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01 Sep 2008
News

Mara Aspinall

that personalized medicine brings. This is particularly important in fast-moving diseases, where the window for a positive outcome is small. What aspects of their business model do pharmaceutical companies need to redesign to hasten the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

11 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 11

well-established negative correlation between staggered boards (SBs) and firm value could be due to SBs leading to lower value or a reflection of low-value firms' greater propensity to maintain SBs. We... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 1998
News

Short Takes

some of the latest computer-aided tools, managers can dramatically lower the time and cost of changes. Second, they should review management processes. Many companies cannot exploit these new technologies because their management... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey

14 Dec 2018
Blog Post

The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

First-year students participate in a Global Immersion at the end of the second semester. They travel all over the world participating in short-term consulting projects that add value to our global company... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting

How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting; Energy; Utilities

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The Space Renaissance Is Launching: Is the World Ready? | Working Knowledge

Economics and Global Commerce The Space Renaissance Is Launching: Is the World Ready? By Matthew C. Weinzierl on February 18, 2025 . More companies are leveraging products and services made possible through space technologies. Matthew... View Details

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

those responses were not able to predict sales," Karmarker's note states, illustrating the marketing value of subconscious cerebral data. Neuromarketing can provide important but complex data to View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

Profile

Mark Gundersen

tangible business skills first." To get them, Mark joined J.P. Morgan in New York, where he found a global perspective on business; then after three years of investment banking, moved to principal investing at Goldman Sachs. Valuing... View Details

19 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers

By now, it’s an expected right-of-passage. As you enter credit card information for an online purchase, up pops two familiar words: “Privacy Notice.” Does seeing those words make you more confident about the transaction, knowing that the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

04 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

daunting. During my MBA, I spent a lot of time reflecting on what I wanted to do in my career. Since we spend a huge portion of our lives working, it’s important to find a job that’s fulfilling. Over time, I've found that what matters most to me is solving complex... View Details

09 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

"the top 200 chief executives at public companies with at least $1 billion in revenue got a big pay raise over last year," with a median 2012 compensation package of $15.1 million, up 16 percent from 2011. What's going on here?... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

28 Jun 2016
First Look

June 28, 2016

Initiation to Graduation By: Raisch, Sebastian, and Michael Tushman Abstract—Large companies initiate many new businesses, but few of them reach scale. The ambidexterity literature describes how companies... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 May 2015
Blog Post

How to Get a Global Perspective at HBS

value the most at HBS is the diversity of my classmates, and the fact that I get to learn from all of them every day. I’ve loved getting to learn about different cultures and experiences in business. I value... View Details

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

Pro-self? Furthermore, Santana borrowed a concept from strategic games and socially interdependent decision-making that divides people based on their "social value orientation" (SVO). When faced with a decision on how to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

24 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

innovative new product for the treatment of acne that they hope to sell to consumers via direct-response television. The unconventional nature of the product and its distribution has led the company to seek angel financing. The Silicon... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

It was in the late 1990s that the finger pointing began between Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier and its Brazilian competitor, Embraer. Each company alleged that the other was receiving government support that provided an unfair... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

Events Recap Lex Schroeder Author tag Board Diversity HBS Alums on the Future of the Board Room (and How to Get There) Joining a corporate board can mean making a lasting impact on companies of the future. Getting your first board seat,... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

The Entrepreneurial Venture

entrepreneurial activity, which drew people away from large companies and encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity... View Details

15 Dec 2011
News

An HBS gift guide

Wondering what to get the HBSer in your life this year? In the holiday spirit, we're highlighting a few alumni-led companies and ideas that you may not know about. Since roughly 1 in 6 alumni work in manufacturing, high tech, retail, and... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; holiday; gift giving; Manufacturing; Retail Trade

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

can get beyond the initial negative reaction to what, for want of a better term, is the potential "commoditization" of people. As one respondent, Quan Quan, put it, "The preference will be decided by your own core values... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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