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- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
the need for increased upfront financing, but this protection lowers the real option value of the new venture. In equilibrium, financing risk disproportionately impacts innovative ventures with the greatest real View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
initial public offering, she admitted to a reporter that she regularly left work at 5:30. The revelation blared across multiple news outlets. Sandberg was worried that she would be lectured or fired. Instead, her brazenness was heralded... View Details
- Profile
Maura Sullivan
leadership," she says. Among the options she considered for an MBA, HBS really stood out. "I was deeply touched by the reception I got when I visited," Maura says. "When I was introduced as just having returned from... View Details
- 27 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
Either Heal Health Care?A public insurance option could use its scale to hold prices down, but only if the approach avoids the financing gimmicks that are undermining Medicare. Research Papers Cohort... View Details
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
are quite different. You have to align their incentives, which means heavily weight the compensation of the management team to stock options, so that what makes them rich makes the shareholders rich. AG: The unstated supposition is that stock View Details
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
from solar and wind farms. Project development of major transmission lines to handle alternative sources must intently focus on stakeholder alignment across public and private sectors to speed project delivery. Both speakers touched on... View Details
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Full Circles | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
credits the HBS Nonprofit/Public Sector Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) for easing the anxiety many recent alumni feel when confronting substantial student loan payments. Available by application to graduates pursuing a career in the nonprofit and View Details
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
On August 15th, Aetna announced that it would reduce by 80 percent its participation in the Obama administration’s public exchanges for health insurance policies in 2017, citing significant financial losses. The move came just a few weeks... View Details
- 04 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Bringing the Lessons of 2020 into 2021
2020 was a year we won’t soon forget. Individuals and organizations around the globe were faced with unprecedented challenges that pushed their creativity, resolve, and resilience to the limits. We faced a global health pandemic, an economic crisis, and a View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Kwame Owusu-Kesse
senior year at Harvard, he had formed, with two classmates, a social network called "Triumph," which sponsored social events for young professionals and doubled as a fundraising platform for nonprofit causes. "I've always been passionate about the... View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
proves it time and again: diverge once from the public commitment you've made—especially on a significant issue—and the trust may disappear forever. But there's more to this than just living up to your commitments. If you don't take the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
and graft means that citizens are cheated out of a fair government that operates efficiently and in the public interest. It’s time to consider a radical idea: Corporations and nonprofit groups, in addition to individuals, should be... View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Ominous Background Music Is Bad for Sharks
associated with shark footage. In a series of experiments, researchers found that music indeed has the power to influence public perceptions of sharks. Participants who viewed footage of swimming sharks set to ominous background music... View Details
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Nikki Skovran
require new skills, leading Nikki to business school. “Best decision I ever made.” Nikki pursued her MBA options with the same rigor she had applied to her criminal cases. Even in the application process, HBS stood out. “All the other... View Details
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
that it will require Government subsidy while providing price leadership under a nonprofit cover, will over time drive most if not all health care to the public option (as happened with home mortgage giants... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
courtroom at the same time.” Women were just beginning to gain momentum in the professional world when Snyder enrolled at Case Western Reserve University law school. There, her androgynous first name and stellar academic record led to an interview for a summer job at a... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
Originally designed for HBS classroom use, the BAV software was recently made available to the public for purchase for $69 through Harvard Business School Publishing. We asked Healy to discuss the BAV in an e-mail interview. Sean... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Transportation - Business & Environment
that are driving emission increases. Infrastructure investments would enable shifts to less energy-intensive modes, including walking, cycling, micromobility options (e-scooters and e-bikes), and public... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
my bet is that 2037 will be very different as well. And this will be due to entrepreneurs, not private equity funds or public company boards." This may be linked, as D. R. Elliott suggested, to the rise in the "knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library
stock market crash. An exhibition featuring selections from the collection provides further context for understanding the economic and social dimensions of the Bubble. Photography and Corporate Public Relations: The Case of U.S. Steel,... View Details