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- 17 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?
Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
Keywords: by Tim Gray
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Fellowships - Business History
Business School. The fellowship enables established scholars from around the world whose primary interest is the business and economic history of the United States to spend time in residence at Harvard... View Details
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
amount of debt is analyzed and compared to a simple deficit rule that limits the maximum amount of deficit per period. Whereas the deficit rule does not perform well, the debt... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
Schwartz Abstract—Brands spend billions of dollars a year on lavish efforts to establish and maintain a social media presence. But do those campaigns actually increase revenue?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Career Support & Exploration Funds - MBA
initial award of up to $50,000, and have the potential to renew the fellowship for up to five years after graduating from HBS (cumulative award is capped at $150,000). Blavatnik Fellowship in View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
financial autonomy to collect export taxes and spend on public goods. The argument is that trade shocks affect asymmetrically the tax revenues of state governments and, thus, their expenditures on elementary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association
the broader community. The Hebrew word kesher, meaning link or connection, serves as our North Star for the coming school year as we develop a diverse array of programming to bring people together through... View Details
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
graduate of Smith College, was employed for many years as an executive at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. She also served as the chairperson View Details
- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
way. We’ve got to do this.’” They invested their entire life savings—$225,000—into opening the store. The store sold all of its products within four days of opening, forcing it... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 15 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Kids Benefit From Having a Working Mom
an average of 17.7 hours per week caring for family members, while employed men report devoting about 9, according to the researchers. At the same time, women report spending... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
What is the Stockdale Paradox? Stockdale was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for seven-and-a-half years. Before meeting with the legendary soldier and statesman, Collins read Stockdale’s memoir and found its grim details hard to bear,... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
A. Arnaout Publication:Nature Biotechnology Abstract Advances in biotechnology have fueled the generation of unprecedented quantities of data across the life sciences. However,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
earnings patterns. Firms with historically larger earnings in one quarter of the year (“positive seasonality quarters”) have higher returns when those earnings are usually announced. Analysts have more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
the water privatization were almost 30% more negative (relative to other privatizations) if his/her household did not gain access to water after the privatization. Similarly, a person's view of the water... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Frequently Asked Questions - Doctoral
spend a few years working before they pursue a career in business academia. However, all students in our doctoral programs have strong quantitative and analytical skills, as demonstrated by their records... View Details
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Help - Alumni
granted alumni status (all attendees are members of the current HBS alumni community) Individuals in the MBA Class of 2006 or earlier having completed one year View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
filing of the 13D. Informed traders find it profitable to concentrate their trades with a leaking broker because the loss due to the information leakage is more than compensated by the gains derived from... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
Healthcare Partners Inc. (DaVita), in August 2013. The two would discuss whether Golomb should lead a new DaVita venture, Paladina Health (Paladina), which operated a network of primary care clinics. DaVita had launched Paladina in early... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan
Sean Silverthorne: "How to Write a Great Business Plan" has been one of the most downloaded articles on Harvard Business Publishing since you wrote it in 1997. Why do you think you hit a nerve? Bill Sahlman: Writing a business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Making an Impact on the Media Industry with my MBA
writing our own stories. I am learning from Professor Gino again this semester in the new RC class, Inclusive Leadership, which she is teaching with Professor Frances Frei. Gaining such a range of academic... View Details