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- November 2017
- Case
The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Tom Nicholas and Matthew Preble
In the early 1960s, a popular drug taken by patients worldwide for a range of maladies was found to cause severe birth defects and other health problems in babies born to mothers who had taken it during a certain stage of fetal development. As many as 10,000 children...
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Krieger, Joshua Lev, Tom Nicholas, and Matthew Preble. "The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies." Harvard Business School Case 818-044, November 2017.
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
focuses solely on corporate culture and identity of the new workplace. There's a lecture about the firm's history and another about standard operating procedures. There's a packet of information from human resources, emblazoned with the...
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- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
Publication:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role of foreign ownership. Using a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive products and operations at startups...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
How to Fix Wall Street
including a renewed commitment to responsible behavior by those individuals and (surviving) firms whose actions created excessive risk in the first place. The crisis is often discussed as purely a technical mishap involving housing...
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
forthcoming Journal of International Economics Corporate Debt, Firm Size and Financial Fragility in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract— The post-Global Financial Crisis period shows a...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
getting lower-cost devices to those who might not otherwise be able to afford them? A $14B market would seem to have ample room for a niche player that focuses on corporate social View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Entrepreneurial Unit Travels to China
changes in the Chinese economic and social system, and to see how entrepreneurship is being facilitated to play a role in this,” said Senior Lecturer Dan Isenberg, who helped organize the visits to Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. The...
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- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
"as part of a small team building a new company ... the time we spend together (as opposed to the day per week that she and her colleagues telecommute) ... is the most valuable." Jack Downey makes the case for the doubters: "Humans are View Details
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by James Heskett
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
How to onboard recently graduated MBAs
real until you meet some people, particularly when you have one-off hires.” It’s not just a matter of bringing new hires into the office. It’s important to have other staff there to socialize and onboard them too, especially more senior...
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- 16 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports
Division I college basketball player at St. John’s University. He then pivoted his career path into investment banking, corporate strategy, and management consulting before circling back to the game he loves. Now at MSG, Laitsas is...
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- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
and improved services in the same area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new model in mind: slums as...
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- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
different departments. "NABCO was instrumental in changing the course of breast cancer screening, treatment, and care," she says. "Our physician and corporate partnerships to educate women replaced fear with facts. We helped craft and...
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Information Security & Privacy Policy Protecting Harvard's data is a responsibility shared by all members of the HBS community. Faculty and staff must educate themselves on how to recognize and protect the information entrusted to us,...
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- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
depleted many pension plans by dramatically reducing the value of investments, even while companies were still responsible for paying predetermined benefits. Increasing the pressure are two other factors. Life expectancy has increased,...
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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
other manufacturers have abandoned it to seek cheaper labor elsewhere. Since corporations are the center of wealth and power in this country, they are the only ones that can make a difference in addressing poverty and unemployment."...
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James E. Aisner
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
less education. Those who took out the most structured (or toxic) loans had worked previously as corporate executives or senior-level civil servants. Former blue-collar workers, farmers, and artists, on the other hand, largely stayed away...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure Increased corporate financial reporting may benefit many parties but not necessarily the companies themselves. New research by Assistant Professor Romana Autrey and her coauthors looks at the...
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- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
Bearing full responsibility for a company's success or failure, but being unable to control most of what will determine it. Having more authority than anyone else in the organization, but being unable to wield it without unhappy...
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