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- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
Links" or "Advertisements"?: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines Authors: Benjamin Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist Abstract In an online experiment, we measure users' interactions with search engines, both in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Georges F. Doriot
professor said, “Doriot was a transformative figure at HBS and beyond. He created an experience—almost more than a course—that was captivating and demanding. He had very high standards and commanded the respect of his... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
expectantly inside. Dressed in the standard issue blue camp uniform, they were eager for another day of activities at our summer camp for Dallas-area Asian American youth. I was their camp counselor, and as a high schooler, I wanted to be... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
are not uniformly painful issues for all water systems,” Nicole said. “For example, Los Angeles already exceeds the compliance standards set in May by the EPA.” Instead, Nicole worried that the new regulations ignore PFAS or other... View Details
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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
Million of Its Own Citizens to Mexico During the Great Depression 1933 President Franklin Roosevelt proposes New Deal programs to Congress Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal Art of the New Deal 1935 National Labor Relations Act and Social Security Act passed 1938 Fair... View Details
- Web
For Guests - Commencement 2025
receive updates or emergency messages while on campus, simply text HBSGRAD to 888777. You will receive an auto- mated confirmation response. Following Commencement Day, you will automatically be removed from the system. Note that standard... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
ideas, explanations, and solutions for the smartest business readers.'" In 1996, after nearly twenty years at Fortune, Kiechel brought his high editorial standards and equally high regard for savvy business professionals to the Harvard... View Details
- 30 May 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?
Round, which introduced intellectual property rules into the multilateral trading system for the first time. It provides for minimum standards of protection for IP rights, such as patents, that signers of the agreement agree to maintain.... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries
clusters is the idea that immigrants could be forced into them by discrimination or high barriers to enter other fields. “Many industries require certain standards be passed or degrees from accredited schools, which can be difficult for... View Details
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
rather, how do we get the organizations of the world to agree to standardized job types?" Suresh Annappindi points out that "...although people and products cannot be equated and subjected to the same exact metrics ... we can... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
standard products also employ natural language processing for analysis. Arieli (left) and Schlatka (right) cofounded Synthesis to offer a mid-range solution for the growing executive assessment industry The key, Schlatka says, is not to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
president’s office at the University of Oklahoma. “My mantra was that I wanted to lead, to serve, to grow,” he says. Running a university met all three criteria, so in 2009 he took the helm of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, and after seven years, he joined RMU.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
examine the lobbying behavior of state governments in the development of recently issued public pension accounting standards GASB 67 and 68. Consistent with opportunistic motivations, we find that states' opposition to the liability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
AI. It not only requires technological expertise but an even more complex challenge of creating standards and universal formats for organizing and coordinating data and its collection from various sources in a form from which machines can... View Details
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
economists and policymakers can use to understand the world. “Data from platforms like Yelp can add to our understanding of the economy,” says Luca, who works closely with companies and cities to help them better use data. “We can learn a lot by stepping outside of the... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage
provides a most important glimpse of truth. Political economy has found few more pregnant principles. A nation that neglects comparative advantage may pay a heavy price in terms of living standards and growth." Remarkably, most of... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
than they otherwise might. Whether this leads to a higher standard of living than that of their European counterparts is debatable. But there is growing evidence that providing pleasant work environments, aided to some degree by new... View Details
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
prevalent.” 2. Politics affects analyst ratings Another study examined the work of corporate credit analysts working at Fitch, Moody’s, and Standard and Poor’s, who cover approximately 2,000 US firms. Analysts who were not affiliated with... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
officers are particularly helpful in identifying creditworthy minority borrowers with atypical application profiles.” “There are lots of people who are creditworthy borrowers, but don't have W-2s. And if you don't have a W-2, it's going to be extra work to document... View Details