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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
Bertini (DBA 2006) and Oded Koenigsberg The MIT Press Would you rather pay for health care or for better health? For school or education? For groceries or nutrition? A car or transportation? A theater performance or entertainment? In The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
raced up a steep hill to Broadway, found a cab, and for the first time in his life he gave a driver a couple of extra bills with instructions to get him on the next shuttle at LaGuardia. He said his son had just won a Nobel Prize, and the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year. Growth in renewable energy will further accelerate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
measures, such as acquiring one’s own generators to circumvent bribe-seeking electricity authorities, may not be enough, as Ikea recently found out in Russia. (The company has admitted kickbacks were paid to acquire the generators.) If a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Lorraine, the smitten high schooler who wants to be his girlfriend, even though history requires that she become his mother.) Ultimately Marty’s most urgent race is against time: He must get to the town square before the village clock... View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
produced. Scoring high in all these categories, BMW believes that its reputation as the world's "greenest" car company plays an important role in brand awareness and customer satisfaction, factors that contribute to revenue... View Details
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- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
facing growing dissatisfaction with traditional cable packages and the rise of online streaming, was ripe for disruption, but would Apple be able to build a competitive offering? The automotive industry, with the rise of electric View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
any such occurrence." Seated at his desk, Lhota suddenly heard "a screeching noise" and then an explosion. He ran to the front steps of City Hall, where a police officer told him that a plane had hit the north tower of the World Trade Center, five blocks away. Thanks... View Details
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
particularly a very public one. But high leverage does its disadvantages. Obviously, it can increase the probability of bankruptcy. It can also create incentive problems. When equity holders have too little "skin in the game," moral hazard (the idea that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
from the London School of Economics but decided to forsake the predictable routine of law and work as an investment analyst in London and on Wall Street. At HBS, Varma pursued his dream of becoming the business manager of a Formula One View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
shot to death in a police car in 1941 because he laughed while standing in line at a movie theatre with his girlfriend. Or how about the hate that led to Timothy Hood’s, murder in the back of a police car? He was a World War II veteran... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
people in their art cars so they can have a look. And then around 9:00 o'clock, there's a huge fireworks display. And the end of the fireworks ends with a big explosion. And that's the fire that actually lights the man. And then it all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
the home of Ana and Dr. Juan Gershanik, a local neonatal specialist. Gershanik gained national attention in the aftermath of Katrina for helping to safely evacuate all the premature babies at his hospital, which was underwater and—critically—without the View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
the way to the Canadian border—a “thrilling education.” And the summer after that, he bought a Model T for $50 and drove from New England to British Columbia. There, he sold the broken-down car for train fare and rode the boards back... View Details
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consumer household choices. Issues include developing and scaling innovations, cross-sector coalition-building, stakeholder engagement, and dealing with obstacles as ventures proceed. Solutions explored will include renewable energy, such as offshore wind farms; View Details