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- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
public firms increased investments by just 1.6 percent versus 7.4 percent at the matched private firms. The researchers hypothesized that short-termist pressure was the reason behind this disparity. In order to test the theory they... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
does this theory imply about the employment contract? ... I believe that many people join organizations to be part of something, to make a contribution, and to be a valued member View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
pricing—a phenomenon that admittedly makes no rational economic sense. When presented an opportunity for a freebie, "classical economic theory says you should pay... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
people. This is why I’m obsessed with financial inclusion, economic equity, and global development. I learned about the potential of community and collective action because of... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
Is there a single best investment allocation strategy for the long-term investor? Some theories favor a one-portfolio-for-all investors approach, emphasizing a best-mix-of-assets program. The more traditional approach, which developed out... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
Carliss Baldwin first enrolled at HBS, her goal was to work on Wall Street. But things did not go exactly as planned. "During my last year at MIT," she explains, "I had taken some courses from [current HBS professor] Bob Merton on the View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- Student-Faculty-Profile
Lauren Taylor & Rebecca Henderson
some precision to the discussion of culture in organizational change. She'll use the concept of relational contracts to help readers see the "fuzzy" side of management with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
first and second-year MBA students. During the four-day course, he worked with Elkins to provide an overview of Africa’s economic landscape, range of business opportunities,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
company share prices. However, scholarly studies suggest these are not reliable indicators of companies' true economic value. In a similar vein, the late Paul Samuelson said financial markets are... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
corn—how it changes color to optimize filtration of ultraviolet light: Soon, he explains, the corn leaves will be tinted a deep purplish-red. Keen has taught a course on the economics View Details
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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Global Entrepreneurship Course Number 1631 Professor Paul Gompers Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Formerly known as Entrepreneurship Outside of the Valley Overview: Entrepreneurship has been shown to be a major driver View Details
- Fast Answer
Real estate: emerging markets
financial market stability and sustained market access by emerging market borrowers. Regulations Doing Business Data and analysis that measures the business environment of more than 180 countries and... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
The puzzle, they explain, has to do with the explanation for Japan's extraordinary economic success in the post-World War II period. The country was heralded around the world for creating what looked like "a new and superior form... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
importance of moving forward with its current approach. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=606094 Public Law: The Rules of the Game Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
team, an experience that convinced him that he needed more management skills. By his own recollection, he was virtually “clueless” about the very special place to which he was heading. His application to the MBA Program caught the attention View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
leveraged to test and improve the quality of corporate accountability reporting. Ramanna thinks accounting theory has a lot to contribute, in three particular ways: (1) by giving stakeholders the ability to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
recall of 450,000 tires missing a key safety feature that a U.S. importer had purchased from a Chinese manufacturer and distributed to retail outlets. “I don’t think there is a strong culture of adherence to... View Details
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IFC India 2025: Decarbonizing Rice Paddy Farming - Pioneering Sustainability in Indian Agriculture - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
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Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell
them. Ryan: At HBS, research literally meets practice. The questions we tackle arise from a deep understanding of both the extant theory and the real problems managers face. Michelle entered the doctoral... View Details