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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
accessible and assure prospective students that the School will support them on their educational journeys. “The impact of the fellowship program on our students, who see how invested our alumni are in their success and the success of the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
change in motion," explains Hammond, "by pulling suppliers closer to him, insisting that they implement the information technology necessary for exchanging sales data, adopt standards for product and shipping container labeling, and use modern methods of material... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
realities. Strategic independence is a policy of determining what is best for our national security and letting go of obsolete doctrines such as “mutual assured destruction” — an outmoded deterrent in an era of nuclear proliferation — or... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
results indicate that public benefits provide risk assurance among start-up employees, too. "Let's say I have a comfortable management position at a large firm, but I'm thinking of taking a chance on joining a new small... View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
step is required in order for the company to be successful. Once the company's product is defined and the business model has been developed, Onset—and indeed most VC firms—wants to be able to bring in a new CEO if required. Thus, the only founders who can View Details
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
price before that time is a martingale, and the price trajectory afterwards is a supermartingale. Finally, we explore the role of rental markets in sharing information about address value and assuring allocative efficiency. Download... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
but we always have to keep our integrity, values, and goals." Clark Phippen assured us that leadership is up to the task, saying that "true leaders can easily address the challenges you describe without the 'academic' complexity... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
also find increased likelihood by treated firms of voluntarily receiving assurance to enhance disclosure credibility and increased likelihood of voluntarily adopting reporting guidelines that enhance disclosure comparability. These... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
had become woven together in ways never before seen, and a truly global economy had emerged that many believed would forever banish the possibility of war altogether. But could trade really assure perpetual peace, and what ultimately... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
Internet link is typically $1,000 or more plus monthly connection fees. This cost reversal leads to an abundance of information being offered to a relatively limited Internet audience. Going forward, digital's interactive capability View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
the concrete ceiling in corporate America." The nation's business community, he said, "continues to reserve the real positions of power for white males." Graves told his audience that their HBS education assured them of success but noted... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
Similarly, Keck assures them that, whatever its scope or extent, volunteership is invaluable: "Contributing in small ways —talking to someone who may be applying to the School, for example, or providing a student with a summer internship... View Details
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
interest to private and public institutions globally. In the case of the nuclear meltdown in Japan, the lack of timely and accurate information was an important part of the problem. Whose responsibility was it to assure that the best... View Details
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
$60 and a 90 percent chance of $50; or a 10 percent chance of $120 and a 90 percent chance of $5. The odds shifted slowly in each subsequent row, allowing Minor to see how much assurance of a bigger payoff investors needed before making... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
assuring price transparency so advertisers know what they're buying. I explain the need for these rights by presenting specific practices causing particular concern. The Decline and Renewal of British Multinational Banking... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
"It is hard to compete in those niche markets. But it's also not clear that spending $100 million is a safe bet with an assured return. I think if I were a movie producer, I probably wouldn't radically change the way I do things. I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
— is the first condition. Second, you need to cultivate an atmosphere of psychological safety, where people are assured that behaving in ways that aren’t stereotypically masculine won’t result in ostracism or punishment. And third,... View Details
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
saying; “Look, everyone should understand that this is risky.” And yet, as I mentioned above, I don’t think this is going to happen. This AstraZeneca hiccup isn’t going to be the last one. I can all but assure you of that. Once we start... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
adversity, boards become more active by definition," one director said. "But what one has to ask is: Should they be more active when things are good, to make sure that the risk-management processes are in place, that the financial control processes are in place, so... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch