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- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
Finance II, students learn about the Rule of One Price, or why two people do not always pay the same. Students learn what professor Peter Tufano calls the "Matrix of Imperfections" in the capital markets, such as transaction... View Details
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Valerie Porciello | About
called the Division of Research and Faculty Development (DRFD), the 300-person organization includes faculty administration, research administration, and a wide array of faculty research, teaching, and administrative support services. The... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
will often consider the giant risk but ignore the smaller risks that create friction in the supply chain," says M. Eric Johnson, director of the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business in Hanover,... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 19 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?
publicly in their last earnings call that they’re not getting the shoes that they need. Vietnam is a major source for footwear and garments. Southeast Asia and China are a major source for toys. If you think about all the... View Details
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society
investors, and policymakers increasingly call on businesses and their leaders to help find solutions—roles once viewed solely as governmental or nonprofit responsibilities. The pace of these evolving expectations has placed many business... View Details
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
industry and application security companies, including developer-first security company Snyk and the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (SCRC), the Linux Foundation and LISH were able to combine private usage data with publicly... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
deficiencies—for example, that they lacked skills or were objects of charity, and also that they were not to be taken seriously as tech innovators. After establishing Code Fever’s Urban Innovation Lab in Overtown—a neighborhood that has been the View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
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Harvard Business School
a joint venture with Qualcomm. The third, ChaseCom, built and operated call centers around the world and sold to AT&T Corporation in 2007. ChaseSource, his staffing and real estate development firm, was... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
of organizational capabilities, technological innovation through R&D, problem solving, knowledge, and continuous learning—investment in human capital and technology that only firms could generate. Chandler placed the issue of managerial coordination squarely in the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
of," says Weiss. A new Harvard Business School course inspires students to be entrepreneurial leaders in government. Pictured: Government Center in Boston. ©iStock.com/gregobagel Not that producing such results comed easy. As One... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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John H. McArthur | About
including peer reviews for tenured faculty members at five-year intervals to provide feedback and assist them in establishing or clarifying professional directions. He also paved the way for the creation of the Senior Faculty Center for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody dropped the girl off the bridge. And so John D. MacDonald (MBA ’39) begins another book, with an opening line so deft it makes other writers want to give up and View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
about what we can do post-pandemic. We’ve already begun to experiment by inviting alumni to the hybrid classroom as participants in case discussions. Professor Karim Lakhani, for example, led a Short Intensive Program (SIP) last January View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
quickly to produce and air new advertising creative that tapped into the rapidly changing zeitgeist. The result, the Retail Heroes campaign, featured CEO McMillon Zooming in remotely from home to thank the one million Walmart front line employees for their dedication... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
government-backed fund that saw one of the country’s first exits in 2011—an ISP called Link.net. That was one of an accumulation of tipping points, notes Ismail. “In 2012, 2013, we started getting the first attempts at incubators,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
bookselling industry, is growing. The American Booksellers Association counted 2,321 physical independent bookstores in the United States in 2017—40 percent more than there were in 2009. Raffaelli, who has also researched what he calls... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
for a large publicly traded company (although much faster prepackaged or prenegotiated bankruptcies are sometimes possible) —creditors are temporarily held at bay, and are not able to exercise remedies normally available to them when there is a default, such as View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
director of research. Garvin, the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, teaches courses for MBAs and executives on leadership, general management, and operations. Garvin is also faculty chair of the School's Christensen View Details
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
presents a unique opportunity for Joint Degree graduates to make a difference. Reflecting on his time at HBS and HKS, Soo’s memories center on the people he shared the classroom with. “Being in this cohort was something truly different... View Details