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26 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53888 Trade Secrets Protection and Antitakeover Provisions By: Dey, Aiyesha, and Joshua White Abstract—We examine whether and why managers strengthen antitakeover provisions when facing an increased threat of being... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

technology, but these results are driven almost entirely by heterogeneous effects by those with and without computer science and engineering (CS&E) backgrounds. Specifically, tests of underlying mechanisms reveal that unlocking... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Web

Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Good Start Genetics is developing a low-cost, sequencing based, pre-pregnancy test for multiple genetic disorders that will replace one-disorder-only tests currently on the market. Insightsquared Frederick... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions

will also explain the range of responsibilities and qualities advisors can look for in identifying potentialcandidates. Bulletin: The School has reintroduced the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) as an element of the admissions... View Details

03 Nov 2008
HBS Case

Economics of the Ethanol Business

capable of producing 40 million gallons a year can be built for an initial cost of between $55 million and $60 million. In 2003, the group fans out to test the idea with some 2,500 farmers in the area; after this outreach, MME has 729... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Energy

14 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid

diabetic and asthmatic enrollees due to increased testing and drug utilization, while management consulting firm McKinsey found that consumer-driven enrollees were more likely to "very carefully follow treatment regimens for chronic... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

07 May 2015
Blog Post

Career Change: From the Military to Consulting

did your summer internship experience impact your future plans? I spent my summer at Bain & Company. It was a great opportunity to learn more about consulting, how consulting teams work, and to test if I would like the job. I... View Details

21 Oct 2020
News

Cold Calculations

to build the partnerships necessary to deploy the technology if testing proves successful; the Arctic Ice Project will not make that decision itself. “We need to build a global governance coalition so that democratic organizations can... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2008
News

Farming for Fuel

2003, the group fans out to test the idea with some 2,500 farmers in the area; after this outreach, MME has 729 members willing to make the minimum investment of $20,000 and 10,000 bushels of corn annually. For the farmers, MME offers a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

2009
Case

Innovamedica: Innovation in an Emerging Market

By: Roberto Charvel, Fernando Fabre and T. Putimahtama

Innovamedica was a medical start up with several state of the art devices such as a silicon substitute heart and other inventions. However, the founding scientist was struggling in attracting talent and fundraising and that had an impact on growth. View Details

Keywords: Biotech; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Start-up; Emergent Countries; Business Startups; Talent and Talent Management; Design; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Invention; Managerial Roles; Biotechnology Industry; Latin America; North and Central America

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06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

communities) and the moderating effects of team leader experience. We test our moderated mediation model in a sample of 121 teams that filed patents in a Fortune 50 company’s India R&D center between 2005 and 2015 using proprietary... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Riding It Out

20, 2007, while Gisholt, Minard, and their three young daughters were waiting in line for Test Track, an auto-testing simulation that advises riders to “Strap yourself in to race up bumpy terrain, roar through hairpin turns, speed into... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

28 May 2019
News

3-Minute Briefing: Tom Hulme (MBA 2007)

prototype, they’ll test things with those customers, and they’ll learn faster than the competition. I’m really digging into FinTech at the moment. I pick a topic each year and do a deep dive. Otherwise you’re constantly reacting to a fire... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2014
News

New Idea: On-Demand Package Delivery

potential customers on Facebook and LinkedIn, and purchase mover’s dollies to help them make deliveries. The cofounders successfully tested Boxxify throughout April and May in Boston’s Back Bay, where their research showed only 3 percent... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

there we hand-collected past education of analysts and matched these to past education of board members and senior officers of firms. These 1,800+ analysts represent those from the entire universe of analysts from 1990 to 2006 on which we could find education data. To... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

the surface of your head, so you're never going to get to the deep areas of the brain with EEG," Karmarkar explains. The fMRI uses a giant magnet, often 3 Teslas strong, to track the blood flow throughout the brain as test subjects... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2010
News

You Have to Save to Win

Playing off the popularity of lottery games, HBS professor Peter Tufano has designed a savings program called “Save to Win,” now being tested at eight credit unions in Michigan. To participate, individuals open a one-year certificate of... View Details

Keywords: Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

03 Dec 2024
News

Magic Numbers

Courtesy Shalinee Sharma Courtesy Shalinee Sharma As a sixth grader in Buffalo, New York, Shalinee Sharma (MBA 2005) believed math just wasn’t her thing. There were only a few girls in the honors class at her new school, and Sharma soon realized that she was far behind... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

27 Nov 2017
Blog Post

Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way

new feature, "If it doesn't work, we can always blame Apeksha". It can be a stressful environment to walk into full-time. However, the MBA summer internship provides a unique opportunity to reduce the risk on both sides, allowing to View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

On October 19, the School conferred its highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, on seven distinguished individuals. Since 1968, the School has selected outstanding men and women for the award, recognizing their accomplishments in the public and the private... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

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