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- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
to pass the ball. Coupled with a growth in analytics and innovative offensive schemes, the NFL has seen an explosion in passing offense over the past two decades. The New England Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick have been at the forefront in View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
ventures overall. All told, Draper guesses he’s listened to about 100,000 pitches over the years. “When I meet entrepreneurs, I always think they’re going to be hugely successful, but I’m an optimist. In fact, I’m wrong more than I’m right. What I do View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
Nickelodeon and Univision. "We know," O'Reilly observes, "that other entertainment and sports interests are competing for these groups and that we can never rest on our laurels." Innovation can mean basics like reducing parking and... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
School’s faculty the autonomy to pursue answers to the business research questions that interest them most. Faculty members stay close to practice, interacting with business leaders and managers in the field to research the world’s most... View Details
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
customers, not to mention the convenience of keeping customer information on file. While the intermediary charges a fee for its service, buyers widely perceive that the costs are borne by others, namely sellers. Sellers in turn pay the fee with the View Details
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
visited HBS and performed tricks that blew Thomke away. "He's an amazing performer, and my curiosity went through the roof. I felt like a young boy again." Thomke was teaching a course in the MBA program on innovation in 2009 and had an idea: Wouldn't it be View Details
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
"Why is it so costly to produce? It shouldn't be. Where's the inefficiency in our production by reinsurance companies? Why can't they produce enough of this coverage at a lower price? A lot of the research goes into trying to View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
reflect a lower burden of crime, but rather a higher investment in crime avoidance. Moreover, protection activities by one group can displace crime onto another group. We take advantage of a dramatic increase in crime rates in Argentina during the late 1990s to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
evolved into a complex solution instead of the simple small business software that originally was envisioned. Its features got specified and locked in before a single paying customer had used the product. The Pandesic team did a lot of things wrong, certainly. But the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
years to come,” says Dubin. “In the past we never did that. There were little jewels of wisdom that Seiju spoke about that will be really useful for teaching, and for other students, and for understanding Noom, especially as they move on... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American business education over the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
people are rejecting the demands of investment banking and consulting jobs. “This is not going to stop China’s trajectory,” Kirby allows. “The real question is whether it could be seen as a wake-up call for Chinese business and government, to View Details
- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
Tanzania, where he was wrapping up perhaps his most ambitious project yet, a five-year tour of Africa, which included visits to all 54 countries on the continent. READ MORE Dan Morrell: Francis, was your interest in travel something you... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
when Pussy Riot got arrested. And that was the first example that not only sparked our interest in those who were getting imprisoned, but really made us aware of the situation that was happening on a global scale. White: Pussy Riot was a... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
list of the most eminent psychological scientists, provide a broad range of insightful perspectives. This book is essential reading for students, researchers, and professionals interested in learning about the development of the biggest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni
development. Of particular interest are jobs that require the applicant to apply business and managerial skills gained at HBS, as well as the applicant’s capability to produce significant, sustained benefits for the employer within these... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
understand and respect the complexities inherent in the culture. Striking, too, were the gaps between myth and reality that emerged at a number of the forum's concurrent panel discussions. At HBS associate professor Debora L. Spar's... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
first became interested in marketing and retailing while in college, working part-time at Bloomingdale’s and then in a New York buying office for a large group of department stores. After earning an MBA (1954) and DBA (1960) at HBS, he... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
PublicationsStrength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Harvard University Press, forthcoming Abstract This book investigates the sources of interest group... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity growth was low, and the stock market was in the tank. It is not at all... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young