Understanding Interests - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Oct 2016
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Bernie Madoff Explains Himself

amount of uninterrupted call time that the prison would allow. The professor and the felon shared a genuine, geeky interest in financial economics. Sometimes they discussed the early days of Madoff’s career, which began in 1960. Other... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

a Harvard Business Review article , there has been worldwide interest in in the topic from all sectors of the health care industry. The concept of value for patients resonates with patients, providers, provider organizations, payers,... View Details

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Discover how balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements are developed and how each interact Evaluate the financial health of a business using financial statements Understand GAAP and IFRS... View Details

06 Jul 2023
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Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

The technology that MLB Advanced Media developed is now the backbone of Disney Plus—that was a multi-billion dollar deal. I think understanding how that got developed is a real interesting case study. Can... View Details

12 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 12, 2008

interested in understanding how gender plays out in negotiations that take place within organizations? Do we start with women and men and explore their individual differences in thought, motivation, style,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Mar 2007
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Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

important and what are the keys to analyzing and understanding a country's near-term direction? A: Any business person is interested only in the future—in where markets and countries are heading. The only... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Leadership Fellows

number of fellowships will be awarded in March of each year to students and their proposed hiring organization. HBS Investment For HBS Sourced: Reviews proposals from interested organizations and works with qualifying organizations to... View Details

04 Dec 2006
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The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks

on the faculty at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business," Stuart says. "I was part of a committee examining why there wasn't a more vibrant life sciences industry in the Chicago area when all of the requisite ingredients were in place. I... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

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For MBA Students - Entrepreneurship

For MBA Students Courses Our courses provide the foundation for understanding the processes, finances and context of entrepreneurship. They bridge the gap from the theoretical to the practical and offer invaluable takeaways for the... View Details

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Values The teaching of ethics here is explicit, not implicit, and our community values of respect, honesty, integrity, and accountability are reinforced every day. Conflict of Interest The policy is intended to increase awareness, provide... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

Breitfelder, Bronstein, and Chen all conduct detailed internal surveys to better understand what their employees are actually looking for and how they can deliver it in a way that is consistent with their companies’ core missions and... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

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Investment analyst reports (equity research reports)

How do I find investment analysts' reports on companies, industries and geographies? Analyst Reports contain advice on whether to buy or sell the securities of specific companies or industries. They are produced by research analysts employed by firms that may have... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

funding although there are a few hybrid flavors as well. Sources of funding. These include venture capital firms, angel investors, crowd-funding, and accelerators/incubators. What investors look for. Each source has a different funding process and set of criteria which... View Details

20 Sep 2017
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The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change

agitator, the innovator, and the orchestrator. Any successful pathway to societal change requires all three, as Battilana explains in the article Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate? Understanding the Roles You Can Play in a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

Abstract This paper decomposes the excess return predictability in inflation-indexed and nominal government bonds into effects from liquidity, market segmentation, real interest rate risk, and inflation risk. We estimate a large and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Finance - Faculty & Research

in MBS duration function as large-scale shocks to the quantity of interest rate risk that must be borne by professional bond investors. I develop a simple model in which the risk tolerance of bond investors is limited in the short run, so... View Details

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Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work

Francis Hintermann 03 OCT 2024 Companies have long ignored the caregiving responsibilities of employees, compromising both performance and access to talent. With the rising burden of childcare and eldercare, it's in the best interest of... View Details

12 Apr 2017
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Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks

Source: rawpixel Many jobs involve completing a series of sequential, independent, prearranged tasks. Physicians see patients; teachers grade papers; insurance agents process stacks of claims. In the interest of productivity, some... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

market. So it's not surprising that so many just assume that their interests are aligned. Nothing could be further from the truth. Discord can develop in many areas, such as pricing, technology, standards, and control of the market—both... View Details