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16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

loving family” As with the work that won the Nobel Prize, “with Wagaroo, we’re trying to solve some standard economic problems related to market design,” says Exley, who joined the Harvard Business School faculty in June, as an assistant... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

industrial firm Ellaktor and Standard and Poor's shows. With the venture capital industry being underdeveloped, Greek entrepreneurs were also excluded from financing. (See here my view on increasing innovation capacity in Greece.) But... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

10 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

the temptation just not to bother protecting people's privacy. But I would hope that the virtuous marketer would resist that temptation." To read more: For detailed accounts of research by Leslie John, Alessandro Acquisti, and George Loewenstein, see "The Impact of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

Japanese policy were not successful, and the poor results elsewhere in the world are not surprising. We also point out in the book, however, some areas where Japanese policy was truly innovative like high standards for energy efficiency... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

and store managers who had the freedom to source materials unique to their marketplace. In his zeal to increase short-term earnings, Nardelli got rid of the customer advisers and centralized procurement while standardizing store... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

standards and data. Many governments around the world have begun assigning prices to carbon dioxide emissions, but it’s unclear if they can agree on a common global standard. Without industrywide measures, firms have been taking their own... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

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RCS Policies - Research Computing Services

compute, storage, and software support HRCI Level 3 and higher, certain standard computing practices normally allowed on desktops and laptop are not allowed on the compute grid. Those will be outlined below. Note that RCS maintains... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

governments to use those resources to help people escape poverty. In the private sector, Rangan sees a positive trend among multinational corporations within industries to set and adhere to minimum standards for labor, the environment,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

the company's direction in many locations over a long period. Peter Sands at Standard Chartered Bank worked with his immediate leadership team to define the bank's values and strategic direction and then engaged his top 300 staff in the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1996
News

Technology for Learning's Sake

class with the standard cold-call, Bhide is able to present the results of the survey along with a summary of the students' qualitative comments. The quality of both teaching and learning has been affected dramatically. "Class begins with... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

04 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From

to resign. Employees estimated Recruit would last another six months and began to look for other jobs. Recruit realized it could no longer guarantee employees lifetime employment, the standard for Japanese companies at that time. What it... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

15 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers

Vallée explains. To that end, he and Célérier set out to quantify talent. To do so, they capitalized on data from French engineering schools. Measuring Talent In France, students are selected for engineering programs based solely on their national ranking in a View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

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

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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

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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

Keywords: Walter Kiechel; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2020
News

Inside Out

Standards establishing limits for the six so-called criteria air pollutants: particles (PM2.5 and PM10), lead, ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide. Many other countries have similar View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

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