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01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

the world, the failure of a society to develop is not due to its economic limitations in isolation but to the failure of nature and culture, technology, and economy to coevolve in unison under the rubric... View Details

Market Power in Mortgage Lending and the Transmission of Monetary Policy

We present evidence that high concentration in mortgage lending reduces the sensitivity of mortgage rates and refinancing activity to mortgage-backed security (MBS) yields. We isolate the direct effect of concentration and rule out alternative explanations in two ways.... View Details

May 2017
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Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund

By: Steven Rogers and Valerie Mosley

Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at conferences around the world and typically holding court wherever she went. As a teenager, she helped raise her siblings. As a Wall Street... View Details

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29 Jan 2019
HBS Seminar

Bryan Bollinger, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University

01 Oct 2002
News

The Class of 1977

risky start-up founded by some kid who left Harvard early. “High tech” had a slightly different meaning: Nice offices had big IBM Selectric II typewriters featuring a prancing steel ball. Fax machines were cutting-edge, and we were among the first to enjoy the added... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

30 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides

Australia’s fourth-largest company, agreed to let Buell and Choi test the benefits of trade-off transparency among its prospective credit card customers. Commonwealth Bank is the country’s biggest issuer... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Dec 2022
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The State of Play

If the category of offerings known as “immersive experiences” were a soup, it would probably have to be a gumbo—a saucy and colorful assemblage of potentially disparate things. And while it’s rooted in... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Hi. This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. There's this Teddy Roosevelt quote about struggle that I came across recently that I really like. Roosevelt said, "There's never... View Details

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

Anderson, who is currently the senior vice president of strategic planning at Fleet Boston's credit card division. Begin with the end in mind, and remember that faith is power —you have to believe in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

2019
Article

The Social Desirability of Offshoring: A Swiss Consensus (1945–1975)

By: Sabine Pitteloud

This article focuses on the evolution of the rhetoric and practice of corporate offshoring in Switzerland from the post-war economic boom to the industrial crisis in the mid-seventies. The virtue of a historical perspective on the issue of offshoring is to show how... View Details

Keywords: Multinationals; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Relocation; Labor Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Labor and Management Relations; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Switzerland

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16 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

The Internet is running out of room. Experts predict that in two or three years we will run out of Web addresses, so-called IP addresses, that can be assigned to new Internet-based sites and services. Each... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications

07 Aug 2015
Blog Post

Takeaways from the Class of 2015

were in attendance at the HBS commencement ceremony this year you would have seen these colorful index cards – filled with reflections both witty and profound – displayed on the big screen as families and students took their seats. So,... View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

The twenty-first century will be the age of alliances. In this age, collaboration between nonprofit organizations and corporations will grow in frequency and strategic importance. Collaborative relationships will increasingly migrate from... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

including The American Railroad Journal (established in 1832); the New York Times (1851); The Stockholder: Monitor of Finance and Industry (1862); The Commercial and Financial Chronicle (1865); and the Wall Street Journal (1889).... View Details

14 Jun 2018
Cold Call Podcast

How Chase Sapphire Made Credit Cool for Millennials

Keywords: Financial Services; Banking

24 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

packages and devices via a software bill of materials. In April 2018, the leaders of the US Congress House of Representatives Energy and Commerce... View Details

Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

A simple view of negotiation presents a cold transaction between what one person has and what the other person is willing to pay for it. If the price is right, the deal gets done. As anyone who has recently bought a car or sold a View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)

the product is gripped in the hand and in the choice of finish in the device's housing material. In the case of a personal care product, colors and scents known to be evocative... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

08 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

downturn will mean for salespeople? A: Well, if the impression of salespeople was low before the financial crisis, it has only gotten worse. Realtors, mortgage brokers, investment advisors, and telephone solicitors offering credit View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

26 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

firm to master all these skills, let alone house them under one roof. Second, a pool of low-cost yet highly skilled labor has emerged in developing countries, creating incentives to substitute these for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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