Filter Results:
(325)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(325)
- News (89)
- Research (207)
- Events (2)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (31)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(325)
- News (89)
- Research (207)
- Events (2)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (31)
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
across the U.S. - the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. But a big challenge has been finding financial models to pay the upfront costs of retrofitting and/or decarbonizing the electricity grid. BlocPower has begun... View Details
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
product based not on what it costs or what people want to pay for it, but based on another format that is completely different, just because you want to keep that format alive," he remarks. So the ongoing power struggle between... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
At the onset, he was heavily leaning towards the private equity option. However, for Pierre-Jacques it quickly became obvious in his early days at HBS that there was a gap in venture capital that the fund he and Tingle had created would... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
group. Trading outcomes dictate permit prices, and at the end of trading, each firm calculates profits and pays over pollution penalties as needed. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911053-PDF-ENG Carbon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
be hyper-focused on developing the next Lipitor or Levitra, creating a constant drain on financial and human resources. And companies are running out of big ideas and facing gaps in their revenue thanks to patent expirations, leaving... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
credit analysts exhibit a sizable partisan gap in their economic outlook, with roughly two-thirds the size of the gap observed among households. This bias affects analysts’ decision to upgrade or downgrade... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
We close with an attempt to identify strategies to close the gap between the unethical people we are and the ethical people that we strive to be. Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
“second HQ” in India to exemplify our core proposition. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54978 The Impact of Penalties for Wrong Answers on the Gender Gap in Test Scores By: Coffman, Katherine B.,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
services. Features that are not valued and therefore are not used. Decreasing price premiums for innovations that historically created value. An overserved customer will say, "Sure, I will take the next version of your product, I just won't View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
root cause of the behaviors in question. Finally, reevaluation-change in the alter's beliefs about the focal actor-is determined by the gap between the alter's prior beliefs and new information. Specifically, when the alter's prior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
cyber-security and analytics. “These employees have found errors, faults, and gaps in IT systems that have gone undetected for years,” Fieldhouse says. “This even happened in the first week after their on-boarding.” In a video produced... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
did against precious metals? I argue that they do. By and large all cryptocurrencies possess all of our favorite qualities in an electronic currency: speed of transaction, ease of portability (compared to say a credit card or a phone app like Chase Quick View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities
and well-lit interiors. HUL cracked the challenge of sustainability by adopting a cross-subsidy model. Families pay 150 per month for unlimited toilet and bathroom use, while the laundromat, priced at 75 per 8 kg load, helps cover costs.... View Details
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
pillars to hire contract workers with non-traditional backgrounds. Typically, these candidates, who lack relevant experience or academic qualifications, wouldn’t be eligible to work for a large corporation with a comparable reputation. Contracts last for three years... 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
Scalability Matters The data showed that the finance industry rewarded talented workers to a far greater extent than did other industries. Bankers who had gone to top engineering schools made vastly more money than those who had gone to less selective schools. This... View Details
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208108 Radiohead: Music at Your Own Price (A) Harvard Business School Case 508-110 In October 2007, the British band Radiohead caused a stir when it announced it would allow customers to decide how much to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
changes in the maturity structure of government debt. We document that when the government funds itself with relatively more short-term debt, firms fill the resulting gap by issuing more long-term debt, and vice-versa. This type of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
and hazards. Several techniques can enhance the power and efficacy of queries: Favor follow-up questions, know when to keep questions open ended, get the sequence right, use the right tone, and pay attention to group dynamics. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
state initiative from above, civil society mobilized from below, using the judiciary to hold the state legally responsible for policy implementation. Reforms exposed acute gaps in service delivery, propelling new civic demands for state... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
for them. But who's going to pay for it? They bring up a lot of questions about policy. We are the only country that does not have an infrastructure for elder care. And they ask a lot about reimbursement mechanisms because Medicare for... View Details