Market Timing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

Another provides a secure portal for patients to make appointments, request prescriptions, and see their test results. Yet another helps doctors get their claims paid on time more easily—according to company research, providers see a 12... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2008
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The Prophet of Start-Ups

entrepreneurs had a difficult, if not impossible, time raising capital. Banks were ultraconservative, reluctant to lend money to unproven ventures. Sure, rich families like the Rockefellers invested in new companies, but they were few and... View Details

Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

welfare, or wires the computers in a local school system," she posits. "How do you know when you've been successful? It's not as if you can track an increase in market share or see the impact in your bottom line." Students are also asked... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

work: let people be themselves; practice radical honesty; magnify people’s strengths; stand for authenticity (more than shareholder value); make work meaningful; and make simple rules. Theauthors also provide ways of assessing how a company is doing. Direct View Details

30 May 2024
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Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears

still time to register; interested alumnae can find details at the HBS Women’s Association website. Connecticut Club Explores Behavioral Economics with HBS Professor John Beshears The HBS Club of Connecticut hosted HBS Professor John... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 1997
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Doing Something Real

tedious administrative jobs in organizations." But I found the teaching at HBS a lot more animated and accessible than the teaching at Harvard College. The College was relentlessly academic, and few academics have the outgoing personalities of, say, a Galbraith (and... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)

01 Mar 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

Alumni Books Out of the Desert: My Journey from Nomadic Bedouin to the Heart of Global Oil by Ali Al-Naimi (AMP 82, 1979) (Penguin UK) Until May 7, 2016, Ali Al-Naimi was the Saudi oil minister (and an OPEC kingpin), a position he held for 20 years. As global oil’s... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

are in a good position to sound the alert about "policies or practices that may have the unintended consequence of marginalizing international students," Walker says. One example is the common tendency of some professors to call on the first student who raises his or... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love

the time the feature was introduced, about 3.6 percent of Hinge’s users were married, engaged, or “in a relationship.” For comparison, recent research from GlobalWebIndex estimated 42 percent of Tinder users are in relationships. Of... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2018
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The True Value of a Tweet

behavior. When was the last time you were influenced because somebody tweeted about a product? I think that research still needs to be done [as to] whether or not it can persuade somebody. LJ: One way to use Twitter that may be... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Feb 1999
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Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

Both transitions have strategic and competitive implications for firms operating in and out of the region. The current "reconstruction" of Asia offers insights about differentiating systemic from asystemic risks and illuminates possible changes in View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

15 Dec 2011
News

An HBS gift guide

on the expectations market will continue driving us from crisis to crisis to ruin—unless we act now.” Check out our review in the September Bulletin. Previous Next Business lessons for a global century Bill Roedy (MBA 1979) Former MTV... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; holiday; gift giving; Manufacturing; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

Marshall as the first African American Supreme Court Justice, five African American students arrived at HBS. What they encountered—a predominantly white, male campus—seemed out of step for the times and the liberal Northeast. Their deep... View Details

13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

immediate goal was to encourage MBA students to leverage their education to confront the most pressing challenges facing society. This spring, we helped teach our case study, West Virginia: Finding the Right Path Forward, in Professor Matt Weinzierl's course, Role of... View Details

20 Jun 2019
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Reframing Modern Art

Citicorp Investment Bank, first in New York, then in London. Then I came back, and for over 15 years, I worked at Institutional Investor. The last 10 of those years were as managing director of a research group that I helped to launch. By the View Details

01 Jun 2004
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Life Lessons

delegating authority to them.” Currently a marketing manager at General Mills, Sundy has a long-term goal: He’d like to become a member of the U.S. Senate, “to influence public policy and make a real contribution to society.” — GE Martín... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 1996
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Keepers of the Flame

world-class athletes. Successful marketing of the Olympics - which is essential for financing the Games - depends on the Olympic movement's continued integrity, reputation for excellence, and "goodwill." That inherent value, Frazier... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

08 Nov 2024
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Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection

Pereira, Taylor Margis-Noguera (MBA 2003), Liz Montano (MBA 2009), Dr. Phyllis Fineman Schlesinger, Prof. Len Schlesinger, Gabe Esparza (MBA 2000) “We always find this gathering to be a great time for learning,” says HBSLAA Board Member... View Details