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- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
through restrictions on the number of apartments a resident is allowed to purchase and aggressive promotion of affordable housing on the low-end of the market. Zhang Xin wonders what opportunities and threats such market conditions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?
ratings have been shown not to be correct?’” The results suggest that the answer is yes, especially given improvements since the financial crisis, Sikochi says. The motivation to avoid high-profile failures has given way to signs that rating agencies are View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
first of the three fundamental approaches to reflection has traditionally been called contemplation, or downshifting from time to time. At work, many people tend to focus on output, and their minds act like race car engines, firing on all... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
Inflation Reduction Act This bonus episode features the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program’s CleanLaw podcast, where professors Jody Freeman (Harvard) and Greg Dotson (University of Oregon) talk about the US Inflation... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- Web
Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
inserting themselves at every juncture in the customer's consumption chain. By decoupling—the act of separating activities that people are used to co-consuming—new digital businesses are disrupting retailing, telecom and other industries.... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
Students 18 Applications 896 Acceptance Rate 4% More Key Enrollment Statistics Full-Tuition Scholarships Offered In an effort to make the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree more affordable and accessible to a wider array of... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World
be forgotten.” So, if someone asks a company to delete their records because they don't want to be part of any data analysis or algorithms, the company needs to act fast and get it done. Sticking to the usual way of doing things isn't a... View Details
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
Mayo Clinic in 2009, the world-famous medical center was struggling financially. Congress would soon be negotiating the terms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Obama... View Details
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
(“pre-app”) to the actual application for parts of $39 billion in direct semiconductor manufacturing incentives. The funding had been made available through the U.S. Department of Commerce by the CHIPS and Science Act (“CHIPS”) passed a... View Details
- 20 Aug 2020
- Book
From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives
For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
its infancy was lucky, he will tell you, although hard work also played a part. Taking care of his family and returning the financial rewards of that success to the greater good makes cosmic sense to Kim: “We live in a society that... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922
steps: approach, proposition, demonstration, and close. In the approach, the salesman made no mention of the cash register. Instead, he explained that he wanted to help the businessman find ways to increase profit—that he wanted, in effect, to View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- 29 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?
should be careful about the extent to which they engage in informal exchanges both within and outside their organizations. "Once you start engaging in these informal tit-for-tat exchanges, it may increase your susceptibility to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?
deemed socially acceptable (or not) for others to purchase. As they find, lower-income people are afforded a much narrower range of "permissibility." “We seem to believe the poor have more basic basic needs." Such a notion... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 07 Nov 2023
- News
Love and Money
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Which is the best dating app? Can money actually buy love? When do you talk about money in a new relationship and how do you broach the topic? How can well-meaning parents actually help their... View Details
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
contribute to over 50% of the facial care market. Given this, what should WOW do to fight skin-color based discrimination? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-004... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
policies with exclusions. Thanks, but no thanks to bailouts Our panelists expressed frustration with government aid programs, such as the US CARES Act and its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) enacted in... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
chain, linking consumers with producers affordably and flexibly. Accio Alex Zannos (MBA 2025) Sara Ballantyne (MS/MBA 2025) Business Track Crowd Favorite Streamline and automates the hardware manufacturing process. Social Enterprise... View Details