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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
result, there are meaningful externalities in the mutual fund industry due to cash management. A fund family may coordinate the liquidity management efforts of its funds in order to minimize volatility spillovers from fire sales. Related... View Details
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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
United States Steel Corporation, then the largest company in the world. The merger included Andrew Carnegie’s Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary’s Federal Steel Company, and William Henry Moore’s National Steel Company, as well as National Tube Works, View Details
- 24 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?
61 percent of part-time employees caring for parents or an elderly family member were women. Three steps toward a new path for caregivers What can change? Plenty. Fuller’s team found that, in all cases, increased flexibility and robust... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
From Coercion to Excitement Authors:Peter Tufano and Daniel Schneider Abstract We review a wide variety of programs that support savings by families, in particular by low- and moderate-income families. These programs range from ones that literally compel View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
consequential decision of his tenure: should he continue at the helm, promote a trusted insider, or become the first in the company’s history to recommend to the board appoint a non-family CEO? Keywords: Digitalization ; Digital ; Family... View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment
from storm surge and erosion. She explains how CPS integrates landscape design, marine engineering, and microgrid energy into its solution, and how it differs from traditional seawalls or breakwaters. Alex also discusses navigating public policy, permitting, and View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research
onset of COVID-19. August 2025 Case Must B Nutty? By: Christina Wallace , Martha Hostetter and Alicia Dadlani Veronica and Miguel Garza, siblings from a large Mexican-American family from Texas, founded a company in 2014 to sell the... View Details
John D. Macomber
John Macomber is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes leadership of real estate, construction, and information technology businesses. At HBS, Mr. Macomber's work focuses on climate adaptation and the... View Details
- 02 Mar 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?
avoidance on the part of physicians, a litigious society, and inadequate protection from it for physicians (Rowland Freeman), "defensive" medicine leading to unnecessary tests and treatments, an insurance system that is costly and... View Details
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Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center | About
people and to building a welcoming environment for generations of business leaders from around the world.” HBS Dean Nitin Nohria said, “The Chao family is the embodiment of the American dream, and we are... View Details
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Courses - Entrepreneurship
total enterprise. There are a variety of entrepreneurship related elective courses to choose from. Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits 5 Technologies that Will Change the World Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2024 Q3Q4 3.0 The American... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
Course MaterialsBASIX Harvard Business School Case 207-099 BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers
Student loan debt is not only crippling Americans financially, it is holding them back from pursuing better opportunities. When student debt is erased, a huge burden is lifted and people take big steps to improve their lives: They seek... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All
values the experience they have and rewards them in terms of high seniority, high prestige positions, even though they failed,” Gompers says. The research comes at a time when Americans are taking more risks, with people quitting their... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
Hellenic Bottling Company) and the role of regulation in integrated reporting (Anglo-American). April 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Real Effects of Relational Contracts By: Henderson, Rebecca, Steven Blader, Andrea... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
DaVita in 1999, breaking an important promise to his family in order to do so, he was determined to create a differentiated company with a community-like culture. Over six years, he had engineered an impressive financial turnaround and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis
1948, and national health insurance since 1956. Workers currently pay 7 percent of social security taxes, while companies pay 31 percent. Local sales taxes top out at 25 percent, with lower rates for food and other items. View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
And I say she's a lot happier than most people I've met. Nobody's happy. But she's doing a good job. Why, they say, why? Is it because of the lovely things? Is it because of the incredible renown? Is it because of the mythical success and the iconic position in View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
- 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008
life insurance practices led to an investigation in New York State that threatened to curtail growth in the industry. Charles Evans Hughes guided the four-month-long Armstrong Investigation, which made startling revelations and offered a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains
Almost one-third of Americans consider immigration the most important “problem” that the United States faces, according to a new Gallup poll. And yet, companies say they need far more workers than the current system allows. Some business... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne