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- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
guidelines being put forth in several member countries of the E.U. in response to accounting improprieties at Ahold and other European companies. Among other things, Sarbanes-Oxley seeks more independent directors on boards and in key board committee positions. It... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
dynamic pricing is twofold: to maximize revenue, but also to encourage ticket-buying behavior that is beneficial to the arts organization and, importantly, to its customers. Customers are more likely to buy early instead of last minute,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
safety of the employees who make the goods that the retailer sells? No need to feel awkward if your answer is no. Most people do not think about the harms created by indirect actions, that is, behaviors that hurt others indirectly, such as View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
staff, and faculty who packed Burden Auditorium on Tuesday, September 23, as Congress hotly debated the then newly proposed $700 billion financial rescue legislation. The second panel convened two days later by Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust filled Sanders... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
whole thing (shout out to Thales Teixeira!), which has been incredibly helpful in figuring out our business model and buying advertisements. Until very recently, we were the ones designing all of our ads, View Details
- 21 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores
inventory without the need to step foot in a bookstore; and then Amazon launched the Kindle e-book service in 2007, challenging the very idea of a physical book. “Not only had the traditional buying channels fundamentally shifted, but the... View Details
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
same way. Historically in the internet era, the notion for startups has been to build a large customer base and monetize it through advertising. But it's hard to name more than two companies that have done this successfully. If Google and Facebook are taking up a big... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
retired and who can have financial security in their golden years because their finances were managed well. It could be a young person buying their first stock. It could be a small-business owner needing capital. If those people couldn’t... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
When private equity (PE) firms buy a company, they typically follow a standard playbook to create value—streamlining operations, restructuring debt, changing management, and cutting costs. However, as digital technologies and artificial... View Details
- 08 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime
for ad revenue. Instead, the research findings contradict this notion, offering validation that the press is keeping vigilant watch and is exercising the fundamental rights assigned to them by the US Constitution. “I was surprised to see... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
is a larger overhaul of the business model that goes beyond applying online insights offline to a more defined integration of those two buying environments. TT: Some retailers have different prices online and offline, but if you go to a... View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
families,” says Akuete. “So there were a few children of her workers for whom she would buy computers or pay tuition. But it wasn’t really codified in any way, and there was no commitment to it at a broader level. My stepping in just made... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
boarded a bullet train, headed west as far as they could, and exited in a village to start asking people what would make them buy a computer. What they discovered surprised them. Wandering to an impoverished part of town full of... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
with a name, often adding a sequential indicator (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3), or they can come up with an entirely new name (Nintendo's Wii). Three questions managers should consider when deciding whether brand-name continuation or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
that people associate with global brands. Then we surveyed 1,800 people in twelve nations to measure the relative importance of those dimensions when consumers buy products. A detailed analysis revealed that consumers all over the world... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
each time we added seats, average attendance and contributions increased. I made a cash-flow analysis and revenue projections that helped lenders understand our business model. We’re now able to negotiate and secure reasonable financial... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
and Applied Sciences, which is renamed in his honor President, Paulson & Co. Inc. John Paulson’s knack for business was evident early on. At six, he sold Charms candies on the playground in his Queens neighborhood. Buying the candy in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
inalienable rights, may not be an added power to hold us at bay?") “Depending heavily on token women could be problematic” The rhetoric surrounding Obama vs. Clinton was reminiscent of that dynamic, Giddings said. "We keep falling into... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel