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- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
to eating a cookie. Twenty-five years after Pete’s death, little progress has been made in terms of understanding the condition or options for treatment. “The same antiquated autoinjector is still the first line of treatment in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
spent." Jerome Golden even raised the question of whether a new system should provide a defined benefit (as it essentially does now) as opposed to basing individual returns on a defined contribution. As he put it, "The debate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Terry Virts (GMP 11, 2011)
meds: ScopeDex. Scopolamine prevents sickness and Dexedrine maintains alertness. “I’ve never thrown up in an airplane while flying. I need to knock on some wood right now.” Tips for sleeping in space: Close the window shade and put in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
annual, nonbinding votes by shareholders on executive compensation — so-called say on pay; grants substantial shareholders a new right to have their director candidates’ names included on the ballots sent out by the company (dissident shareholders now must send out... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
attempts at group creativity in companies ranging from startups to Hewlett-Packard and Intel, is their recipe for firing up and stoking the creative process. Promoting differences of opinion, setting aside an incubation period, and converging on the best View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
that web-based businesses would benefit from such expert curators. On the web, options for products, services, and information are virtually endless, too. It's daunting for customers, and there's an increasing body of academic research... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Lara Hodgson
a phenomenal start, getting featured in major magazines without any marketing push. The product was a hit with grateful young mothers and the buzz grew quickly. When Nourish received its first big order from Whole Foods, Hodgson’s team celebrated. But “it was... View Details
- 17 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
New Treasury Rules Help Long-Retirement Planning
recommended that workers use all their retirement savings to buy life annuities in order to avoid outliving their savings. Nevertheless, few workers want to put their whole retirement nest egg into a life annuity. Why? In one word,... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Tyler Teykl (MBA 2017)
beauty of HBS is that it puts you into the alumni network where there is never a cold call. What is the most inspiring/exciting project you’ve worked on? The summer prior to entering my RC year, my wife, Shannon, and I traveled into rural... View Details
- Profile
Jaime Mendez
method prepares you for the global economy by pushing diverse backgrounds into the foreground," Jaime says. "Our interactions with different cultures, interests, and backgrounds prepare us to be better managers of both people and ideas." In fact, Jaime... View Details
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
treaties, tariff policies, and regional trade agreements that can be put in place to enhance the effectiveness of CSR and a country's long-term competitiveness. When international quotas on textiles and garments are eliminated at the end... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
How One Organization Increased Their Internship Yield
her, the company looks desperate, not attractive.” What went wrong? “The time between the company’s offer and the student’s decision is very important,” says Murphy. On one side of the negotiating table, students are considering multiple View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 15 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?
repercussions for failing to achieve a goal, such as committing to donating to a charity—perhaps even a cause the person disagrees with. “The idea is that to be self-controlled, you have to put aside activities you’d rather be doing,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
students to compare the prices of put and call options with various exercise prices and maturity dates on two equities (JPMorgan Chase and Facebook) that had identical closing stock prices on January 14,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
gear up to raise a Series A. “When I spoke with Diego, he shared five problems they were thinking about and gave me the option of what I wanted to work on,” Westphal explained. “The project I chose allowed me to spend 90% of my time... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
INK: Big News for Small Business
have a life-threatening cash crunch. But if it were to happen, they would have more options to borrow at affordable rates. Fintech is going to create more access for everyone, across the board, including women and minority-owned... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 11 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)
a year and a half working in supply chain optimization at Pinnacle Foods in New Jersey, Sheil faced a choice – begin her MBA now or pull one more lever of change. “I had the option to either go to HBS or I could do something else for a... View Details
- Profile
Mina Kazanlieva
to me has been the Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism class with Professor Jeffrey Jones," Mina says. "We put ourselves in the shoes of prominent business leaders from the 19th Century until today. One of the takeaways was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
representing groups of investors, and from those in the U.S. and other countries—if at all representative—provide what is for me a rather sobering assessment of the future of these funds. At one end of the spectrum are the feelings largely of investors. As Chris Lee... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Above: Meridith Unger (left) and Nix’s business development director Sara Weber (MBA 2016) inspect a prototype (photo by Susan Young) Boston-based Nix is developing a disposable biosensor that gives users a real-time gauge of hydration levels by analyzing their sweat.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell