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- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
a joint appointment at the Harvard Business School in the General Management and Strategy units. Joseph B. Lassiter: Companies will realize their vulnerability COVID-19 points out that even the most sophisticated companies and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- Web
Dream Realities - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
themselves epitomized style, luxury, and the key to a more fulfilling life. In the studio, models were visually transformed into members of an elite class of enviable sophistication and taste—an ideal with which the consumer could... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Enabling the Dream of Building A Healthy Future for India
Mumbai, Bhandari looked at companies developing sophisticated diagnostic and treatment tools that, she says, “could have huge potential to improve rural health care—if they could be made affordably.” To Bhandari, the financial aid she has... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
they lend themselves to the risk of hype behind their projections. Most space SPACs crashed in value as soon as they went public, so many investors got a real sense that space is a dangerous place to invest. But, when you talk to people who are View Details
- 29 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’
their stuff embarrasses them. Their Range Rovers no longer tell the world that they are sophisticated town and country socialites. There are simply too many of them on the road to offer much social status. Worse, they now signal the... View Details
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
testing and implementing quantitative strategies could become much easier. That could make it tougher for quant managers by introducing more competition, or it could help them by introducing less sophisticated competition. It's too soon... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- Fast Answer
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research
investment lifecycle. Access via SSO - HBS email and Harvard Key login name/email must match. Email infoservices@hbs.edu if you have trouble accessing Pitchbook. Capital IQ Data on PE transactions, public and private companies, investment firms, and people.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
new to the firm: A majority of the team are computer programmers and developers, employing sophisticated algorithms to manage more than $275 million in assets. This active model would pit Alpha Architect against big banks, but with an... View Details
- Profile
Maurice Taylor
regulations space. Some people give it short shrift, but for me, it’s a passion. What are the motivations and fears of different actors? Everyone says they’re sophisticated investors, but at the end of the day, they have the same emotions... View Details
- Fast Answer
Managing Global Operations
features Company information Capital IQ Sophisticated and easy to use search engine, auditable financials, earnings call transcripts, key developments, peer analysis, company ratios. For a multimedia learning module on Capital IQ... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
of eyeglasses can cost more than a month's wages. That's because much of the world relies on highly trained specialists who use sophisticated and expensive equipment, in a market that provides consumers with choice and fashion in eyewear.... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 21 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores
commerce, and civic organizations, reinforcing the social fabric and engendering a strong sense of customer and community loyalty. Curation: Despite the increasing sophistication of online algorithms, online platforms have been unable to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
trading has been beneficial. Derivatives serve as a form of sophisticated "adapters," he said, linking economic systems together and helping to bring about a unified world economy. They have also brought about vast reductions in costs by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
that. They were an extremely sophisticated group who knew about the world, and they really motivated me.” One of only a few African Americans in his class, O’Neal says simply: “Not a lot of people looked like me.” That was also the case... View Details
- 19 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo
Internet2 was born. Today, sophisticated networks are being hooked up today among Europe, North and South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Cisco and Microsoft are involved "in a big way," Nolan said. Right now, Internet2 is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
version first. Launch it to test real demand and to better understand usage patterns and segments. If it is successful, raising more capital for developing the digital shouldn’t be a problem. You can then position a more sophisticated... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
draws for new business, including location, lifestyle, a loyal and dedicated work force, and a sophisticated fiber-optic telecommunications system. It also lays out the problems that new businesses face, such as high taxes and a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?
distinguished academics, one from each field, to examine these issues and write a careful, sophisticated essay arguing their conclusions on the issue. There are companies that benefit from environmental activism. DuPont, when it... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
and sophisticated feedback procedures. Grossman points out that unlike their counterparts in the private sector, nonprofit chief executives devote from 30 percent to 60 percent of their time pursuing donations rather than meeting the... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- Web
Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
conference has grown in sophistication with the state of the social enterprise field. Originally, much of SECON's programming revolved around questions exploring the nature of the social problems we face. Today, we understand not just the... View Details