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- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
rate of 37% is fairly close to the model's estimated welfare-maximizing taxation rate of 42%. Reducing corruption provides the largest potential impact for welfare gain through its impact on the uses of tax... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
capital in Latin America. Chu still runs Pegasus but also joined HBS in 2003. His courses include "Effective Leadership of Social Enterprise" and "New Opportunities in Emerging Markets," the latter about managing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
create high-tech products essential for future prosperity is on the decline, argue Gary Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie Jr. Professor of Business Administration, and Professor of Management Practice Willy Shih. They won the prestigious... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
likely to be transferred if politicians have alternative means of control through subordinate politicians. Districts with higher rates of politically induced bureaucrat transfers are somewhat less successful in poverty reduction over the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
because overcharging absorbs the interest rate subsidy. Anyway, the true shortfall is closer to $100 than $36 billion - and that’s before dealing with inherited debt. It would be ironic if an Anglo-American invasion led to early repayment... View Details
- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
Managing Churn to Maximize Profits with Aurélie Lemmens, an associate professor at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management. They propose a new method to target customers that potentially boosts a company's profits in a big way—by... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
students annually and boasts a college-completion rate of more than 90 percent. “We’ve now proven our model replicates well and is quantitatively effective, so we are looking to aggressively expand.” Her time at HBS strengthened both her... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
Casadesus-Masanell decided to dive in. Most research to date into the OSS movement has focused on the organization and management issues surrounding OSS. Ghemawat and Casadesus-Masanell chose to explore the fundamental competitive... View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=206075 PublicationsAre Hedge Fund Fees a Bargain? And Other Conundrums of Balancing Active and Passive Management Authors:Randolph B. Cohen and Kerry J. Stirton... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
we will make a mistake only once and learn from it. We also are humbled every day by a new mistake. But it is the kind of investing that the partners here very much enjoy. We believe that getting in early and working with management teams... View Details
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
managers and recruiters are questioning conventional business education. Their concerns? Among other things, MBA programs aren't giving students the heightened cultural awareness and global perspectives they need. Newly minted MBAs lack... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018
employment market tightens. Offsetting these pressures—as well as underlying inflation in employee compensation—is key to the School’s cost-control strategy. Carefully managing the growth of the School’s administrative staff is central to... View Details
- 29 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business
or execute business strategy. No matter your intended industry or function, these 12 courses prepare future graduates to quickly analyze a situation, formulate a reasoned analysis, and create an action plan. A general manager needs to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
the Iran Center for Management (Tehran). He was part of a team of HBS professors whose advice to the top executives of Nestlé S.A. led to the creation of IMEDE, the European management school in Switzerland.... View Details
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
and banking crisis. The paper then explains how the crisis unraveled and describes the U.S. bailout of the Mexican government in 1995. Since the exchange rate crisis of December of 1994 then translated into... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
of hundreds and perhaps thousands of dogs and cats (the numbers remain unclear, as there is no centralized database of such information). While the situation was uncertain, there was some concern that a production run of SmartPak’s LiveSmart Weight View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
Exchange Commission-approved NYSE and Nasdaq governance listing standards. The risk now is that boards will become overly focused on regulatory compliance and not perform their broader and more managerial responsibilities adequately. Can... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
traditional forms of career advancement. After eight years with the company, he decided to go to HBS. “The idea came from my time as an intern at Digital Equipment Corp. in the United States while I was a university student,” he said. He came to Boston and Digital via... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
groups such as Boko Haram, which at least promise something to eat. Kola Masha Managing Director, Doreo Partners Masha's Babban Gona system turns subsistence farmers into commercial growers using a franchise model that provides everything... View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
accreditation. Also, the use of the LEED standard increased among private builders in the same local markets. "Our paper describes several different ways in which these policies might stimulate private markets for greener building," says Toffel, an associate professor... View Details