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- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
health care has led her to study nurses, who, as direct care providers, are at the center of the web of supply chains of equipment, supplies, medications, and even physicians. Singer received a grant from the Agency for Healthcare... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
Business School quite closely, and I’m struck by the things that we take for granted that were once considered great innovations. The case method, for example, wasn’t with us from the day Harvard Business School was founded. It took 20... View Details
- 05 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost
grant reductions—almost 75 percent of requests for a price break were denied.) “That’s a pretty interesting twist,” says Israeli. “We can’t really say for sure what the [shop reps] were thinking, but we can hypothesize. If you look at... View Details
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsArtisan Entertainment Inc. Harvard Business School Case 207-067 Geoff Rehnert and Marc Wolpow have left Bain Capital to launch Audax Group. As part of their separation, they have been View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
engineering, technology and mathematics (STEM), and they have equivalent contributions in outcomes like granted patents and entrepreneurial firm starts. These contributions are increasing, up from 10%-15% just a couple of decades ago. And... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
of Debt Forgiveness: Strategic Default Contagion and Lender Learning By: Pérez Cavazos, Gerardo Abstract—I use a unique data set of loans to small business owners to examine whether lenders face adverse consequences when they grant debt... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
common fee structure is contingent free shipping, in which consumers are granted free shipping for basket sizes above a minimum value and are charged a flat fee for orders below this threshold. We seek to characterize how contingent free... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Banking on Cheese Credem, an Italian regional bank, grants loans to Parmigiano Reggiano producers and holds the cheese as collateral in its own warehouse during the maturation process, essentially replacing part of the operations for the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
law in nearly 60 years was signed into law. Among other provisions, the law moved the U.S. to a first-to-file priority when granting patents, as was the practice in most of the rest of the world. Many felt this change would help to reduce... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
they get at retirement depend on their own accumulation and investment decisions. DC plan sponsors are only responsible for the design of the plan and for its administration and record-keeping. Current regulations grant sponsors... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
generally granted to those who do their homework, though luck still plays a major part." "Sometimes God will fool you," agrees James Hackett. "You'll think you have something, and the readings confirm it, but when you drill down it's... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
entrepreneurial stages of the program; but student feedback strongly suggested they should be allowed to choose their own teams for the venture. Starting in the second year, MacCormack says, students were granted their wish. "This... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
We are in a unique moment in time, where the United States’ chance to make a difference on climate is greater – and more necessary – than ever. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, business leaders have a nearly $370 billion opportunity to... View Details
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
clients' campaigns. This practice was institutionalized by an arrangement known as the "recognition system" between agencies and publishers, and administered by a set of trade associations. Among other things, the system supported standards for View Details
- Profile
Michael Maples
managerial capitalism, an entire new language of business had to be created. We take that language for granted today. I believe that a hundred years from now, the very language of business will be as different from today as today is from... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
extensive involvement with a San Diego-based organization that develops aid programs for the poor in Mexico, and the establishment of a family foundation that gives grants in the areas of poverty, education, and religion. "There came a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
fellow, Chan was at first taken aback by the amount of influence and responsibility he was granted from the start. “One day, the Mayor walked by my cube and said ‘I think we should do something on food,’” says Chan. “With that one-line... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
her recent appointment as director of the prestigious Univer-sity of Chicago Press. She has leveraged a Mellon Foundation grant to set up a digital printing facility and BiblioVault electronic repository that will enhance access to the... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
being included into the standard, become standard-essential patents (SEPs). In an attempt to curb the monopoly power that they create, most standard-setting organizations require the owners of patents covered by the standard to make a loose commitment to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience
system here at school. As Uwais aptly puts it in the South African saying “Ubuntu” which means “I am because we are,” this is a shared experience. He emphasizes how important it is to never take your partner’s sacrifices for granted... View Details