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01 Jun 2022
News

Making It Count

Weighted Accounts (IWA) Project has set about tackling accountability, a major hurdle on the path to an impact-driven economy. While the number of firms reporting their own ESG data has grown exponentially, and companies of all stripes are now articulating their... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

27 Oct 2020
News

HBS Votes

Blau (MBA 2001), Baupost CEO Seth Klarman (MBA 1982), Standard Hotels CEO Amar Lalvani (MBA 2001), General Assembly CEO Lisa Lewin (MBA 2003), and Jeffrey C. Walker (MBA 1981), among other HBS graduates) who issued a statement supporting... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

remarks, Porter noted two potential threats to America in its current role as the standard bearer of global commerce: U.S. capital markets could get too near-term oriented, and basic research might not receive sufficient investment. In a... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

Making a World of Difference

comes from ticket and concession sales, compared with the standard 50 percent of most performing arts organizations. With numerous public outreach programs, the Big Apple, adds Slifka, "is both an incredibly successful performing arts... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

healthcare services is taking place from Asia to Africa. In India, the Avarind Eye Hospital provides routine eye surgeries to the highest quality standards at perhaps a tenth of the developed country price. A mass production approach to... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

23 May 2016
Research & Ideas

A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up

also make the settlement request conform more closely to standard invoices, providing a smoother path for processing payment, instead of initiating an internal legal review. She says it is interesting to observe the contrast between the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

23 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It

States, women’s share of board seats on the S&P 500 is 19.2 percent.) In other words, inasmuch as the gender gap is intractable in Sweden, it’s probably more so in most other countries. It is standard practice for researchers to test... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 24

Publications February 2015 University of Chicago Press Political Standards By: Ramanna, Karthik Abstract—There are certain institutions underlying our modern market-capitalist system that are largely outside the interest and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

relative availability of credit is the Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Survey (SLOS). This survey shows that demand for small business loans tightened significantly in 2009 and began loosening slightly in 2010, but only at relatively low levels. By contrast, the... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

20 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

September 2007, that strategy was due for a major test. TiVo was a maker of digital video recorder (DVR) products and a distributor of DVR technology. Rogers believed that macro-trends in the home entertainment industry—the convergence of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates

interact, as if the couple is going to a museum together and chatting about the art work. "We wanted to give people something more specific to talk about, help them find common interests and points of divergence, and give them some content for discussion. Ideally... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Publishing

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

We also regularly send samples of cases and research work to faculty at European academic institutions. Dessain: All in all, we are off to a good start. In 2003, we were even named the year's most innovative intellectual R&D investment by the Paris-Ile de France... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

negotiation, Sebenius cites the case of Kennecott Copper Corporation. Faced with a possible government takeover of its mines in Chile a number of years ago, Kennecott knew it had to renegotiate its long-term, low-royalty agreement. A View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

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Frequently Asked Questions | MBA

what should I expect from the interview process? How many seats are available in the 2+2 program? Which standardized tests does the 2+2 Program accept? When is the latest I can take the GMAT or GRE? Is it possible to apply to a joint... View Details

27 Oct 2016
News

Paying It Forward

chains as well as small retailers on four continents. “People find us—despite very little marketing outside the United States—because everyone has the same problem,” says Kundu. “I see that we’re having an impact. What we are doing is becoming the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2009
News

Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

standard, even when an alternative standard would be more beneficial to the organization, not to mention to women employees with an interest in career advancement. Understanding the process that brought about such a significant change in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Dec 2002
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes

you a standard answer to that, but I need to understand each client's specific circumstances before ever giving asset-allocation advice. What are their income and lifestyle needs, time horizons, and goals? Is the money going to charity,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

in the standard of living. An individual company, though, can move assets anywhere. So companies can reward their shareholders regardless of what happens to the national economy. As a result, the interest of companies and the country have... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

(forthcoming) Abstract There are a large number of cases where corruption has been discovered investigating levels of consumption that appear to be hard to justify. Yet, in the standard moral hazard model withholding of effort by the... View Details