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- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
likely to be nice, right? And so if you surround yourself with people who are like minded, who are giving, who want to make that a priority in their lives, that will affect you and you will want to give... View Details
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
merchants with these same marketing programs. Q: How should consumers protect themselves from potential fraud? A: It's highly desirable to keep your computer free of the sorts of bad software that I've described. There is a good reason... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
of sugary drinks. Four well-powered, incentive-compatible experiments evaluate two possible ways in which firms might comply with such a policy: bundles (i.e., dividing the contents of oversized cups into two regulation-sized cups) and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
and asset retention-retaining existing customers for the long-term. The note gives students a foundation for analyzing marketing cases, as well as providing an analytical structure and process for completing a marketing plan. The note is accompanied by a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
resources they need. Getting those resources will help the entrepreneur build a more valuable company. However, getting those resources is far from a free lunch. To get co-founders, investors, hires, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
quickly, the School doubled funding for its summer fellowship program and opened it up to graduating as well as first-year students. These fellowships provide stipends to supplement lower-paying internships (for example, at nonprofits and startups). In addition, the... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
by Ralph Ranalli Talking about his ambitious plans to create a safer, cleaner type of nuclear power plant, Russell Wilcox says, quite matter-of-factly, that he was "looking for a project that would have an impact on the world." There aren't many people who can make... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
recall—perhaps naively, but excitedly—thinking, I know how to save the dogs! We just need to come up with a better matching algorithm,” says Exley, who, while working on her doctorate in economics, spent her free time volunteering at the... View Details
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
question of the dynamic between consumer protection and globalization. How do local consumer protections affect global free trade? Are there agencies that offer consumer protections on a global scale? A: Consumer market regulations matter... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
For sports fans, this time of year is like a chocolate addict's free pass to Willy Wonka's factory. Horse racing's Triple Crown. The National Basketball Association and National Hockey League championship playoffs. And next up, the most... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
transcend our differences. As a participant in, and a beneficiary of, what we know as “the great American experiment,” I feel compelled to pay it forward by contributing to our collective progress towards a better United States. Part of the difference I make after this... View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
political pressures. If successful, the Chinese Communist Party will forge a new path of urbanization, building cities before recruiting urban citizens. The process, however, entails possibilities of yet other social dislocations,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
unresponsive or inefficient system? A: I think there is a big 3 here, an iron triangle, and those are the hospitals, the insurers, and the government. They want power. It's very understandable. Everybody wants to be powerful, and the way they View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
stocks and mutual funds. An "investment bar" offered personal computers where the customer could do her banking, check her investment portfolio, or just surf the Internet. There were comfortable couches, where she could relax, sip View Details
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Working with Spaces, Files & Folders - Research Computing Services
wish to bring to your attention a number of items that will help you work efficiently and prevent you from having future problems: Remember that home folders are not sharable, and typically contain files that pertain to your work only.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
some new sign of the apparent retreat of government in the face of the relentless power of free market forces. Yet, in reality, contends HBS associate professor Willis Emmons, international trends in deregulation and privatization do not... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
team have to consider how to quickly bring in more clients before opening day, and, more broadly, whether the CIC idea will work outside the Boston/Cambridge area. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
framework for an economy. CCA provides a natural framework for analysis of mismatches between an entity's assets and liabilities, such as currency and maturity mismatches on balance sheets. Policies or actions that reduce these mismatches View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
and utility companies like Pacific Gas & Electric agreeing to accelerate deployment of charging stations along the routes. At some point, says Rich, “people will want to be in the business of creating charging stations and solutions, much... View Details
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2017
to internally funded faculty research. Free from the constraints that can come with grants and other outside funding, HBS research budgets allow the School’s faculty to stay close to practice—to travel wherever their work takes them and... View Details