry Houdini. The magician in a by-lane in... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
is an exclusively Canadian service that helps savvy consumers save money on gift cards and provides a secure environment to exchange unwanted gift View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- Portrait Project
PJ Kim
gifts were not always so celebrated and encouraged. When I was growing up in Louisiana, my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Grace, gave me the first of many "Bs" on my report card for... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
money on gift cards and provides a secure environment to exchange unwanted gift cards into cash. Superdome offers the first Building Integrated... View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
Luca, whose past research has focused on platform design. For example, Luca and his colleagues reached out to online rating app Yelp several weeks ago to explore ways the company might help small businesses dealing with the crisis. Among other initiatives, he pointed... View Details
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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
accompanied by original itemized receipts or invoices that at a minimum include: student name, date of purchase, item purchased, amount paid, and if appropriate, method of payment. Expenses paid by credit card may be incurred by eligible... View Details
- Web
Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
and honor the land itself, which remains sacred to the Massachusett People. Click on the images below for more information about each work in the exhibition. The Ghost Dance . Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Trade Card (verso). Advertising... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Lovepop Woos The Sharks
Between two matching bids, the Boston-based company—which creates cards that open to reveal intricately designed 3D structures—chose Shark Kevin O’Leary’s $300,000 offer for 15% of the company. We talked to Rose about pitching the Sharks,... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
interpretation by providing evidence against alternative mechanisms, such as income effects, human capital accumulation, and trade-induced changes in inequality. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54797 View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007), president and CEO of Baskits, one of Canada’s leading gift services companies, about why she chose Baskits, how she weighed the personal and professional risks, and how she found a competitive advantage in... View Details
- 08 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career
staff community projects program that organizes offsite charitable activities, such as Habitat for Humanity. In addition, Velocity rewards employees with $1,000 cash contributions to their charities of choice and peer to peer ‘flash’ awards of Kiva View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Village: Learning and Living at HBS
gift – an unparalleled support system. When my husband Zach McNally (MBA 2023) and I arrived in Boston in July 2021, our son Thomas was barely a year old. As relatively new parents, we were still figuring out the ropes. We were ready for... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
adding that he sent out 500 printed cards announcing the formation of Paulson & Co. Then, he says with a laugh, “I sat by the phone waiting for it to ring.” No one called, but he persevered, managing his own money while knocking on doors.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
seniors' money by offering a caregiver-managed debit card account with personalized spending controls and extra protection from fraud and scams. Johnston likens the growing opportunities in aging to the old high school science lesson of... View Details
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
outstanding debt. Concerned consumers can help by buying gift cards from their local businesses, a small gesture that can help Main Street shops stay afloat. “That’s an excellent way to get money into these... View Details