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Awards - Commencement 2025

Throughout their careers, these distinguished alumni have contributed significantly to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. As such, they represent the best in our alumni... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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The Next Lessons

significant developments Khan cited is a new partnership with the College Board, a nonprofit that helps prepare students for college through standardized test preparation and other programs. “The College Board has recognized that there... View Details

Keywords: William Weber

20 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 20

newspaper is a recipient of government advertising. The correlation is negative. The size is considerable: a one standard deviation increase in monthly government advertising (0.26 million pesos of 2000) is associated with a reduction in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

increases. Lastly, it is argued that the common practice of announcing price increases in advance is much easier to rationalize with regret concerns by consumers than with more standard approaches to price rigidity. Download the paper... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

experience undoubtedly include late nights as you prepared cases, polished presentations, wrote papers, or completed team projects. Although some people may be born with a solid work ethic, most of us learn it, and we do so by striving to meet high View Details

09 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands

coffee, revitalizing the quality of its standard beverages. But none of these moves addressed the fundamental problem: Starbucks is a mass brand attempting to command a premium price for an experience that is no longer special. Either you... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail

01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check

relatively low investment when they go beyond the common approaches of determining price based on intuition, competition, or a standard cost-plus-markup formula. How does this connect with your research on dynamic pricing? Many retailers... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

12 Apr 2011
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Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

Consulta uses production line best practices to deliver fast, reliable, affordable and standardized medical appointments to low income families that are uninsured and underserved by the public system, in the poorest districts of Brazil’s... View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

01 Jun 2010
News

Get Well Soon

takeaway for students is the power of transparency as a mechanism for change,” says Tucker. “Another is the motivational value of benchmarking themselves to an internal standard of zero accidents instead of rationalizing poor perfor-mance... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2443674 Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet Abstract—Transnational business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

a concurrent change in electronic transaction standards allowed hospitals to document a larger number of diagnoses per claim, which had the effect of reducing risk-adjusted patient readmission rates. Prior studies of the HRRP relied upon... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

February 2009 (Revised December 2009)
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eReading: Amazon's Kindle

By: Bharat N. Anand, Peter W. Olson Esq. and Mary Tripsas

In November 2007, Amazon introduced the Kindle, the first electronic reader with wireless functionality. The case describes the launch of the Kindle and provides information on representative players in the industry (or broader ecosystem) who are likely to be affected... View Details

Keywords: Books; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Industry Structures; Standards; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Publishing Industry

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02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation

offered proper incentives for standardizing and sharing the information they collect. Even the industry's brightest minds and hardest workers have yet to definitively determine what those incentives ought to be. "Consumers don't pay for... View Details

Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani; Health

18 Nov 2013
Op-Ed

Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?

opportunities for real-time conversations and engagement to people around the world. The company has accomplished this by taking advantage of the modular nature of today's ubiquitous communications infrastructures provided by the Internet and wireless data networks,... View Details

Keywords: by Chet Huber; Technology

15 Jan 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Career & Life Balance

continually renewing sense of success that really seems worthwhile and lasting on all your success targets, you have to give up the standards of maximization. Is There Room For Spirituality At The Office? Does Spirituality Drive Success?... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

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Security & Privacy | Information Technology

issues, please contact us. ithelp@hbs.edu Urgent IT Security Issues Faculty, Staff, MBA, & Doctoral Students: call 617-495-6600. Executive Education Participants: call 617-495-8835. Outside of Standard Business Hours: Send details to... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices

finest." Field-Based Learning Expanded field-based learning opportunities now include more field studies, faculty-initiated research projects in which students may participate, and fieldwork within standard courses. About 40 percent of... View Details

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1.8 Academic Honors | MBA

transcript. Honors designations for November and March graduates are determined by the cut-offs established for the class which graduated in the previous May. Review & Qualification for Honors The legislated standards for awarding the MBA... View Details

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Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

materials required for both the MBA and Master of Science applications. Required for MBA: Application form, resume, official transcript(s), essay, official standardized test scores, two recommendations, acceptance of policies, and... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74

and unshakable integrity. His dedication to quality and the high standards he set in everything he did strengthened the School immeasurably for all who followed in his path." Lawrence Edward Fouraker was born in Bryan, Texas, on October... View Details

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