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- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
average price to bring a new high-risk medical device to market. That extra cost can dampen the ability of companies to pursue new innovations. Indeed, Stern found that small firms (defined as non-publicly... View Details
- 01 Sep 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can We Train for Trust?
Creating Breakthroughs in Service Firms (Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2015). Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Seeking a Path to Trust,” The New York Times, November 12, 2019. Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta, The Power of Trust:... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
expanded into other parts of the country, added four production facilities, and saw sales top $7 million. In 1960, Barford sold his share of the business to his partners and returned home with his family to Toronto. The following year, he purchased Beatty Brothers, a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
common ground between communist Vietnam and capitalist foreign investors. "Here in Vietnam you have a situation in which the market is small, and the bureaucracy is dense after many years of war and a planned economy," says Hoa. "Vietnam welcomes the billions of... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
How to Avoid a Price Increase
cases of downsizing price increases, firms have chosen to maintain the sticker price of a product, but have reduced the quantity contained in that product. Thus, a tin of coffee stays $2.99, but shrinks from 14.5 ounces to 13 ounces, for... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
thickening of the left-hand tail of the firm-size distribution suggesting a significant increase in the number of small firms. However, the dominance and growth of large incumbents remains unchallenged. Quantile regressions reveal that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
spent much of his post-HBS career in energy finance, corporate finance, and public and private equity investment. In 2001, he cofounded ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on the North American energy sector,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
suggest most accounting errors aren't the result of fraud. Rather, it is unconscious bias that is to blame. Here is a look at those biases, and how they can escalate from a small error of judgment to a big financial nightmare.Rooting out... View Details
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Industry Information - Alumni
In addition to providing industry insights, the magazine includes several rankings on topics ranging from "Top 25 Consultants," "Best Firms to Work For," “Small Jewels," and "Women in Consulting." Vault Online Career Library In-depth... View Details
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
small robotic aircraft to deliver essential medical products, first asked Ayala to help her assemble and vet the board for Endeavor Philippines, and he happily agreed. “That then turned into, ‘Well, can you help me find somebody to run... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 21 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?
gain access to workers' compensation data. Because the data were collected at the company level, the researchers limited their analysis to firms with only one plant, where the effects of an inspection on injury rates and costs could be... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
It’s a drab gray morning in April, and real estate developer Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo (MBA 2008) is standing at the corner of West Baltimore and South Calhoun Streets in Baltimore’s historic Union Square district. Behind her, a chain-link fence decorated with a View Details
- 30 May 2024
- Blog Post
PRIDE at HBS
Founded in 1981 as a student club at Harvard Business School, PRIDE is a home for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning MBA students and their partners. Our goal is to make PRIDE a safe space where students and their partners can build their... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
sexual experiences by 59%. We conduct a “placebo test” and show that for non-sensitive placebo items, the veiled methodology produces effects that are small in magnitude and not significantly different from zero in seven out of eight... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
“Initially, the pictures weren’t graphic enough. I kept saying, ‘I need rotting teeth!’” The in-your-face images indeed affected study participants. Not only did they reduce soda consumption, but many also reached for a healthier option instead—bottled water. "It... View Details
- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
most people see an anxiety-creating attack for what it is, if those who don't see the fallacy of the logic constitute more than a small percentage of a group, you might still have a serious problem that must be handled with care. Even a... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
The result would be improved deal process design in MBOs and improved capital formation in the economy overall. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50980 Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms By: Cohen,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
across the major assignee groups. In addition, it appears that patents assigned to individuals and associated with non-practicing entities (NPEs) cite less academic work than those assigned to non-NPE corporations. While not statistically significant due to the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club
includes our 1001 Nights Party which raised $7000 for Syrian refugees and had 450 people in attendance. We also hold small group discussions about a pertinent current events topic in the Middle East. Additionally, we host Harvard Arab... View Details
- 11 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career
formed a boutique, “CFO for hire” firm called “C-Street” that built a book of small business clients eager for seasoned financial expertise. Word spread and soon, Kloeblen was leading a View Details