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- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
was what led Ira Fishman in this direction. Fishman worked in the Clinton administration as Counsel and Director of the Task Force on Education at the Federal Communications Commission and founding CEO of the nonprofit E-Rate program that provides View Details
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
1-3). In our final two studies, we highlight two boundary conditions for this effect: identifying a specific gift and using money as a gift. When gift recipients request one specific gift, rather than providing a list of possible gifts,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
DVDs in one order and return them in the reverse order when should DVDs (e.g., documentaries) are rented before want DVDs (e.g., action films). This effect is sizeable in magnitude, with a 2% increase in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
"not intrinsically interested in business." It may account for evidence that students today are primarily interested in admission to, rather than study at, the elite business schools to enable them to join the best networks in View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
returned to debt within six weeks. One to two years after intervention, treatment individuals were borrowing at the same rate as control households. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54587 Show or Tell? Improving Agent Decision Making in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
so I've come to the conclusion that addressing climate change is not really an economic or an engineering problem at this point. The technologies are mostly there. The economics are not very challenging, but it's really an issue of social change, of accepting that in... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
pursue new careers. “That mission is also the most challenging. The goal of higher education should be nothing less than to provide people with a better life. Students put a lot of faith in us to deliver on that promise; they quit their jobs and pay us a not-small... View Details
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
that later in life.” Initially, she began on the sly by saving money provided by her husband for groceries, in order to make the garage suitable for the nursery school. When he saw its success, he got on... View Details
- Web
3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog
era where our notions of ‘value’ and money itself would be redefined, were under house arrest for fraud. Further in the background, a quiet revolution has been taking place in reengineering life itself. Several companies have been using... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
WASSERMAN: Shining the light of data on entrepreneurial ventures in order to chart the terrain founders will face when they set out to pursue their dreams. Watch Professor Wasserman explain key insights from his book, Founders Dilemmas... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
real business opportunity to invest in companies with high-growth potential and at least one woman in a leadership role that were being overlooked by the traditional VC community. Sometimes, in order to see an opportunity, you have to be... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
It’s no secret that private equity firms have enjoyed massive profits in recent years. In Private Equity Finance, a course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, students follow the life cycle of a deal in order to learn more about... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
profits would have to go to charity. "To make money off that would be so tacky," he noted. From the outset, Newman eschewed costly market research and ignored industry wisdom that new product launches initially lose substantial sums of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
wanted to build a business that not only makes money but also nurtures its employees, builds community, and minimizes environmental impact. Five years later, Magagnini and Strugatz are putting the finishing touches on IceStone’s most... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
audiences anywhere in the world. We have to work faster and more collaboratively. We have to be able to work seamlessly across all those turfs and tiny territories that used to characterize big bureaucracies. And that's a new culture, a new way of working. There's... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
“Because the money was not immediately available during the Ebola crisis, we had more human losses than we should have, which rolled back development gains made in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea.” High finance, wide impact: The Mulan... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Web
Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising
smaller manufacturers that produced passenger doors and ticket punches. The beginnings of a national market, including the rapid rise of department stores and mail order catalog retailers, had tremendous effect on the life of the home... View Details
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
participants were given a series of seven letters and asked to create as many words as possible," the paper explains. "The last series of letters was presented in a different order for each participant so that we could track who... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
about baseball and race, he's explored questions such as how much money motivates ministers, and how much financial journalists affect the stock market. "I am interested in what motivates people," he says, "and what causes... View Details