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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?
funding levels but that they’ll cut benefits,” Allen says. And that makes both politicians and union bosses unpopular. It’s understandable that state governments, like corporations, lobby for their own interests—which may mean supporting... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- Profile
Erika Sanchez
Boeing’s Enterprise Auditor Program “gave me broad exposure to different functions, from finance and program management to quality control and investor relations.” “A whole new level you can’t even imagine.” At Boeing, a mentor encouraged... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Broken Link
federal, state, and school district levels to address these issues. The team’s first task was to determine the scope of the problem. They built a test to measure a school’s broadband speed, then partnered with state departments of... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
govern partnering relationships through fixed-price contracts, whereas in others, firms use more flexible time and materials or performance-based contracts. How do these choices affect the costs and benefits that arise from greater levels... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
An Wang
Labs’ sales exploded. Later products included several lines of sophisticated mini computers and such revolutionary word processing software as the Office Information Systems (OIS) series. By the end of Wang’s tenure, Wang Labs’ revenue had grown to a View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Michel C. Bergerac
Bergerac devoted his energies to increasing the distribution of the company’s core cosmetics lines, which were suffering at the hands of fierce competition. Marketing and advertising schemes became more elaborate but paid off for Revlon, as earnings reached a View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- Web
Encrypting Emails | Information Technology
will allow HBS faculty and staff that use Microsoft O365 safely send an email and/or a file attachment that contains Level 4 data or below, securely, to internal or external recipients. When using this feature, both the email contents and... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Tech Standards By: Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6174/972.figures-only August 2013 Management Science Observation Bias: The Impact of Demand Censoring on Newsvendor View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Technological Disruption Changes Everything
personal-care physicians, nurses, and even self-care practitioners with some level of training to do work once performed only by specialists. Disruptive innovation, in this way, always moves upmarket, Christensen said. Not only will this... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
math achievement worldwide. The country’s performance at the elementary, middle, and high school levels cratered during the recent pandemic, and it has yet to recover. The grim statistics have experts worried about the competitiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 26 Mar 2018
- News
Funding Climate Change Solutions
need to go to the very local level to understand what are the challenges of this community and find the right instruments. I would say that the thing I applied at the local level is the understanding of the... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
significant food safety problem arises, publicity quickly follows. “Twenty years ago, norovirus outbreaks, for example, would not have resulted in the same level of publicity that they receive today,” Quelch says. “Some people say that... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
evolving structure of corporate debt markets—and given rise to new questions about the private and social costs and benefits of leverage and, in particular, the role of leverage in affecting the likelihood and extent of systemic financial distress. On the other hand,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
immigration as one of the ways to keep the population base at its size or greater, and even better if that can be a skilled workforce." Bitter Debate Yet in the United States, specific policies and admission levels of skilled immigrants... View Details
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
linkages or externalities across industries. Regional economies and clusters are analyzed at various geographic levels including states, economic areas, and metropolitan areas. Access to top-level data on the CMP is free; more in-depth... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Charitable Gift Annuity - Alumni
security settings my be blocking a script. Try these simple steps to resolve the problem: On the Tools menu, click Internet Options (If you cannot see the Tools menu, press Alt to display the menus) In the Internet Options dialogue box, click the Security tab Click... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
While bold, innovative public policy played an important role in fostering success, the level of policy consistency was just as important, Jones discovers. “There’s a Janus face of public policy, particularly in the United States, where... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Next Lessons
referring to the pricey, private tutoring services available to those who can afford the fees. “Because the College Board is working with us in a very deep way to create not just a free tool, but the best thing that also happens to be free, I think we have a good shot... View Details
Keywords: William Weber
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS
said that it might take dozens of generations before China achieves true development. By 2049, the 100th anniversary of China’s revolution, Wen would only predict that “we will have reached the level of a medium-developed society.”... View Details
- 27 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Dan McGinn on How to Ace Your Presentation
advice for alumni who are intimidated before a big career presentation? Think about managing three things: your confidence (more is better), anxiety (less is better), and your energy level (the optimal point depends on the context of your... View Details