Multiples - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1997
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Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

facility. Instead of building or acquiring a facility, as it might have done in the past, the company could establish "swap-type" contracts with perhaps multiple parties, in which it would deliver crude oil and receive in return a mix of... View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy

explained his focus on education and literacy by saying that "education is the key" for a new economy characterized by, and based upon, lifelong learning, multiple careers, and the acquisition and creation of intellectual property. His... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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From Das’s Desk

2004), the author of Happier and Being Happy, among others, who filled more than 900 seats in multiple simulcast classrooms when he spoke at the Spring 2019 reunion. This time, Ben-Shahar will speak live in Klarman Auditorium in a session... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Dec 1997
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The World's Banker

for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. A past president of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies and board member and trustee of numerous nonprofit, academic, and international relations organizations,... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check

products—such as price and the number of similar products sold at the same time—that we could map to features of new products as a way to predict demand. We also took into account the need to price multiple products in the same category... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

22 Nov 2024
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Deep Reading

Photos by Sandra Singh Last year, while taking classes on the Mishna, the first written collection of Jewish oral traditions, Antoine Leboyer (MBA 1992) wanted to dive deeper into the material. He found while there was a flood of additional texts and commentaries,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2010
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Alumni Books

women in 21 countries found that women’s gains in economic power and social influence have come at a heavy price: women feeling stressed out, time-starved, and overburdened. This book argues that the growing market for products and services that help women claw back... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

24 Oct 2016
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Health Care Pioneer Giusti Named McCance Senior Fellow at HBS

care, or engineering. Giusti currently serves as faculty cochair of the HBS-Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator. She has more than two decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, having previously held senior positions at G. D. Searle and Merck. A patient... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 May 2013
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Tied Together by the Times

Under the leadership of Roger Yanow, the Class of 1954 has set multiple dollar and participation records. Yanow, who serves as fundraising chair for the class, says there is no magic formula for 1954's success. “I depend on my fundraising... View Details

28 Sep 2015
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Rockin’ for a Cause

stake in quality education and want to invest in the district overall.” Motivated Dads Since their first appearance on PiE’s behalf—a two-hour event where the band had to cycle through their nine-song repertoire multiple times—the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Symantec

13 Feb 2015
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Lessons in Perseverance

Addressing that question, she noted, “is how you solve the multiple problems that life throws at you.” “Hot dog day” is one school innovation. Students divide into teams once a month to either procure, cook, or sell hot dogs—or some other... View Details

Keywords: Tyler Bridges; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2011
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Alumni Team Up to Fight Cancer

networking among its alumni community. Bowes, founding partner of US Venture Partners, and Giusti, founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), discussed the need for innovative, results-oriented biomedical research and... View Details

Keywords: biomedicine; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2020
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Quantum Leap

process of drug development: With quantum’s ability to analyze multiple molecules, proteins, and chemicals at the same time, researchers could significantly speed the time to market with ultrafast and high-volume testing—and discover new... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2015
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Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness

focused on the role of business leaders in this issue. For the HBS faculty team, that meant engaging with HBS alumni in multiple ways. First, the Project launched an unprecedented survey of all alumni “to get their perceptions on how the... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson; Walmart; Health, Social Assistance; Retail Trade

21 Nov 2013
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Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

multiple generations of technology. Microsoft and IBM perhaps? Yet no one is pointing to them as bastions of novel and breakthrough ideas! It's easy to point to specific design decisions as the cause of Blackberry's demise. They ignored... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

07 Sep 2021
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Green House

received multiple bids when she put it on the market in early June, selling within three days. “I had no idea of the true market demand for this type of product,” says Harper. “I’m very encouraged that home buyers are educating themselves... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Diversifying HBS's Case Collection

Business Publishing (HBP), which is disseminating research and course materials that advance racial equity, and producing content and learning experiences relevant to racial equity in multiple formats. On the HBP website, recommended... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

04 Sep 2019
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Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

with the right antibiotic on the first day they are admitted to the hospital—day zero—rather than being hit with multiple days of toxic broad-spectrum antibiotics. To enable their diagnostic tools, DZD has built one of the world’s largest... View Details