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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
today on specific Internet opportunities where there are certainly Web 2.0 characteristics, but they are very different in the kinds of models they’re pursuing and the kind of focus. Accel specializes in technology investments. Is... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
were definitely slow-lane. So when the firm chose not one but two routes to recovery, Porsche caught industry watchers and Porsche enthusiasts by surprise. In addition to launching a new two-seater, the Boxster, in 1996, it decided to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
December). Amgen's Epogen (a treatment for anemia in kidney dialysis patients) and Neupogen (which restores white blood cells in cancer patients) generated more than $2 billion in sales last year. As the ability to analyze a patient's... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
windfall in order to make the state a less attractive prize to potential insurgents. We put forward a model that makes that prediction, as well as the additional predictions that the recipients of the aid... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
explained that transforming global energy systems will require additional investments of some $2.4 trillion annually—the equivalent to about one-quarter of U.S. corporate profits, or half of federal tax receipts; or 8 to 9 percent of GDP.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
this was about managing an institution. McArthur saw HBS as essentially a small community — one that a leader could easily get his or her arms around. But equally, it was about McArthur himself: a warm and generous man who makes friends... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
Way, also seeks that coveted CEO position in order to mix things up in another way: by giving young black men a role model for success in business. "We need more balance in how people look at, admire, and respect black men," he says. A... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
to $2.6 million for its limited edition platinum Grand Complication, which takes one year to craft. Capturing value from innovation The company seemed a perfect model for a study in how to price products. Mainly, how do you think about... View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
have the chance to be cruel or kind to someone entirely different-to pay it forward? In five experiments, participants received greedy, equal, or generous divisions of money or labor from an anonymous person, and then divided View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
matter where and at what price the money to fund an entrepreneurial venture comes from? The answer, it turns out, is that it does matter—a fact that policymakers may benefit from understanding as they look at ways to generate more... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Sister Soldier
deciding that. The naming of Brett McGurk to the government, as well as others who are part of this story, has given people some hope, I think. They have never given up, and I do hope that people take inspiration from this book: Women led, and they created role View Details
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. In the discussion, conducted last August in Mumbai, Kapur reflects on some 50 years in the advertising industry, starting in the “Mad Men” era of the 1960s, experiencing the dawn... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
that America had a special place in the world, that America was a model for the world in terms of our values and in terms of our contributions. Sadly, in the last few years, that's been questioned. In 2008, there will be a presidential... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
accepted an offer from General Electric and held various senior management roles in the United States before moving to India in early 2005, where he became CEO of GE India’s infrastructure business. Although the two stayed in touch after... View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
implementing aggressive changes without a clearer mandate. That should lead the Biden administration to consider areas like infrastructure spending, expanding domestic capacity in PPE and pharmaceuticals, steps to provide additional US... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
they most want to. This is a beautiful dream, but I believe it sets people up to be unhappy." Several antidotes to general job dissatisfaction were offered. C. J. Cullinane suggested "spending a bit more time" providing... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
shelters, Shumway talked to homeless residents about their circumstances. “These are good people,” he says. “They may have started to self-medicate with drugs or alcohol because they didn’t have access to the psychiatric or medical support they needed.” In View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 12 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them
model for how doctors and their patients decide whether to adopt new medical technology. A key insight of that model Schwartzstein developed is “similarity-based extrapolation”—the notion that people take... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
addition to developing the skills necessary for effective teamwork. Our goal is to ensure that our graduates are well-versed in the principles of general management and prepared to lead organizations. We are... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian in 2005, Reddit had seen its share of CEO turnover as it grappled with questions about how to moderate content and build a sustainable advertising model without crushing the site’s notoriously independent... View Details