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- 01 Sep 2006
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Redefining Health Care
particular medical conditions. A recent report shows that Medicare costs for identical conditions vary greatly from state to state, and even within states, with no apparent difference in the quality of care. How do you explain those... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
Gridlock has unfortunately become a way of political life in the nation's capital. But as of midnight on September 30, things went from bad to worse with the shutdown of funding for the federal government. And as if that weren't unsettling enough, more trouble lies... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
profits, as most industrialized countries use. In a pure territorial system, the profits of multinational companies based in the United States would be taxed only by the country in which the profit is... View Details
John M. Franklin
Franklin served as the CEO for United States Lines both prior to and after World War II. Under his leadership, United States Lines grew from a... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Nagisa Manabe (MBA 1991)
I think this will be the one and only time that I’ll ever be able to say that everybody in the United States of America is my customer. Even back in the day, when I started at Procter & Gamble, it wasn’t 100... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China
Alfaro calls the “great reallocation”—but surprisingly it doesn’t mean the United States is less dependent on China. In the working paper, “Global Supply Chains: The Looming ‘Great Reallocation,’ ” Alfaro... View Details
- December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Teaching Note
Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural... View Details
Keywords: Women; Racism; Black Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Innovation and Invention; City; Culture; Miami
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
When Standard & Poor's Rating Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States from AAA to AA+ on August 5, it was a shot heard 'round the world. Stock markets plummeted,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Photographs & Prints | Baker Library
and people at work in industrial settings ranging from automobile plants to paper mills. The photographs document American industry and business operations across the United States and in Central and South... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Taking That Hill
sought challenging environments, and I get a lot of pleasure when people say they want to take that hill, and we take that hill together.” As PPG’s growth surges internationally, it’s overseas where new and different hills are increasingly popping up. As the... View Details
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Energy data sources: consumption and efficiency
by US Department of Commerce, US Census Bureau. You may search this site for more surveys on the topic. Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency® -- A source of information on incentives and policies... View Details
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U.S. Competitiveness Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
the U.S. economy. The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness In a March 2012 article of the Harvard Business Review , Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin outlined the looming challenge to U.S. competitiveness. The United View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
I couldn't help but feel a sense of gloom as I read the results of the recent HBS alumni survey on US competitiveness. It revealed that alumni overwhelmingly believe the United States is losing its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
option to her online consignment ceramics offerings, Giridharadas recouped about half of her investment within four months. Now she sees a bigger opportunity: Party supply rentals were a $5 billion industry in the United View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
about the project. Why did HBS launch the project? Rivkin: Many of us at the School have come to believe that the ability of firms in the United States to be competitive in the world economy and to support... View Details
- 17 Sep 2021
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
When Xiao Wang (MBA 2014) and his parents immigrated to the United States from China three decades ago, the process was a difficult and expensive one. The family spent the equivalent of five months’ rent on... View Details
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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | Baker Library
potential target customers including jobs and occupations, educational attainment, employment status, school enrollment, health, housing, and more. Suggested Resources United States Census Bureau Demographic... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
that keep executives awake at night. But before you can do that, you have to find out what keeps them awake at night. Who did you talk to? At this point, my research associates and I have interviewed over 250 people in the United View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
produced in the United States is never eaten; 3.8 million gallons of fuel are wasted everyday from unnecessary idling. The nonprofit’s investment strategy is far less typical. Sustainable America makes... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
fifth-generation nuclear capabilities. The threat of nuclear aggression among powerful nations did not disappear with the Cold War; it remains a major challenge for the United States and poses a more serious... View Details