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01 Mar 2016
News

Case Study: Paper Chase

operates four sales kiosks in the Boston area, with mobile retail teams that visit local fairs and markets. The kiosks offer a valuable in-person experience with a high conversion rate for the $8–$13 cards. The split between in-person and... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Faculty Books

Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America edited by Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky (University of Chicago Press) Although crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world,... View Details

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Mar 2012
News

How to Close the Health Gap

higher rates in poor countries. You’ve heard of the wealth gap. Welcome to the health gap. The people who need the medicines most in the world are the least likely to receive them. “Now that we have such extraordinary capabilities, what... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2008
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HBS Records an “Excellent” Year

$2.8 billion on June 30, 2007, contributed $7 million to revenue growth. The market value of the HBS endowment and current use funds has grown at a compound annual rate of 16.1 percent for the past five years. For the first time in the... View Details

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

01 Dec 2016
News

How DC is Taxing the Country

startup formation has been on the decline since the early 1980s; and real median household income is well below its peak in 1999. Most economic gains have gone instead to the wealthy and big businesses. Today’s 5.1 percent unemployment View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Oct 2000
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Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success

operational systems has resulted in a 99.9 percent compliance rate in order fulfillment; it is also the only baking company in North America to be registered ISO 9001, the highest standard for quality systems in food processing. Cookies,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2011
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Racial Bias Pervades Health Care

kidney and liver transplants, and less pain medication when they are operated on. Furthermore, women with heart disease receive less angioplasty than men; Hispanics have a lower rate of recommended health-care services such as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jan 2003
News

Greylock

and wanted to provide new hires with leadership opportunities. Equally important, the limited partners could now have some flexibility in their commitments. At about the same time, the firm confronted the problem of sustaining Greylock's supply of capital as the tax... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?

payments; and they are introducing a rating tool for members. On top of that, they’re looking into integrating certain blockchain elements that would make it easier for transactions to happen between parties that might not trust each... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres

01 Sep 2003
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Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

year our yield (the rate of acceptance on offers of admissions) surpassed an astounding 90 percent — the highest of any business or professional school. Global Outreach On the global front, we officially launched the Japan Research Office... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2023
News

Righting the Ship

annually from the U.S. Navy Working Capital Fund to each of the divisions, for capital improvement projects like buildings and equipment. But there was a major problem with the fund’s model: “In 2001, we were at 93 percent execution of dollars as an enterprise,” says... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2012
News

What Industrial Policy?

"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to 25 percent. A number of economists... View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Agriculture; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2009
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Hope for Reform Dims

requirements — the cushion against losses — for all financial institutions creating a mechanism to deal with those institutions regarded as too big to fail Thain characterized the crisis as a classic bubble “fundamentally fueled by monetary policy” that held interest... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Jun 2001
News

Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change

poll. This spring, the second annual poll garnered an impressive 92 percent response rate among first-year students. Moret was first drawn to student affairs at Louisiana State University, where he had been admitted on a music scholarship... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2014
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Ready for Takeoff

decade, according to the World Bank, an increase of more than 50 percent. The national unemployment rate has hovered under 5 percent, touching record lows. Income inequality—though still a major issue for the country—is dropping: Between... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

22 Feb 2022
News

Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path

associate dean for Faculty Development and Research and faculty director of the Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability Project. “The national unemployment rate early in the pandemic had jumped to over 13 percent; the standard prediction... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Mar 2021
News

Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

don’t, the better. Data is the differentiator and will only become increasingly important. Can you give an example? For the past 30 years we’ve operated in an environment where interest rates have slowly declined. I don’t know what the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investing; leadership; diversity; career experience; higher education; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2018
News

Case Study: On the Record

cool and only go-to source, then make the leap to the next level after market share growth rate has peaked. You can prepare for the shift but don’t dilute your momentum yet. You will be able to raise more capital more cheaply once you can... View Details