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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
for instance, community outreach to minimize the risk of transmission or extensive efforts to retrofit facilities. These are expensive activities, and we need a financial model for them. I’m assuming that like every other provider, Mass... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
in engineering and infrastructure construction, its challenges in planning and innovation, and the special things that a firm must do to compete successfully in the Chinese market. We conclude with China's approach to the global economy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
immediate impact of the financial crisis on small business and, second, driving economic recovery in the years following. Together, the three-the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), the Small Business Jobs Act... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
Women-owned businesses are just as financially strong and creditworthy as the average U.S. firm, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Women's Business Research. Yet women struggle more than men to acquire equity capital.... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
the 1929 stock market crash revealed disastrous investments made by his superiors, Weinberg, who became head of the firm in 1930, worked tirelessly throughout the Great Depression and World War II to keep the View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
organizations in private industry could learn from the example of Data.gov to the extent of unlocking data from individual silos in their firm even though data remain protected within firewalls. HBS assistant professor Karim R. Lakhani,... View Details
- Profile
Anthony Tan
of safety issues when taking a taxi. Why don’t you do something about it?’” Tan said in a 2014 interview with the Financial Times. The tease turned into a catalyst for Tan and another HBS classmate Tan Hooi Ling, and GrabTaxi,... View Details
- 31 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Building a DTC Brand Through COVID
blog series in which she details her trials and tribulations through starting a company. Today, she shares a special version for HBS. As my fellow HBS classmates flew off to their hometowns for their remote internships, I thought about their jobs and View Details
- Web
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting
a resulting lack of diversity can also impact a company’s bottom line. A study of venture capital firms found that “the more similar the investment partners, the lower their investments’ performance.” A study by The National Bureau of... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Profits and Purpose
very different perspective. Then George joined us the third year. I have to say that I had never realized how important accounting was to the future of civilization until I started working with George. We can talk about saving the planet, but if you can’t measure it... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
David Rockefeller, the firm has a renowned art collection, much of which is displayed on the walls of its offices. When Shibayama started there, he barely even noticed the art, including the pieces hanging in his own office. “I didn’t pay... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
http://hbr.org/product/royal-caribbean-cruises-ltd-safety-environment-and-health/an/514069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-072 The Case of the Unidentified Financial Firms No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
Institute, Harvard Business School, and the Joffrey Ballet, among other firms and cultural institutions, he demonstrates how to reach greater heights of performance, achievement, and contentment. RISK is a fascinating look at View Details
- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) reflects on her how experience at HBS shaped her career and inspired her to make a difference in her home region of Asia through impact investing. How has your education at HBS helped to shape your career in impact and ESG investing? Though I... View Details
- Web
Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society
focused on the appropriate and feasible role that private firms can play in addressing persistently high levels of economic inequality in Latin America. In English (Download PDF) En español Em português BiGS Voices: Latin America Dive... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
inspired-makes all the more impressive what the design firm IDEO has already achieved. Its help-seeking and help-giving culture is behind the firm's success. But how has IDEO managed to make helping the norm? To answer this question, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
is increasingly tenuous. Firms are redefining their homes by unbundling their headquarters functions and reallocating them opportunistically across nations. A firm's legal home, its financial home and its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
After its war of liberation from England, America was bankrupt, disjointed, and devoid of experience in governance. "The new country could have broken apart because of its financial problems," HBS professor emeritus Thomas McCraw writes... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
financial district of Brooklin to the favelas of Real Parque. Cars buzz by. "See here?" she says, pointing to the bridge. At 6:30 p.m. on most days, it is a sea of snarled traffic, a city hallmark. But when Brazil's national team kicks... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
Whillans and her team conducted of more than 92,000 job ads found that the more benefits an employer described, the higher the application rates. Plus, when employers described benefits in detail, such as generous family leave policies, they pulled in more applications... View Details
Keywords: All Industries