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- 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
- 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
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
discontent for many American families. Bundled up in chilly homes, they see their heating bills cutting deeply into the rest of their household budget. Lowering the thermostat, they wonder when keeping warm... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
customers by providing them adequate functionality in return for lower prices. The technology of this sort of disruptive innovation offers "good enough" performance... View Details
- Web
For Guests | Commencement 2025
text-messaging/data rates may apply. Extreme Weather Ceremonies will be held outdoors, rain or shine. In the event of extreme weather (lightning, high winds), HBS will implement a Severe Weather Plan. In the... 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
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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
- 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
- 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
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
interest rates and all the transactional features of a checking account, in addition to a compelling impact story. “The opportunity for you is to put your money where it’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
seat. Campaign spending on both sides has flowed freely. As of mid-October, Edwards had raised about $2.8 million to Taylor’s $1.9 million, according to the New York Times. About half of Edwards’s... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
controversial IPO in 2007, raising $458 million. Many, including Nobel Peace Prize–winner Muhammad Yunus, have accused CB of making a profit at the expense of the poor, passing most View Details
- 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
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)
but I was ready to transition from advisory work to a deal team. I decided to get an MBA to make that transition. Many of the impact investors that I most respect are HBS alumni, and they spoke highly of... 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