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- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Charitable Trust did a study of both pension and OPEB shortfalls in the 30 largest cities in the United States. The unfunded pension deficits for these cities amounted to $99 billion, while the unfunded retiree healthcare benefits totaled... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
adds. “They’re not getting in our way, and to the degree they can, they are being helpful on things that we would not have had access to as a smaller brand, such as introductions to certain international distributors.” Kim and Coup say that, despite their scrutiny of... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
Harvard Business School, Edelman recently wrote about Vectus, Ltd., a Sweden-based PRT firm, on his Web site; a case study is available from Harvard Business Press. Other firms in the PRT business landscape... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
average of 3.2 hours each workday with their children, while employed fathers spend 2.3 hours each workday. Source: The Families and Work Institute's "1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce." Karla (Rose) Middlebrooks Keeping to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
heavily in developing technology to deliver targeted ads to these sites, with the simple goal of "making advertising work on the Web." DoubleClick "In the old world of advertising," says John Deighton, who just completed a case View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
world in life expectancy, at 77.9 years. Half the U.S. population does not receive standard preventive care such as cancer screening, blood pressure checks, or vaccinations. A 2007 McKinsey study found that compared with the average for... View Details
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Commencement 2019 Address | About
today: As you move into leadership roles, and as your duties call on you to make decisions that test your integrity, imagine yourself as the protagonist in a case study. Imagine a future generation of students sitting in Aldrich, debating... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
about to file for divorce and alimony, thereby reducing his assets. A few years later, a New York engraver filed suit when he learned of a report that stated he was a counterfeiter who had left his wife for a prostitute. The Ohio case... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
Energy Future. Like Reinhardt, Vietor is a member of the steering committee of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements. He has written dozens of cases on energy matters and regulation and is the author of Energy Policy in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
corruption, the interesting and important issues are shades of gray,” observes Abdelal, who has authored several case studies on corruption and is writing a book on the subject with HBS professor Rafael Di... View Details
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
might be working with peers in pharmaceuticals or defense to accelerate the development of virtual reality capabilities. In my work, I use the ethnographic methods of anthropology to study transformation as it takes place through shared... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
recent visit to campus to write a short case study on how UADE responded to the pandemic. After the government’s suspension of in-person classes, Masoero reports, “we began to work frantically to find the... View Details
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
through the 1960s. Combining Equal Sacrifice with Utilitarianism better represents the preferences that people hold in the population at large, according to Weinzierl, and makes the theory's recommendations align much better with the reality of tax policy. Weinzierl... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
to study must have had a compounded annual growth rate in revenues, profits, and market capitalization that exceeded the 50th percentile of industry peers between 1997 and 2006 or for the CEO's tenure. Corresponding figures were used for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
shelter during his undergraduate studies had whet his appetite for volunteerism, so when his managerial background landed him “the world’s best Peace Corps assignment,” he was more than ready for the adventure. Murphy was assigned to the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Keeping the Faith
It has been said that the note of a Tibetan singing bowl is the sound of inner peace. That’s not something you might expect to hear in the MBA classroom. But it rings through Hawes Hall at the beginning of each session of The Spiritual Lives of Leaders, a second-year... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
investment landscape. The firm is the leading boutique for hedge fund managers, asset managers, private equity firms, and family offices in search of top investment talent for their public and global investment initiatives. It was the subject of a 2023 Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
socialite Dina Merrill, who sat on the board for eighteen years and served on the compensation committee that approved CEO Richard Fuld’s $484 million in salary, stock options, and bonuses from 2000 to 2007. John Helyar, coauthor of Barbarians at the Gate and now a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
faculty as a senior fellow to study health-care reform. Feeley, the Helen Shafer Fly Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, is on a quest to make the payment process easier and,... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details