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- 06 Nov 2014
- News
Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement
The rent is relatively cheap ($200/month per person) compared to start-up sites in Kendall Square and South Boston’s Innovation District, its dedicated desks offer more permanence than most co-working spaces, and the access to the i-lab’s... View Details
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
divided into six categories: macroeconomic, finance, sources of GDP, human development, business environment, and governance. He compared countries' double-digit growth occurrences to those in countries with episodes of sustained growth... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
the truth is that women-led enterprises grow more slowly and remain much smaller than those created by men. In 2000, for instance, American firms owned by women averaged $2.4 million in sales, compared with an average of $12.3 million for... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
trade—taxes, tariffs, comparative costs, workforce capabilities—all of which go into their location choices and supply chain designs. When governments change the rules, as the US and China are threatening, we’re likely to get a lot of... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 02 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors’ Prison
advantage of this maneuver is real: strategic defaulters save money. Sometimes they can rent a comparable home. But they risk a lower credit rating, which could bar them from buying another home for up to seven years. Understandably, most... View Details
- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
compared this trend to the soaring increase during this period in the compensation of other "stars," such as top baseball, basketball, and football players. Reports about the high pay of star athletes are often greeted with awe... View Details
Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- 14 May 2020
- Blog Post
A PRIDE Farewell
LGBTQ+ prospective students which yielded a registration-to-attendance conversion rate 2x that of comparable programs. Hosted the first oversubscribed LGBTQ+ Student Visit Day. Hosted exclusive LGBTQ+ leader fireside chats with Barry’s... View Details
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2.1.4 Academic Retaliation | MBA
academic action was reasonable, they will review other recent academic assessments or other academic actions of comparable student work by the same faculty member. The Reviewer will redact the names of the students and the name of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Making It Possible to Explore and Grow
compared to what I had known in Pakistan,” says Khan. Her work in venture capital was eye-opening. “I start- ed to look at the numbers,” she says. “In 2013 less than 3 percent of all venture capital raised in the US went to female-led... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
if you'd ever had one before." Gilligan noted that of the six million people going to hospitals with chest pain each year, 80 percent are not having a heart attack. "EKGStat.com lets the doctor see what's normal for you, by comparing the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Complements to the Case Method
collaborate on beer design, pricing, and packaging, as well as on decisions concerning manufacturing and marketing. After each round, reports are generated that include balance sheets, customer beer preferences, and ways in which the brewery View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
essence, doing the right thing. Each major character in the epic embodies a moral failing or virtue. Das compares their successes and failures with those of prominent contemporary players in economics, business, and politics and finds... View Details
- Web
HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows
Income (5) (6) (3) Decapitilization of Endowments 4 1 2 Other Non-Reserve Activity (56) 7 7 Changes in Debt & Other $(63) $(5) $(1) Increase (Decrease) in Reserves $16 $37 $45 Beginning Reserves Balance $211 $174 $129 Ending Reserves Balance $227 $211 $174 “In pursuit... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life
financial life. Think of it like a trip to the doctor: The doctor doesn’t just tell you your cholesterol level. He tells you what that means, how it compares to others in your age group, and what choices you have given that information.... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
regimes and codes of conduct-that diffuse global standards. But little is known about the conditions under which companies adhere to these standards. We conduct one of the first large-scale comparative studies to determine which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
sense of time affluence can be increased: compared with wasting time, spending time on oneself, and even gaining a windfall of "free" time, spending time on others increases feelings of time affluence. The impact of giving time... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1320187 Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation Authors:Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, and M. Utku Ünver Abstract Markets sometimes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Why Home Construction Has Slumped for Decades | Working Knowledge
That productivity growth is what we would anticipate and expect. Why compare cars and homes? Kerr: Productivity in those two sectors was actually quite comparable for a period of time, and then diverges with... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries
“Most of my kids’ playmates are Finnish, and they have a Saturday morning school where they learn the Finnish language,” he says. “There are probably 8 to 10 organizations catering to the Finnish community in Boston.” All that socialization can give immigrants... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures
be examined, he said. International entrepreneurial finance, or IEF for short, is like 3-D chess compared to the two-dimensional chess of entrepreneurial finance, quipped HBS professor William Sahlman, who offered introductory remarks at... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace