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- 04 Oct 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?
large crowds. Have the changes in the underlying behaviors affecting many industries become so ingrained in employees, consumers, and everyday life that they will not revert to what they were before? The evidence is mixed. One can argue that the basics of human... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
Publications August 2013 Journal of the European Economic Association Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances By: Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych Abstract—We construct measures of net private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Africa’s business and economic landscape. Close to 100 alumni from several HBS clubs logged on for the conversation, which touched upon a wide range of issues including investing, private equity and venture capital, the outsized impact... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
The Value of the HBS Case Method – Lessons from an SVMP Participant
society at large. I pursued my undergraduate degree at a small liberal arts college, Ohio Wesleyan University, where I double majored in Economics and Politics & Government. Ohio Wesleyan was a great college fit for me. I received... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
2018 Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences By: Hanson, Gordon H., William R. Kerr, and Sarah Turner, eds. Abstract—Immigration policy is one of the most... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
invested in stocks or in a mutual fund, and as stock prices rose so did his or her account, and when they fell, so did his or her account. With hedge funds money is going to be made, and lost, in arcane positions trading with or against the market, sometimes in so... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
carbon removal by 2040 and improving food and economic security for >200,000+ smallholder farmers.” Todd Brix MBA 1997 | Co-Founder & CEO, OCOchem “OCOchem has developed the world’s largest CO2 electrolyzer which converts CO2, water and... View Details
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
Summing Up Dependency ratios are useful as general indicators of future economic and social health. But they must be managed downward on both a micro and macro basis, in the opinion of the majority of respondents to this month's column.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
borrowers to restructure their debts. Performing mortgages could then potentially be resold in the secondary market. The case provides cash flow projections in various economic scenarios that are revealing of the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Coney Island Prep Connecticut Office of the Governor Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Detroit Economic Growth Corporation Dillard University Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Endeavor Global Environmental Defense Fund Equal Justice... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
method for identifying economically related peer firms and for measuring their relative importance. Our results show that firms appearing in chronologically adjacent searches by the same individual (Search-Based Peers or SBPs) are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
Deighton: The internet allows you to move seamlessly from temptation to transaction. Deighton goes a step further: "My view is that privacy is not a right, it's an economic asset. It has a market price, and once we realize what it... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
innovations from industry outsiders who saw economic opportunities where others didn’t—and how these mainstream firms had no choice but to innovate themselves. New models were tried: some succeeded, some failed. Commercial markets turned... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity
Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Anke’s areas of research include economic development, political economy, economics of gender, and behavioral economics. Her recent work... John Beshears Albert J.... View Details
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Business in Global Society - Alumni
Giving Business in Global Society Giving Business in Global Society Solve Problems Strengthen business’s role in addressing complex societal challenges The belief that business can and should be a force for good underpins all teaching and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Leveraging Generative AI
and generating human-like text. HBS is equipping students with the skills and information needed to use AI-powered platforms such as ChatGPT for case preparation—to clarify complex concepts or analyze data—and to reflect more deeply on... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
successful dual-purpose companies build a commitment to creating both economic and social value into their core activities. This approach, which they call hybrid organizing, includes: setting and monitoring social goals alongside... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
travel industry. People eager to shake off their COVID-19 cabin fever are gearing up to take vacations, raising Airbnb bookings by 52 percent last quarter from a year earlier. Harnessing artificial intelligence to reduce racial economic... View Details
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Dean LeBaron | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
(PDF) Dean LeBaron, HBS 1960, was working for an investment services firm when he became interested in cutting-edge economic theories about portfolio management. One insight that captured his imagination was how computer models based on... View Details