Filter Results:
(2,617)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,617)
- People (8)
- News (690)
- Research (1,404)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (7)
- Faculty Publications (644)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,617)
- People (8)
- News (690)
- Research (1,404)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (7)
- Faculty Publications (644)
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
private equity partners and ownership for the Messer family. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/809056-PDF-ENG Twitter Mikołaj Jan Piskorski, David Chen, and Bill HeilHarvard Business School Case 710-455 Twitter is a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
wheels, not a baby carriage." But by 1972 Ford was putting Michelins on its Lincolns, and every domestic tire company was finally investing in radials. Radials constituted a technological advance that the five major American tire... View Details
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
Successful Change: Ten Insights from the Private Sector By: Henderson, Rebecca Abstract—The aim of this book is to catalyze global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and environmental management. It is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
States but around the world that hamper rapid iteration and experimentation in the product development process. This, in turn, stifles innovation, scares off private investors and creates an industry-regulatory culture that has grown to... View Details
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
School Note 811-016 This note discusses how some firms (start-ups and established companies) maximize customer value and profits via their pricing processes. It is aimed at companies that compete on the basis of performance initiatives... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—Can governments increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement? Roth 401(k) contributions are not tax-deductible in the contribution year, but withdrawals in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
ultracompetitive business world, the difference between success and failure lies in the ability to get every employee to think and behave like a strategist. This book helps business leaders expand strategic thinking from the purview of “the elite few” into the whole... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
request from the CEO of a major company asking for consulting help from me on the basis of Walt’s recommendation. He will be missed greatly both as a major influencer of his many students as a teacher and, more importantly, because of his... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
reversal of the state's policy towards private business from late 1978, and has grown rapidly since. While insurance as a concept and product has been a big success in post-reform China, the growth of the industry has created strong... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
effectively, it was essential that all key public and private sector players work together to deliver payments digitally,” Goodwin-Groen says. “Those companies and governments that took action and can pay... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- News
Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George
answering President Kennedy’s call to give back. He then transitioned to the private sector. “I’ve always been interested in how leadership leads to service,” says George, who served in senior executive positions at Honeywell and Litton... View Details
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
do not receive capital allocations for building or leasing facilities, which represent significant start-up and recurring costs. They must either reduce what they spend on teaching and learning or secure private funding to make the rent.... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
credit: Library of Congress / Dorothea Lange READ MORE Hi, this is Akilah Rogers. I graduated in 2009, companies were rescinding offers, and the only companies that were hiring were investment banking,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
yields-is believed to be an important factor contributing to the credit cycle. This paper analyses this phenomenon in the corporate bond market. Specifically, we show evidence for reaching for yield among insurance companies, the largest institutional holders of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
big bucks in the minds of most consumers. We see similar efforts by magazines that advertise their low per-issue prices or insurance companies that break the cost of their premiums down to a low, per-day cost. All these efforts are... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- Web
Career Tools & Resources | MBA
HBS network. Coaching & Advising We know that every student’s career journey is unique. That’s why we offer 1:1 support from trained Career Coaches and Student Advisors who can help guide students through the career search process from beginning to end. View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
A Vision for Venture Capital: Realizing the Promise of Global Venture Capital & Private Equity by Peter A. Brooke (MBA ’54) with Daniel Penrice (New Ventures) This book chronicles the career of Peter Brooke, who has been called “the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Youth Movement: HBS Clubs Make Students a Top Priority
and general manager of the East Coast Division of Nordstrom, Inc.; and Ralph C. Thomas III, associate administrator of NASA. "We negotiate with the companies to sponsor the cost of the dinner meeting for the MBA students, and then we have... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
Illustration by Chris Gash The School’s US Competitiveness Project launched four years ago with a simple but ambitious goal: figure out how companies in the United States can better compete in the global economy while raising living... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
as its discount prices and large selection of merchandise. As Sprint and Walgreens have shown, Porter notes, companies that invest in the inner city and entrepreneurs who start businesses there are well positioned to take advantage of a... View Details