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- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
adversarialism, relationships in place of transactions. They want to take their lives in their own hands and they are willing to pay for what we call the deep support that will enable them to do so. These new markets for deep support are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
questioning go hand in glove. Innovators observe things, then question why. If you want to be an innovative person, when you see things, you have to pay attention and then wonder why. A good illustration of observing and questioning is... View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
The investment we make in a young person’s higher education is the biggest investment we’re making in their life, and the idea that we would pay a quarter of a million dollars for a student to have an experience, before they know how they... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
operators. Well, you know, elevators used to all have operators. When we automated them we eliminated those elevator operator jobs. Does that mean we shouldn't have put in automated elevators? No. Of course not. But what it does mean is that we need to View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
appreciate a certain level of service, and you can afford to provide it, which is fun. You want to be able to train people extensively, pay them well, and have your customers really value the results.” SmartPak’s road to the future will... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
businesses survive the economic impact of COVID-19, Rahim Noormohamed (HBS 2021) launched GIFTforward, a social tech venture to help small businesses by selling gift cards. “The problem facing restaurants and other small businesses is a cash problem. They need cash... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
ownership position (>50%) in the state-owned enterprise (SOE)—something that had not been done before; how much to pay for the stake; and how to ensure commercial, regulatory, and political approval for the deal. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
of the developing world. We then discuss how survey techniques can be improved to better measure willingness to pay for urban amenities. Finally, we explain how Internet data is being used to improve the quality of city services. Download... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
whether to rescind or amend the award or ignore the ISS recommendation. Was Immelt's 2010 pay in line with his performance? How would shareholders vote on the advisory "say on pay" ballot question at GE's annual meeting in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
plant stock, fertilizers, and pesticides; and began directly paying them a premium for better beans. Higher yields and quality increased the growers' incomes, the environmental impact of farms shrank, and Nestlé's reliable supply of good... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
criticized its corporate governance. Laxey voted borrowed shares at the AGM. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208064 Evaluating M&A Deals—Equity Consideration Harvard Business School Note 208-077 What the acquiring... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
family and/or be prepared to pay for help, you definitely need help. What has been most challenging about being a mama during COVID? All of us trying to work from a tiny space this winter - my husband, me, our nanny, and Olivia. Also,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
hydrokinetic technologies has subsequently risen to $109 million). Con Edison eventually invested in the company, but because there is no legal mechanism for paying a provider to deliver tidal power to the grid in New York State, the... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
is the innovation in technology is not just able to solve climate problems, but it can do so economically. Right? So, you know, it used to be, okay, what do you want? Do you want to pay a low price or do you want green? Now those two are... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
of the things that come out as implications for that: If you have this dream of being able to go and make the mark on the world in this way, that’s going to be social enterprise or low paying and things like that, live the life of a... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
to be shared in perpetuity, they donated their shares back to a nonprofit. The money involved is pretty staggering. We sell tickets. They're $400 each this year. That changes year to year. And we have to lease the land it's on from the Bureau of Land Management. We... View Details
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
is potentially very high. We find that analysts pay little attention to subsidiaries about to be spun off even though these subsidiaries constitute a significant part of the parent company operations. Moreover, while the level of detail... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
wanted to do and what I thought was important, and trying to find people who would think that was something worth paying money for." Somebody who creates at that level, but has all of these difficult characteristics, is clearly not... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
decreased supply of traditional food exports of wheat and corn from Russia and Ukraine will also result in rising prices, Shih said. "You'll pay more for everything that uses wheat and corn and flour.” Harvard Ukrainian Research... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
a path where they start to pay us. We have many examples of where the CTO of a company like Salesforce was a longtime personal customer of Cloudflare and now Salesforce is a large customer of ours. At the end of the day our mission is to... View Details