Modeling - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
News

Impact: The Changing Nature of Work

Advanced technologies, shifting demographics, and new business models are transforming the nature and scope of work globally. As a result, the skills leaders need—today and tomorrow—also must evolve. Since its inception, HBS has aspired... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Engine Charlie

WILSON: Decades in the auto business. Charles Wilson (MBA 1936) came into this world back when Henry Ford was cranking out Model Ts. Unlike those now retired roadsters, Wilson, at 100 years old, is still active in the car business,... View Details

Keywords: Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

foreign officials, and the packaging and sale of toxic securities to naïve investors-require ethically problematic judgments and behaviors. However, dominant models of workplace unethical behavior fail to account for what we have learned... View Details

16 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

classroom. Scale, after all, is one thing technology has been good at implementing, and schools are ripe for innovation. "School design has not changed much in over a hundred years," says Kim. "We are still teaching for an industrial View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

be in a position to do that." Mills is looking at models for delivering capital to these companies, including the SBA's Small Business Investment Company program (SBIC). This program, which in most cases allows private investment... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

to which these firms are exposed has affected their governance systems. This is the proposition that we explore in depth through a case study of the Indian software industry, and of one of India's leading software companies, Infosys. The popular press frequently cites... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

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Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) - Course Catalog

claim, but it’s based on the simply remarkable impact that this implausible startup has had—and promises to have—on the space sector and increasingly the world. Class session 4: Planet: Supply and Demand Summary: Planet is an example of how lower costs make new... View Details

Alumni WDYDWYD

Sarah Bucknell Treco

their accomplishments can be recognized. There are, and have been, women trailblazers and role models in the arts and in every other career, forging new paths. Let's write them into the record. View Details

Portrait Project

Caren Kelleher

outlook, I thank the incredible women that share my blood and have taught me, through their example, that I can charter my own way. Be it as a mother, a mentor or a model of success, I want to honor my ancestry while inspiring confidence... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Internet Tsunami

had operating profits of $1.9 million on sales of $4 million. Mikitani, formerly a banker at the Industrial Bank of Japan, became a man with a mission after attending HBS: He founded Rakuten, he told the magazine, because "I wanted to set up a real Internet business, a... View Details

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

February 2014 (Revised August 2014)
Case

The Michelin Restaurant Guide: Charting a New Course

By: Mukti Khaire, Elena Corsi and Jerome Lenhardt

Created in 1900 by the tire manufacturer Michelin, the Michelin Restaurant Guide was widely considered the international benchmark of food rating, and, by 2013, boasted paper editions in 23 countries, and had recently expanded to the United States and Asia. Paper sales... View Details

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Educators

Purchase

25 Oct 2016
First Look

October 25, 2016

outlet store use. Consumers who shop at outlet stores also do not differ significantly from those who shop at regular stores in terms of income. I use a structural demand model to show that consumers are segmented according to their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2014

Financials From the Chief Financial Officer 5-Year Data Summary CFO Letter Consolidated Balance Sheet Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Supplemental Financial Information Harvard Business School’s economic model performed well in fiscal... View Details

Portrait Project

Anonymous

and colors in the world... develop professionally each day to be a thoughtful, honest, and successful manager of a team and a corporation... be a role model of integrity, generosity, and spirituality... View Details

Career Coach

Johnny Weger

healthcare services ecosystem and opportunities therein, 2) interview prep for both healthcare as well as consulting: mock interviews (case and behavioral), resume and cover letter review, etc., and 3) evaluation of business models for... View Details

Profile

Tessa Vacher-Desvernais

focus on lean operations.” Her long-term ambitions remain a work in progress. “I’m interested in investing in B2C, maybe a growth fund in the consumer space. I can use the years just out of school to grow my investor mindset or to define new B2C business View Details

Keywords: Retail/Hospitality; Financial Services

Profile

Shana Hoffman

and through the Rock Accelerator Award, the company won a $5,000 grant to test its beta model with potential users. By being part of HBS, Shana has had access to Harvard Medical School, where gerontologists have helped her incorporate... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

In Memoriam

Business History, Emeritus, Tom McCraw, “Dick was a model for how to live both the life of the mind and the human spirit: the rare combination of a tough, critical intellect and an upbeat temperament.” The George Gund Professor of... View Details

Keywords: obituraries; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 2001
News

David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High

Way, also seeks that coveted CEO position in order to mix things up in another way: by giving young black men a role model for success in business. "We need more balance in how people look at, admire, and respect black men," he says. A... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

25 May 2011
News

Race to the Finish?

and Environment Initiative noted that the climate’s future requires that cities, the dominant settlement model of the 21st century, be much cleaner and more energy efficient. Cutting urban vehicle emissions is a big part of that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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