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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

07 Oct 2014
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http://sloanreview.mit.edu/x/56113 Working Papers The Federal Reserve's Abandonment of Its 1923 Principles By: Rotemberg, Julio J. Abstract—This paper studies the persistence and some of the consequences of the eventual abandonment by the Federal Open View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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The Route of the Exhibition - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

exhibition, research, and classroom use. The exhibition’s themes of industry and advertising were of interest at HBS, where marketing had been part of the curriculum since 1914. In 1932, the first full course in advertising, entitled... View Details

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

Global health care is entering its most challenging era, with increasing demand for services from consumers newly arrived in the middle class, under-served people, and rapidly aging populations, all the while dealing with the need to... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

Programs By: Hanson, Samuel G., David S. Scharfstein, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We develop a model of government portfolio choice in which a benevolent government chooses the scale of risky projects in the presence of market failures and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Mar 2018
News

HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact

making wonderful things happen with excellent execution. It’s been exciting to have to so many people getting involved.” In addition to working on the primary initiatives of the AASU50, Powell says, alumni have been producing related content for View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2005
News

Making History, Starting Over

Apax has taken public more than fifty companies with a combined market capitalization of about 25 billion euros. Before stepping down, Cohen consolidated management of the firm’s far-flung offices, making London the headquarters and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

March 2016
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IC Group A/S

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

IC Group owned several of Scandinavia's leading premium fashion brands. How should it respond to the decline of its primary wholesale distribution channels (independent fashion boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on... View Details

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24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

when the economy was growing and stable years following the global financial crisis at the turn of the decade, with conditions that mirrored the US small business landscape today, Kim notes. Researchers analyzed data for 3,169 small firms... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

09 Mar 2021
News

A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible

platform he launched in 2007. Alison’s first six courses were among the first MOOCs—massive open online courses—to take advantage of the reach of the internet, debuting even before the term was coined. Now, 14 years later, Alison offers some 2,000 different courses... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2018
News

Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

cattle ranching. To learn the value of his crop, a farmer could turn on the radio for regular market updates from commodity exchanges. But prices of the seeds and chemical fertilizer used to grow those crops were not listed anywhere; a... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Mar 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

success. So You Want to Be a CEO: The Path from Middle Management to the Top Job by Thomas F. Faught Jr. (MBA 1953) (Fortis Publishing) Based on over 40 years of global management experience, including more than a decade as a CEO, Faugh... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

unmatched in the world. But the engine has grown so complex, and its capabilities so swift and powerful, that it has outstripped the governance mechanisms designed in a simpler time. We have made markets much more dynamic and far more... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

12 Jan 2015
News

Good Investments

Illustration by Marcos Chin It’s market day in Barrio Curtidores, which means the main thoroughfare is packed with shoppers perusing makeshift stands that offer everything from jeans and blenders to vegetables and tacos. Moto-taxis... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

03 Jun 2002
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?

social, cultural, and legal environment. Given the prospect for continued movement toward competition and the propagation of "best practice" management ideas on a global scale, is the question largely academic? What do you... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 May 2014
News

(Re)moving the Needle

"There are three ways to evaluate an opportunity," he says. "First, you need an important problem to work on, one where there is a market that can be created. Second, you need to examine the ways you can address unmet needs and quantify... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; medical technology; Scientific Research and Development Services

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

beneficiary was European banks that had big operations here. The globalization of the top end of the financial services industry means that the Fed is everyone's central banker. The reactions we've seen in developing View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

industry consider peer-to-peer services as marketing tools rather than the enemy? Should online pricing be different from in-store pricing? What happens when broadband makes it as easy to illegally download an entire CD as an individual... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

believe, is why we saw the stock market sell off so dramatically on Monday. Investors fear a global slowdown in growth and a resulting negative impact on corporate profits. We won't know for several months... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

14 Apr 2021
News

The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)

due to my relationship with Austin. The hardest part is feeling like I am being impactful enough given I work long hours in my current job [director of marketing analytics at Inspire Brands] and am not able to commit as much time as I... View Details

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