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    W. Carl Kester

    Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)
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    International Students - MBA

    can have profound and wide-ranging effects that resonate far beyond their own particular field. Granted to an outstanding candidate from any nation, once every two years. The next Scholarship will be awarded to a student beginning the MBA... View Details

      I Moved Your Cheese

      Now a Wall Street Journal Best-seller! Over a decade ago, the best-selling business fable Who Moved My Cheese? offered its answer to the question: accept that change is inevitable and beyond your control, don't waste your time wondering why things are the... View Details

      • 28 Jul 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: July 28

        Working PapersNone this week   PublicationsAdverse Selection in Online 'Trust' Certifications Author:Benjamin Edelman Publication:Proceedings of ICEC'09 (forthcoming). ACM International Conference Proceeding Series Abstract Widely used online "trust"... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • June 2013
      • Background Note

      Venture Philanthropy: Its Evolution and Its Future

      By: Allen Grossman, Sarah Appleby and Caitlin Reimers
      This note explores the current state of venture philanthropy in the U.S. and its future. Based on interviews with 28 practitioners in the field of philanthropy and a review of the literature since the publication of the article introducing the concept of venture... View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy; Nonprofit; Social Institutions; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Civil Society or Community; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States
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      Giving - Alumni

      To ensure proper crediting of your gift, please use our online form to notify us of your stock transfer. There are two ways to make a gift through your donor-advised fund: Support HBS now by recommending a grant to Harvard Business School... View Details
      • 31 Oct 2023
      • HBS Case

      Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?

      look for the line, you never want to be in the ZIP Code of the line.” Here’s a look at three sticky situations, along with Fubini’s advice about how to handle them. The case of the freeloading associate: A client grants a per-diem stipend... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consulting

        Clayton S. Rose

        Clayton Rose is Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice. He currently teaches the course Accountability in the Advanced Management Program. His research is focused on the how leaders can manage the challenges created by the intense, varied and often... View Details

        Keywords: financial services
        • May 2024
        • Article

        Housing Policies and Energy Efficiency Spillovers in Low and Moderate Income Communities

        By: Omar Isaac Asensio, Olga Churkina, Becky D. Rafter and Kira E O'Hare
        Housing policies address the human dimensions of increasing urban density, but their energy and sustainability implications are hard to measure due to challenges with siloed civic data. This is especially critical when evaluating policies targeting low- and... View Details
        Keywords: Energy Efficiency; Public Policy; Climate Change; Energy Conservation; Housing; Analytics and Data Science; Policy; Income; Environmental Sustainability; Real Estate Industry; United States
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        • August 2019 (Revised September 2019)
        • Case

        Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game

        By: Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt and Evan M.S. Hecht
        NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details
        Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Sports Industry; United States
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        • February 2016
        • Article

        Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships

        By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih
        Partnerships that foster the translation of scientific advances emerging from academic research organizations into commercialized products at private firms are a policy tool that has attracted increased interest. This paper examines empirical data from the Danish... View Details
        Keywords: Economic Development; Technological Change; Government Policy; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Information Technology; Policy; Technology Industry; Denmark
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        • 2016
        • Working Paper

        Patent Publication and the Market for Ideas

        By: Deepak Hegde and Hong Luo
        In this paper, we study the effect of invention disclosure through patent publication on the market for ideas. We do so by analyzing the effects of the American Inventor's Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA)—which required US patent applications to be published 18 months... View Details
        Keywords: Patents; Biotechnology Industry
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        Employee Selection as a Control System

        By: Dennis Campbell
        Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study... View Details
        Keywords: Management Systems; Governance Controls; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Motivation and Incentives; Decision Making; Business Model
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        Driving Corporate Performance

        selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities. Application Deadline JUL 2023 session application due: 27 JUN 2023 Applications submitted after the due date will be considered on an individual basis and may not be processed... View Details
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        Summer Fellowships - MBA

        founding their own venture or joining an early-stage startup. Provides a peer exchange network of student founders and those joining early stage startups. Grants access to the resources and expertise of the Rock Center for... View Details
        • 24 Feb 2011
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns

        Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel G. Hanson
        • 2024
        • Working Paper

        Patent Hunters

        By: Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun, Katie Moon and Paula Suh
        Analyzing millions of patents granted by the USPTO between 1976 and 2020, we find a pattern where specific patents only rise to prominence after considerable time has passed. Amongst these late-blooming influential patents, we show that there are key players (patent... View Details
        Keywords: Patents; Product Launch; Product; Innovation and Invention
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        • 2018
        • Working Paper

        Shipping Fees and Product Assortment in Online Retail

        By: Chaoqun Chen and Donald Ngwe
        Shipping fees are an important aspect of online retail for both consumers and sellers. A common fee structure is contingent free shipping, in which consumers are granted free shipping for basket sizes above a minimum value and are charged a flat fee for orders below... View Details
        Keywords: Shpping Fee; E-commerce; Multi-category Demand; Search Costs; Shipping Membership; Spending; Consumer Behavior; Retail Industry
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        • 21 Jul 2010
        • Research & Ideas

        HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

        regulation of derivatives to consumer protection), I believe the focus on systemically dangerous firms in Titles I and II is of particular importance. The big question now is how regulators will use the new authority that has been granted... View Details
        Keywords: by Staff
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        Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

        1931–1968 Berry Gordy, Jr. Motown Records Corporation, 1959–1986 Eugene G. Grace Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 1916–1957 J. Peter Grace W. R. Grace and Company, 1945–1992 Katharine M. Graham Washington Post, 1963–1979 William B. Graham Baxter International, 1953–1980... View Details