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- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
Express, a lunar mining startup, for two flights in 2017. (NASA) (NASA) Other space companies, however, are experimenting with approaches that eliminate conventional rocket fuel altogether. Colorado startup Escape Dynamics has invested... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
Maren Hopkins (MBA 2019) Maren Hopkins (MBA 2019) Maren Hopkins (MBA 2019) already had a strong understanding of the technical side of the digital world when she signed up for the Digital Innovation and Transformation MBA Program course in September 2018. Before coming... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
their own assessments of his contributions to the field. Andre F. Perold, Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management and chair of the School's Finance unit, noted, "Bob has pioneered the use of sophisticated stochastic calculus for pricing financial... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
not universal. However, there is evidence of a mirroring “trap”: firms focused on the current technical architecture may fall victim to architectural innovations arising outside their boundaries. Thus in technologically dynamic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20
more likely to involve collaboration across locations, particularly with inventors from the firm's primary R&D site. Our results suggest that R&D dynamics in clusters are heavily influenced by multi-location firms with innovative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008
that captures all users and earns more than under compatibility. Our model allows a detailed analysis of social efficiency, and we show that entry by developers is socially excessive (insufficient) if competing platforms are compatible... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14
of people's daily lives, say Rangan and Chu of Harvard Business School and Petkoski of the World Bank. Start by dividing the base of the pyramid into three segments according to people's earnings and related personal needs: 1) Low income:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
it happens), they often see dollar signs first and foremost. Salaries are soaring - even a journeyman player can earn in a few seasons what the average fan makes in a lifetime - and ever-increasing revenues are required to fund expanding... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
Rebalancing by Individual Investors Authors:Laurent E. Calvet, John Y. Campbell, and Paolo Sodini Abstract This paper investigates the dynamics of individual portfolios in a unique dataset containing the disaggregated wealth of all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
automation is making jobs less routine and more cognitively challenging. Globalization means you’re competing with workers around the world. Simultaneously, the internet and other communication technologies have radically increased the potential impact of individual... View Details
- 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
for firms from industrialized economies and negative effects for firms in other emerging economies, which are less export-intensive and more import-intensive. Motivated by these facts, we build a dynamic model in which real depreciations... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
education." While Sherwood and her seven classmates were rightfully recognized as pioneers, they were not the first women to sit in an Aldrich classroom. From 1960 to 1965, several dozen women earned an MBA after completing a first year... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
line. Not surprisingly, therefore, the class has no shortage of members involved in the sort of entrepreneurial ventures that demand innovative thinking. While many classmates started out in more traditional settings, within a decade of View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
earned her doctorate in linguistics and cognitive science from the University of Pennsylvania and has published original research on gender bias in performance reviews and conversational interruptions in the workplace. Her work has... View Details
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Program Policies - HBS Online
learnings of the program. Some programs also have assignments that must be completed as part of your experience. Business Analytics , Economics for Managers , and Financial Accounting contain required quizzes, and an average score of 50% or greater is needed to View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
marketing-services firms, describes the $4 billion spent last year as "chicken feed." What he finds interesting about the Web is the impact it is having on the wider area of communication services. Sorrell, whose business leadership View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax distortion, government outlays uncertainty, and contingent-debt service. Our framework also recognizes that contingent debt can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3
run-ups on venture-capital foundings between 1984 and 2011. The results pinpoint the aspects of the social environment that most heavily influence entrepreneurial activity and the dynamics of organizational sectors. How Should We Pay for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
meet the quarterly earnings targets of increasingly short-term–oriented investors. Reality: Companies that pursue major sustainability initiatives, and publicize them in integrated reports and other communications with investors, have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne