Access To Care - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

alike. "Now that we all have access to the same information, the emphasis has shifted from collection to analysis," he explains. "And that's a sea change. It... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

such as capital or access to talent inside the group. Equally important, I believe, is reputation, knowing that it is Koç or Akfen. Q: Koç and Akfen are both family owned. Is this an advantage? A: One idea... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

biography. He did not read a page of it until it came out in the form in which you see it right here. He was not involved in it financially. I sold it to a publisher myself. However, he was very cooperative. He gave me View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

resources and regulatory effort goes into ensuring that the public has access to these financial opportunities; in fact, much of American social policy oriented toward the non-indigent operates through... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

clearer in the second half of the nineteenth century. In the United States, the building of the railroads after 1850 led to the development of mass markets for the first time. Along with improved access... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

is expressed in myriad ways, from the success of the Vietnam Memorial Wall to the proliferation of laws extending human rights in every domain. The new individuals have plenty of things. They have access... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home

coronavirus is changing everything we know about how to get work done. The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition Many parents are working and caring for kids at home. How can managers set expectations?... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

17 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

largely been ignored, despite intense debate over whether business's invasion of basic science—long the domain of universities and nonprofit research institutions—is limiting access to discoveries, thereby... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Nov 2002
What Do You Think?

What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?

organizations, like Southwest Airlines, seek to minimize employee turnover and go to great lengths to avoid downsizing, concentrating instead on very View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

Q: The Internet's almost real-time access to news [and rumors] has undoubtedly put extra pressures on the expectations of brokerage research analysts. Given these dynamics, do you feel this could be having... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

friends—but employers seem hardly to notice the trend. Joseph Fuller discusses why companies should support them. Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?American President... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman

change; be resilient; and make every decision based on whether or not it's good for the business." If you take the extra time to staff the best people rather than operate in the interests of expediency, you'll save yourself trouble... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

In my research, I heard stories of Baxter colleagues providing useful advice regarding which job to take and when, so that they could navigate through that uncertainty. Second, it is evident that having "gone through wars... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

I think one thing we have learned is to be careful when we try to generalize about the importance of institutions. Since the work of Nobel Prize winning economic historian... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

acceleration of certain trends in the workplace and workforce that were visible before COVID but have really taken off as a function of COVID. This includes everything from the growing prominence of the care economy and its impact on... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

effect of much of this alleged activity is to tax long-term investors in order to reward short-term investors. In a two-year-old paper, "Who Cares About Shareholders?... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

2016 Self-published Introduction to Financial Accounting: Review Quizzes and Practice Exams By: Narayanan, V.G. Abstract—This book provides practice multiple choice questions on introductory accounting topics. It can be used View Details

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women—a History

Madame C. J. Walker is an example of an entrepreneur who took advantage of industrial change, Koehn said. Walker, a creator of hair care products, built a brand and brought it to market. But she needed the... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

the firm's identity in their paper. "The firm was kind enough to give us access to very detailed records about which executives met with which investors," Soltes says. “If a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

to the fact that anyone can access it from any computer as long as they have a browser, she said. Her company, Desktop.com, is building an integrated Internet desktop services platform and product in much... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

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