Filter Results:
(2,339)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,339)
- People (18)
- News (920)
- Research (1,015)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (307)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,339)
- People (18)
- News (920)
- Research (1,015)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (307)
- Web
IT Strategy: Protecting HBS Information and Data Assets | Information Technology
confidential information outside of where it should be stored or shared. To meet security remediation goals, HBS IT has also partnered with a managed services provider to streamline security system monitoring View Details
- 23 Jun 2019
- News
5 Lessons From Microsoft’s Antitrust Woes, by People Who Lived It
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
procedure performed or patient seen, without explicit rewards for the quality of the services rendered. This model translates internally into an incentive system that prioritizes patient volume over patient value. That is, physicians are... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
government relations is part of the inner circle. You can look at Turkcell and see it as a typical emerging-market story. Government intervention is everywhere. Regulators even set prices, service by... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) - Course Catalog
for customers who are in the bottom quarter of the socio-economic pyramid who cannot afford to pay for services to yield profits for shareholders. It is often the case that governments and nonprofits/aid... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
What Drives Variation in Investor Portfolios? Estimating the Roles of Beliefs and Risk Preferences
By: Mark Egan, Alexander MacKay and Hanbin Yang
We present an empirical model of portfolio choice that allows for the nonparametric estimation of investors' (subjective) expectations and risk preferences. Utilizing a comprehensive dataset of 401(k) plans from 2009 through 2019, we explore heterogeneity in asset... View Details
Keywords: Stock Market Expectations; Demand Estimation; Retirement Planning; Defined Contribution Retirement Plan; 401 (K); Finance; Investment Portfolio; Investment; Retirement; Behavioral Finance; Financial Services Industry; United States
Egan, Mark, Alexander MacKay, and Hanbin Yang. "What Drives Variation in Investor Portfolios? Estimating the Roles of Beliefs and Risk Preferences." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-044, December 2021. (Revisions Requested at the Review of Financial Studies. Revised April 2024. Direct download. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29604, December 2021)
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
computer club, and the use of an interactive computer system to help place students in jobs. A 1979 article announced two new elective courses: Introduction to Computing for Managers and Management in a... View Details
- April 2020 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Ping An: Pioneering the New Model of ‘Technology-driven Finance’
By: Feng Zhu, Anthony K. Woo and Nancy Hua Dai
In mid-December 2018, Peter Ma, Chairman and CEO of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. was considering whether the company should grow a fifth ecosystem of Smart City Services. Established in 1988, Ping An was one of the top 10 global financial... View Details
Keywords: Business Ecosystems; Fintech; Finance; Information Technology; Business Model; Expansion; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Zhu, Feng, Anthony K. Woo, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Ping An: Pioneering the New Model of ‘Technology-driven Finance’." Harvard Business School Case 620-068, April 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
- 28 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels
Hotels, restaurants, and other businesses in the service industry often thrive or die depending on whether they provide exemplary customer service, but new research shows that the color of a customer’s skin... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- October 1998
- Case
CRA Managed Care, Inc. (A)
By: Myra M. Hart and Jennifer Starr
Silverman and her co-founder, Don Larson, own the largest privately held injury-management and cost-containment services firm in the United States. When their $80+ million company attracts substantial interest of investment bankers and venture capitalists, the two must... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Leadership Development; Venture Capital; Business Exit or Shutdown; Investment; Business or Company Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Service Industry; United States
Hart, Myra M., and Jennifer Starr. "CRA Managed Care, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-068, October 1998.
- 30 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career
During college, I was the only Japanese person in my school. I did my best to fix my accent, I did not hang out with other Asians, and I joined the predominantly white varsity crew team as a rower.... View Details
- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
press. He also urged them not to let the specter of poor governments dissuade them from considering entrepreneurial careers in their home countries. "I see an enormous amount of opportunity for improvement, for personal wealth... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- March 2011
- Case
Valuation of AirThread Connections
By: Erik Stafford and Joel L. Heilprin
This case can be used as a capstone valuation exercise for first-year MBA students in an introductory finance course. A senior associate in the business development group at American Cable Communications, one of the largest cable companies in the U.S., must prepare a... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Present Value; Tax Accounting; Capital Costs; Synergy; Telephony; Wireless Technologies; Communication Technology; Assets; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Cash Flow; Capital Structure; Accounting; Wireless Technology; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Stafford, Erik, and Joel L. Heilprin. "Valuation of AirThread Connections." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-263, March 2011.
Das Narayandas
Das Narayandas is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Technology degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), a Post-Graduate... View Details
Keywords: professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
outsourcing, and integration services company that he founded in 1965. First in a Wall Street Journal ranking of one thousand companies listed according to best stock performance from 1987 to 1997, Keane Inc... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
Despite this upheaval, it seemed some businesses were immune to the digital onslaught—companies whose products and services couldn't be easily turned into 1's and 0's View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Deep Links: Business School Students’ Perceptions of the Role of Law and Ethics in Business
- 17 Sep 2015
- News
Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
to embody the mission of the School to ‘make a difference in the world’.” As part of the Campaign, the School has created a website that enables HBS alumni to connect with one other based on a wide range of personal View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
total Internet e-commerce activity will range from $5 billion to $8 billion by 2003. The purpose of Leonel Azuela's Quaxar e-consulting service is to bring comprehensive Internet and interactive solutions to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments