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- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
Books. Before Penguin was founded by Allen Lane in 1935, serious literature—"good books"—was expensive and bound in hardcover; only lurid fiction was sold in paperback. "The good books were out View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
staff—all of this costs money, Frei said. Commerce Bank pays for it by paying lower rates on deposits compared to the giant banks. "Think about it," she told the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
the interest in its mission to understand the brain—was always hanging in the background of Hawkins and Dubinsky’s partnerships. In their very first meeting, when Hawkins was interviewing Dubinsky to be the... View Details
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From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024
the year with an operating surplus of $36 million, or 3 percent of revenue, down from the previous year’s surplus of $64 million, or 6 percent of... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
business: Investing in employees keeps churn rates down and distinguishes Hello Alfred in a moment when quantity of transactions often wins out over quality of service. “If we... View Details
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
restaurants during the period between August and October 2015. In an interesting twist, the restaurants were not told they were essentially enjoying a free ad ride. This allowed the researchers to separate the impact View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
the “Infrastructure Paradox.” Investors have an easy explanation for the paradox: a lack of bankable projects. For bankers (admittedly a broad characterization), a “bankable” project has several characteristics: a clear source View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
near the beach on New York’s Long Island and became interested in the ocean and in environmental issues as a teenager. After college and a master’s degree from Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
make better leaders, and the practical steps to kicking an addiction to success. There’s been increasing academic interest in the topic of happiness in recent years. We’ve seen it at HBS with the work View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
despite rates comparable to or better than those offered in this country. Deighton and Barwise also warn that interacting digitally with marketers may not remain a favorite use of consumers' scarce leisure... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
Unit at Harvard Business School. "For example, procurement policies could serve a demonstration role that would stimulate private demand by making people more aware of green buildings. They might also cover the start-up costs View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
conservation. It currently has two high-tech submersibles rated to 1,000 meters and an elaborate new scientific vessel under construction. OceanX recently partnered with Michael Bloomberg’s (MBA 1966) Bloomberg Philanthropies on a... View Details
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
was to make a series of unsustainable promises that sustained the illusion of prosperity" by extending easy credit to fuel consumption, covering health care and retirement costs, and directly employing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
$800) instead of receiving lower amounts (e.g., self and other each get $500) in their transactions (Bazerman, Loewenstein & White, 1992). The present analysis, however, shows that the perceived value... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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HBS - Financials | From the CFO
13,101 individuals who participated in programs in fiscal 2021, 32 percent were women—a significant increase from past years. Reflecting the focus of sustaining an engaged learning environment, participants View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
loopholes, deductions need to be reduced. The right policy is to lower the rate substantially and end most deductions. That's a policy economic theory supports, and almost everybody in the private sector... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
with which you are forced to characterize your economic situation provides a natural limit on opportunistic behavior that serves the interests of prospective lenders and tax authorities. This uniformity may... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
internal audience—the fourteen thousand brokers who work for Merrill who are bound to feel threatened by the firm's decision to offer low-cost online trading. Crane, in fact, views advertising as a window into the future that reveals... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
stressing the importance of brokers both to an external audience - those who need advice in making difficult financial decisions - and to Merrill Lynch's internal audience - the fourteen thousand brokers who work for Merrill who are View Details
Keywords: Susan Young