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Maliha Khan
well: She was young and the only female manager out of 3,500 employees, making it difficult for her to be taken seriously. Changing course in order to lead Maliha's initial plans for a literacy program met stiff resistance. "My... View Details
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
analyze something quickly and figure out what needs to be done." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Work in a real business for a while, gain some experience and expertise, be patient and pay your dues. And don't worry too much about money on the front... View Details
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
good type (someone who is actually providing the contracted service) or a bad type (someone who is using one scam or another in order to get paid despite not actually having done the work or provided the benefit). Q: Which online... View Details
- 17 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
New Treasury Rules Help Long-Retirement Planning
recommended that workers use all their retirement savings to buy life annuities in order to avoid outliving their savings. Nevertheless, few workers want to put their whole retirement nest egg into a life annuity. Why? In one word,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
discredited by what happened to LTCM in 1998, went on to be replicated by a 100 or even a 1,000 different hedge funds. And so we actually have a 1,000 LTCMs out there right now at death’s door. It’s a curious case of nothing quite succeeding like failure. Have... View Details
- 15 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Free Software
"For IBM, Linux is the razor, and WebSphere software and its related services are the razor blade," he says. "The question of how you invest and extract money becomes much more interesting when you consider the different... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
four children were old enough to do basic math, Tisch set up a fund for each of them that was to be used for charity. “Rather than spend money on another iPod,” says Charlotte, 17, Tisch’s youngest daughter, “my sister and I support AIDS... View Details
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Shantanu Rege
"midlife crisis," Shantanu joined McKinsey & Co. for a year- and a-half, then took a deeper dive into finance. "It was 2008, and a lot of U.S. private-equity firms were expanding in India," he says. "I saw it as an opportunity to put my... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger
order to cover SPI's operating expenses. He notes that the program gives people the means to create an independent, renewable food supply, which builds esteem and has the added benefit of being more cost-effective than continuously... View Details
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Georges F. Doriot
required his students to do extensive field work visiting companies in the Boston area in order to not just observe the process but meet the people making the decisions. Among his assignments was a group project to research and write... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
decades, the level of exports to developed markets from China grew on the order of 20 percent per year. And yet, the consumption of goods in those markets was only growing by about 5 percent per year. China was therefore grabbing market... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
suppliers, Bernstein speculates. More broadly, “It begs the question: If you have the opportunity to raise money from more reputable investors, would you be willing to agree to lower valuations in order to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Alex Rogers
are difficult but simple. I want to build the best venture capital firm in Europe; I want to look back 10 years from now and point to companies that I helped build that employ thousands of people; I want to make as much money for my... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
that could destabilize the economy as a whole. In another example, researchers HBS Associate Professor Michael I. Norton and Columbia Business School professor Ilyana Kuziemko have suggested that those close to the bottom of the economic ladder may take greater risks... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
underlying economics of the organization," he said. In order to get a handle on how money is spent, he recommends that companies do a series of basic cost allocation exercises. One helpful exercise is for... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
observer at all corporation board meetings. However, in order to be effective, the guidance provided by law should be more detailed than it is at present. In addition, the SEC ought to give guidance on remuneration of executives. Monroe... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Marketable Skill
doing," says Judy Gehrke, executive director of Greenflea, Inc., the operator of two flea markets just north of midtown Manhattan, whose proceeds help support the city's public school system. Every week, Gehrke, a level-headed Baker Scholar with a penchant for... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers
has the potential to become a national powerhouse. The organization is getting assistance from the HBS Partners of 63, a group of more than eighty members of the Class of 1963 who support a variety of educational initiatives. Members of the Partners are contributing... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
where they manage vampire customers in order to earn cash, pay off debt, and “save for their eternal retirement;” and in Refund Rush, gamers help clients decide how best to allocate their income tax refund. I sampled Groove Nation, a... View Details