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- 15 May 2015
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2+2: A "Liberating and Life-Altering" Choice
a liberating and life-altering opportunity. Before HBS, I spent a year traveling abroad on a fellowship from Vanderbilt University, studying national identity formation, comparative citizenship issues, and some of the challenges facing... View Details
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Domestic Students | MBA
students). Private student loans may be a good option if you have an excellent credit history and plan to pay off your loans quickly (usually within five years after graduation). Repayment options may be less favorable compared to federal... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- News
Level Up
fed by some four thousand media sources that can give sports business executives an immediate idea of what platforms, products, or people are moving the industry—and which ones aren’t. “We’re helping our clients stay on top of comparative... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice
The commitment to research that influences pedagogy, theory, and practice is inherent to HBS’s identity. The first field study, conducted in 1911 under the School’s Bureau of Business Research, comprised a comparative examination of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Leaning In to Gender Equity
and let opportunities for advancement pass them by—at least compared to their male peers. These observations are the real surprise thread winding through Lean In, and they have landed her in hot water with critics who prefer to pin most... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
not enough; it must also be coupled with a positive outcome. Norton compares it to results in their online dating research in which users were more satisfied when they saw the website working hard for them during searching-but only if... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
information has increased considerably in the last decade, companies are still failing to disclose material information in a comparable format. We believe this has two downsides. On the one hand, companies are not adequately managing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know
pay as aggressively as men do, she adds. Furthermore, Fletcher notes that previous studies compared behavior under an interdependent, competitive scheme with an independent, piece-rate scheme. In independent payment schemes, participants... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
customer, they got back $1.38 in expected revenue the next year, according to the paper. For comparable employees in loosely monitored units the $1.00 yielded $1.82. "If I call you every time I see a deviation from the norm, you won't use... View Details
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
much comparable executives are paid and in what form. By adjusting an executive's pay package every year to keep it in line with the other executives' pay, companies hope to minimize what the consultants call "retention... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
- 15 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?
give their money to the first partner, 69 percent compared to 31 percent, showing that they trusted the person who used willpower more to give back some of the money. The results indicate that participants believed the person who used... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
category known as “new nuclear,” which offers the potential to dramatically reduce costs and rapidly ramp up installations when compared to today’s nuclear power plants. But the success of new nuclear—and perhaps the future of the... View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
picture are relatively closed compared to the top buds in the picture above). Image source: The authors. Storage/Buffer Space. Image source: The authors. Energy and Resource Consumption The facility is currently heated by natural gas,... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
assets if their technology investments prove economically uncompetitive compared to alternative “green” solutions. The newly finished Hysynergy Power-to-Hydrogen facility. Inside, large alkaline electrolyzers convert excess energy to... View Details
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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog
jagged frontier of AI capabilities replacing and enhancing MBA skillsets. We will construct the short, medium and long-run potential for the organization of consulting services and the role of the newly minted MBA. Module 4: Negotiated value: In this session we View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
construction. STARTING SMALL: The last step involved planting 9,000 tiny perennials roughly eight inches apart. In blazing summer heat, the daytime temperatures on a conventional asphalt roof can reach 160 degrees or higher compared to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
comes from ticket and concession sales, compared with the standard 50 percent of most performing arts organizations. With numerous public outreach programs, the Big Apple, adds Slifka, "is both an incredibly successful performing arts... View Details
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Forecast financial performance in the near and long term to guide strategic decision-making Compare organizations’ performance and recognize value... View Details
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
clearly a signal was given: Don’t get complacent. You have to earn your keep. And if you do, you will be rewarded. A: That’s right. And people can accept more responsibility if you let them. That was a smart move because the advertising industry doesn’t pay very well... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
short-term price volatility of U.S. Treasury bonds has been about 5.5 percent per year in real terms—that is, after correcting for inflation. This volatility is certainly small when we compare it to the volatility of stock returns, which... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen