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06 Mar 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?

workplace—starting with job listings. What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?James Heskett's readers question the meaning of "gender equality" and ponder ways to give women access to the same management opportunities as men. Research View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Thomas Stemberg | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

computer printers to pens and paper products, and, yes, staples. Staples launched in 1986 and not only created but also became the leader in its thriving retail sector, with online services from Staples.com as well as more than 1,400... View Details

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International Applicants | MBA

Harvard Business School, you will be required to provide an official original language paper transcript sent directly from each college or university attended to World Education Services (WES), a third-party verification agency, along... View Details

Student-Profile

A Jay Holmgren

of papers examining the efficacy of hospital IT systems at flagging and preventing adverse drug events. He credits the diverse expertise of his fellow doctoral students with helping him expand and enrich his research pursuits. “I’ve... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Creativity from Many Angles

interdisciplinary approach to examining creativity, with perspectives from the fields of sociology, psychology, economics, and history. Of 100 papers submitted for consideration, nine authors were asked to present their work, with topics... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2017
News

Research Brief: Lost in Translation

In an increasingly global business world, English is the lingua franca that tethers companies and their investors together. Executives without a deep fluency in English could be costing their companies more than they realize. According to a recent View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

09 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

that Bezos has shown in his leadership at Amazon, including constant commitment to the customer and a long-term approach to innovation, are good news for DC's paper of record. Three Ingredients For Success By: Bharat Anand Henry R. Byers... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing

20 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Risky Business with Structured Finance

at Princeton University, the paper analyzes the difficulties of rating structured finance assets and the perils of relying on ratings to determine prices. "We began studying the corporate bond CDO market roughly three years ago and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

unforeseen consequences on executive performance and may work against the interests of employers. Romana Autrey, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, recently completed two working papers on this subject in collaboration... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

19 Apr 2016
Blog Post

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

message: Welcome. You should be proud to work here. Please fit in accordingly. But research suggests that employee orientation ought to be less about the company and more about the employee. In their paper "Breaking Them In or... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

10 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

paper with Harvard graduate students Sonia Jaffe (Department of Economics) and Scott Duke Kominers (Harvard Business School). Carmen Nobel: How can a discount voucher service like Groupon benefit retailers? Ben Edelman: Our View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology

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Politics and War - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

the suspension of gold payments by the Bank of England. Prime minister William Pitt was forced to implement the issue of paper money when the Bank announced a gold shortage, due to loans it had made to finance the war with France. Rumors... View Details

George Eastman

Eastman invented film and the inexpensive camera, and in turn created the multi-billion dollar photography industry. Eastman acquired all the photographic paper producers in America and secured the motion picture film market for Eastman... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

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Harvard Business School

early development and the growth of the Annual Career/Alumni Conference (now known as the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference). Andrew F. Brimmer Papers, 1994–2014 Andrew F. Brimmer was one of the nation's leading authorities on economics. His View Details

Fast Answer

Personal wealth: statistics

Where can I find statistics and information on the wealthy? Wealth and Asset Ownership data from the Census Bureau. Global Wealth Report from Credit Suisse. Find the most recent as well as earlier data. World Wealth Report by Capgemini. (free registration... View Details

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

prompted a new research paper that starts to investigate ways to make these patents less volatile and more efficient—and makes the case for increased government involvement. "Standards are ubiquitous and necessary," says Josh... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

School PhD candidate Samuel Hanson, and Harvard University Professor Jeremy C. Stein take on this question in a recent working paper titled A Comparative Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity. Their View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

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Historic Corporate Reports Collection | Baker Library

Historic Corporate Reports Collection Special Collections & Archives has an extensive collection of historic corporate reports. The collection encompasses over 27,000 U.S., Canadian, and international companies, dating from the 1820s, with more than 10,000 View Details

29 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

information flow so easily in informal situations, this might be true in market situations as well." Sell Side School Ties In their paper Sell Side School Ties, cowritten with Andrea Frazzini, Cohen and Malloy look at school ties between... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

08 Sep 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

your messages after they are read. The problem: The memory of your uninhibited behavior lingers. Research Papers Surfacing the Submerged State with Operational Transparency in Government ServicesCitizens who see the work that government... View Details