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- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
would not go to India. Q: The term "medical tourism" is fairly new, but how new is the phenomenon of going overseas for medical treatment? A: When I was a college student in the United States I discovered that dental care was... View Details
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
held against him the fact that he is an immigrant. Nor was he held back because he is of Jewish origin. When he graduated first in his engineering class at the City College of New York in 1960, he was quoted in The New York Times to the... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
very quickly ... It's really within that first year that they start to say, ‘This doesn't feel quite right.'" “It happens very quickly,” says Groysberg, reflecting on interviews with college students and young professionals conducted for... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 04 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?
colleagues measured how the big firms lobbied on proposed accounting regulations. His paper, coauthored with HBS doctoral student Abigail M. Allen and Boston College accounting professor Sugata Roychowdhury, is titled The Auditing... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
the low achievement levels of these four countries and the incredible amount of heterogeneity within each of them. Salience in Quality Disclosure: Evidence from the U.S. News College Rankings Authors:Michael Luca and Jonathan Smith... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
says. A Call To Arms The 7,500-person pool available to participate in CLER lab experiments generally comprises college students, even if the hypothesis is related to the corporate world. There's a good reason for that: Students are more... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Oct 2024
- Op-Ed
Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
electorate projected to double to 15 percent by November from 7.4 percent in 2000, according to Pew Research Center. “A new New York Times/Siena College Poll showed a steady narrowing in Democrats’ margin within this important group for... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
Ramarajan Striking a careful balance between professional image and personal passion is difficult, as a case study on high-profile banker and gospel singer Carla Ann Harris underscores. Professor Lakshmi Ramarajan discusses the case in this Cold Call podcast. Why... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
A New Ecosystem for Business and Society
lives in diverse and frequently unexpected ways. Describing, for example, the dramatic evolution that took place in colleges and universities a century ago with the advent of research libraries and scientific laboratories, Rudenstine... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
could aspire to a more prosperous future. Second, when jobs disappear, the skills of a workforce atrophy over time. That is especially true of the middle-skills jobs that require some post-secondary training but don’t require a college... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
iPhoto This weekend the NFL is concluding its annual draft. Up to 255 college football players will be distributed over three days across the 32 NFL teams. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made the... View Details
- 21 Mar 2012
- Op-Ed
Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline
New York Knicks basketball sensation Jeremy Lin has attracted worldwide attention because he crosses so many boundaries and defies so many stereotypes. Lin, an Asian-American (rare in the NBA) who played college hoops at Harvard (even... View Details
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
middle" in Indian manufacturing. Small- and medium-sized firms may continue to face constraints in their attempts to grow. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2190963 Conflicts of College Conference Realignment: Pursuing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Digital Technology’s Profound Game Change for Marketers
When I was a kid, "The Graduate" was a generation-defining hit movie, with Dustin Hoffman playing an aimless college graduate. In the middle of a graduation party, an older businessman takes the wayward Hoffman aside and... View Details
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
team, Narayanan is developing one of three modules that will comprise a new online learning program for college students and non-business graduate students. "Each year, we admit 900 students to HBS's MBA program," says... View Details
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
won the NFC East and went on to win the Super Bowl, making Johnson the first coach in history to win a college national championship and a Super Bowl title. Six Cowboys played in the Pro Bowl that year. The Cowboys repeated as Super Bowl... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
had little revenue because it offered services free of charge. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709456 Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
average, in 2000, women working full time received $9,984 less in gross earnings than did men.4 In 2001, median weekly earnings of full-time female college graduates were 72.5 percent that of male college... View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
study with University of Connecticut Assistant Professor Namho Kang; EDHEC Business School Research Associate and Affiliated Professor Gideon Ozik; and Boston College Professor Ronnie Sadka, chairperson of the finance department, Carroll... View Details
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
grown, so has the demand for courses on the topic. Scan the mission statements of most major universities and professional schools and you'll find that "educating leaders" is the common thread. Search the catalogues of almost any View Details