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Silver streak girl with Pontiac car - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Introduction Chapter Images The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next Silver streak girl with Pontiac car ca. 1937 Pontiac Motors Division Photographer unknown What makes this picture good, says the publicity man, is the pretty girl... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Bringing women to the boardroom table
placed, none were CEOs; all had expertise that exactly matched the client’s specifications: only three reported to a CEO, two had previous corporate board experience, one was known to someone on the board, two are rocket scientists, and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Necessity became the mother of invention for staffing-firm founder
development firm that matches qualified professionals—women and men—who want flexible schedules with businesses in need of high-caliber services. “It doesn't make a lot of sense to lose talent just because we aren't having conversations... View Details
- February 2022
- Case
NFX Capital and Moov Technologies
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Nicole Tempest Keller
In July 2019, James Currier, a general partner at San Francisco-based NFX Ventures, was considering a seed stage investment of $1.5 million in Moov Technologies, a B2B marketplace for used industrial equipment. NFX was a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Network Effects; Marketplace Matching; Digital Platforms; Market Design; Applications and Software; Semiconductor Industry; Financial Services Industry; San Francisco
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "NFX Capital and Moov Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 822-045, February 2022.
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Learning about the science in beauty
learned how to match clients to the right foundation shade, how to draw eyeliner and brows, and all along the way, got to practice and play on each other and ourselves! These classes ended up being some of my favorite memories from the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together
investment vehicles used by angel investors to find and fund entrepreneurs: groups of angels who evaluate deals together, organizations that match entrepreneurs with interested angels, and individual angels who seek out deals through... View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608119 Publications Strategy-proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match Authors: Atila... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
investment against cash flow to survive in a highly cyclical business. Such skills are usually transferable to new environments—and are the most portable type of human capital other than general management skills—but they won't offer an advantage if the strategic needs... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses
and overall outcomes. Projects will include improving New York’s system to match middle school students to their preferred school and prompting doctors to respond more effectively to the opioid crisis, among others. View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Portrait Project
Alexandra Minnis
seasoned champion. As my best friend in equine form, riding Cintara was like being in the presence of a military drillmaster with the finicky flare of a teenager. My admiration for her beauty and ability was only matched by my fear of her... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Founder of Hinge Has Some Thoughts on Your Dating Profile
mother would describe me..." or "Worst fad I participated in..." Potential matches can then leave comments on their answers, and let the sharing begin. In the article, McLeod also offers some suggestions on making the most of app... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
with matching funds. In the third case, participants were entered in a lottery that had a 5 percent chance of winning $100—but they would only win if they had met their weight loss goal for the month. This enticement took advantage of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good Fellowship
resources. All fellowship recipients are matched with at least one donor fund. In all, some $24 million in financial support will be distributed in fiscal year 2012, with 89 percent coming from donor fellowships and 11 percent from the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Digital Transformation Of Health Care
leaders have the knowledge and insight needed to tackle critical issues facing business and society—including those pertaining to our health and well-being. Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers A New Approach to Contact Tracing Finding the Right Patient-Provider... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Ready for Take-Off
marketplace matching educational institutions with student-loan lenders and lenders with secondary markets. Caroline A. Oberg (MBA '98) of ODAC, Inc., a software solution transforming the advertising media procurement process. Kristin S.... View Details
Keywords: Spingboard
- 13 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit
my military background, they were intrigued by my experience in project and change management, especially while leading teams. After months of conversations and interviews, I was matched with the Human Resources team at Uncommon Schools... View Details
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
Political Economy Costly Concessions: An Empirical Framework for Matching with Imperfectly Transferable Utility By: Galichon, Alfred, Scott Duke Kominers, and Simon Weber Abstract—We introduce an empirical framework for models of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
only treatments are maintenance dialysis and kidney transplantation. The former requires visits to a treatment center for at least 12 hours a week, while a transplant—from either a living family member or a matching deceased donor—can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Taking the Lead in Support of HBS
matter of thinking it through, making a plan, and then executing. Annual giving to HBS is a unique op-portunity for graduates who work for companies with matching gift programs to leverage their impact." —Judith Haberkorn (AMP 111, 1992)... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details