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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
political biases in preventing leaders from recognizing and acting on warning signs of impending disasters. Could you give an example of each? In the book, we talk about the cognitive biases of those involved in the fishing industry who... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
PublicationsDid Increased Competition Affect Credit Ratings? Authors:Bo Becker and Todd Milbourn Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract The credit rating industry has historically been dominated by just two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come... View Details
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women—a History
of peak industrial or business upheavals, notably the mid-nineteenth century explosion within the textile industry and growing industrialization; the development of the national railroad system and the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
within public companies that acquire or merge with other companies as part of a longer-term business strategy. Altogether, the researchers mined M&A activity of all public targets with a value of less than $1 billion between 1984 and... View Details
- 11 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital
interactions that happen outside of HBS as students proactively pursue venture capital firms that have not traditionally recruited at HBS. All of this student interest creates an opportunity to bring in top talent to help your firm... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
remember that business is all about working with people, be they your associates or customers." DANIEL GREGORY Wesleyan University, 1951 B.S., Psychology "Companies don't grow and succeed through some sort of miracle or because you put a... View Details
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
have become quite influential and controversial in the technology industries they touch. The goal of this paper is to shed light on the role and efficiency tradeoffs of these new patent intermediaries. Finally, we offer a provisional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Energy & Environment Club | MBA
Energy & Environment Club All recognized student clubs are part of a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization, called Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. Each student club at Harvard Business School (HBS) is open to View Details
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Doha Tantawy
"first reality check. I saw how economics play out in a real marketplace, how all the constituents – business, customers, legal context—work together." The experience awakened a passion to "serve consumers, to see change... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
He launched FairMarket from his Beacon Hill apartment in 1997. "When we set up our server, I had an engineer in my kitchen doing the programming, and we had a network cable running all over the floor. It was a total bootstrap operation,"... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- Web
Richard Jenrette | Baker Library
served as vice chairman in charge of all of the investment subsidiaries. He also brought Equitable Life public, the first firm in its industry to do so. Then Dick’s interests took him in a very different... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
the draw anymore. By conducting a series of diagnostics, companies in any industry can quickly identify the most promising opportunities. This article shows how to conduct customer, portfolio, and competitor diagnostics to pinpoint the... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
industrial and energy services—and was close to defaulting on its financial obligations. Some managers felt the company was also bankrupt in terms of ideas. There was insufficient communication across the company, including few common... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
it, "When companies have to play by the same rules, then fair competition can take place terms and conditions for all concerned industries worldwide seems to be a must." The one question that is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
by the industry we regulate. So this was a historic moment to come into this job. In addition, the SEC itself recently had been through some tough times, so it seemed like the agency was in need of new leadership. Not long after you... View Details
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Capital Murder
At his 2012 wedding, Peter Stone (MBA 2008) received an unexpected compliment, in addition to all of the expected well wishes and toasts. Bestselling author and guest Margaret Stohl told Stone that she was impressed with the vows he’d... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
underdog to one of the big-three American cell carriers. All of this experience prepared Bond to take on the role she accepted last October: president of Xbox. It was a historic moment for the diversity of the gaming View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
report “The politics industry is different from virtually all other industries in the economy because the participants themselves control the rules of competition,” write Gehl... View Details