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- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
people and have implications for the use of technological algorithms. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52499 Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors By: Viceira, Luis M., Zixuan... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
the pandemic has taught us important lessons. Financially and operationally, the pandemic strengthened HBS as an institution. We developed and integrated new technology into the classroom, expanded our research initiatives, and created... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
date—maybe 2002? Before its first funding round, in any case. I told Reed Hastings that everyone would be streaming video in a year or two, so why set up this huge infrastructure around DVDs? He said, “They’re not ready for streaming yet. We will be ready when the... View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
There's often a disparaging implication that art-like processes are immature, that they have not yet evolved to incorporate the obviously superior methods of science. The premise that underlies this point of view equates progress with the... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- Profile
Jonathan Assayag
Business and innovative technology have consistently played large roles in Jonathan Assayag's life. Growing up in Brazil and Miami, he started his informal business education working weekends at his parents' retail store, selling... View Details
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Amy Sennett
and helped draft treaty language “for the codification and progressive development of international law.” Development as best diplomacy Through the HBS Social Enterprise Club, Amy has seen “a lot of ways for-profits and entrepreneurial... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
actually increase overall social welfare. We also consider the environmental impact of BPS and derive competitive conditions under which BPS reduces and increases emissions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-098.pdf Cases & Course... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2015
- News
Living the Legacy
world examples and progress monitoring tools especially motivating. “I’m less intimidated about business after taking this course,” she confirms. “I already know the terminology.” Paul and Kevin, the Kusisto’s twin boys, have very... View Details
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Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog
the country’s largest sector and we have excellent resources and people, it remains too costly, too inaccessible, and too fragmented. Countless important technology innovations lie fallow. Substantial opportunities to do good and do well... View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
private equity funds, and institutional investors." Jacqueline Crespo MBA 2015 | At the Nexus of Change "My experiences have taught me that there are no shortcuts or easy paths to solving the energy and climate problem. My view is that the game changing energy View Details
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
reduced to one unit), rapid response (utilizing faster, more dependable methods of transportation and rapid-transfer "cross-docking"), and positive tracking (allowing customers to trace the progress of their orders, typically... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
are some ways forward, says Fuller. Companies might need to embrace automation technologies that can help reduce labor hours per unit, an approach Fuller has seen start to take hold in the garment industry. There could be regulatory aid,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
of the World Bank’s scenario for global economic progress out to 2030. While cheered by the prospect of continued economic growth that is expected to triple the middle class from 400 million to 1.2 billion people, the business leaders... View Details
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
you can't prove who you are.” The scope and scale of the project, and its progress so far in already enrolling 200 million people, make this the largest-scale project of its kind in the world, says Harvard Business School Professor Tarun... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
predictable date for its demand. There is certainly a need for more research into vaccine-production technologies and for greater production capacity, and WHO encourages vaccine firms and national governments to invest in such areas. How... View Details
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
overview of business history research worldwide aimed at both researchers and practitioners, addressing challenging issues such as globalization, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, technology and innovation, and economic theory and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
risk? Just because you would gladly pay a higher capital gains rate doesn’t mean others would. Brian W. Keane (MBA 1986) Potomac, MD Both Sides Now LaMagna has fallen into the trap set by those who believe “fairness” runs only in one direction. Even if I believed in a... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Dean Clark on the New Academic Year
when it opens early next year. Plans are also on the drawing board for new facilities to house lifelong learning activities and academic activities related to faculty development and for an academic center and a major renovation of Baker Library. View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
that was in scarce supply, as Khoja and his team worked under the six-month deadline. “We’d have a huddle session every day at 7 a.m. and say, okay, what do we need to do to get to launch?” he recalls. “It didn’t matter who did what—we’d assign that day’s tasks and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna