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- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
Japan would approach the ratios of the US. Even assuming that all such long-term projections are never accurate, is it possible that a country could fall into bankruptcy? What does national bankruptcy mean? Years ago economists told us that the national debt in the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
outgroup victims after a natural disaster, and whether these inferences predict intergroup helping. Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the southern United States, White and non-White participants were asked to infer the emotional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
United States Automobile Market (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007). Cohen, Lizabeth. A Consumer’s Republic: The Politics of Consumption in Postwar America (New York: Knopf, 2003). Collins, Robert... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
best model for humanity and nature living together” and revels in sharing the region with visitors. Adirondack Park is the largest publicly protected area in the continental United States, comprising 6 million acres, of which 45 percent... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
other sectors of the economy including health care." In the case of electronic cigarettes, existing evidence indicates that they have led to a net decrease in smoking. Of the 43.8 million smokers in the United View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
nearly 2,000 Ph.D.'s), most of whom are employed at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. Although the United States controls only 17 percent of the Bank's votes, by tradition the Bank's nine presidents have... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
networking and educational opportunities offered by “eco-salons,” where they might meet speakers such as Carol Browner, former head of the EPA, or Doug Foy, chief of Commonwealth Development for the state of Massachusetts. Many, but not... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
time in seven years, and companies including Facebook and Netflix are bringing much-needed investment and jobs to a metro region of just under one million people. But Keller, a former state senator and most recently View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
cancer at age 87 on June 2, 1987), all of the strands of Doriot’s life connect to form something quite profound. In the second half of the 20th century, the United States experienced a historic... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
question we now invite you, our readers, to ponder as well: “What is it about these cases that makes them so enduring?” Saki, Sizzle, Sayonara Case: Benihana of Tokyo Written: 1972 Copies Sold: 269,584 Touring the United View Details
- 16 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports
the US in the sports industry. Bringing His Skills Back to the Court After a little more than a year in the UK, the sports industry came calling for Laitsas yet again and he returned to the US. The Head of the North America Basketball Business View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
John Whitehead Played a Key Role in Developing the HBS Initiative AUSTIN, WHITEHEAD, AND RANGAN: Social enterprise pioneers. In the early 1990s, legendary Wall Street executive and former deputy secretary of state John Whitehead (MBA... View Details
- 23 May 2016
- Blog Post
Advice for Prospective Students from Africa
I was born and raised in Nigeria and moved to the United States 12 years ago to pursue my university education. Growing up, I was very independent and ambitious and upon graduating from high school, I... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
New Releases
United States in order to identify key factors for successful collaboration. Three of the consortia in Corey's study - Texas-based SEMATECH and Microelectron-ics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
firms employ to evaluate opportunities. Cathy Hughes, founder and chairman of Radio One, the largest African American– owned and operated broadcast company in the United States and the subject of an HBS case... View Details
- Portrait Project
Viroopa Volla
daughters. In the United States, I mentored girls in business and economics. I will own my fate, overcoming any boulders destiny places in my way with resilience. My grandchildren will share the story of their grandmother, a shrewd,... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
United States in Internet use by mid 2004, he predicted. By 2007, the predominant language on the Internet will be Chinese, he said. As a frequent traveler to Asia in his role as director of the School's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the cow typically seen as... View Details
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
With nearly 1,800 stores in 44 states and Ontario, Canada, the company and its franchisees employ about 80,000 workers and saw system-wide sales of nearly $4 billion in 2012. Menu items include a range of quick but distinctive options,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
phenomenon in the United States. In the years leading up to the Great Depression and World War II, there was a very high percentage of recent immigrants in the United States, and home ownership was beyond... View Details