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23 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

transformation strategies that can be executed in the capital market. Over the period 1960–2016, we find that (1) unlevered bank assets underperform passive portfolios of maturity-matched U.S. Treasury bonds; (2) the cost of bank deposits... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work

to maximize their time in the office," Sadun says. The Monsoon And Cricket Effect The researchers also took care to look for outside events that might affect the CEO's cost of exerting work effort within the survey week, testing whether... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Improving Fairness in Flight Delays

approach, you can get more efficiency out of the system and still have a nice balance of fairness when you have two conflicting programs in the system." According to the US Congress Joint Economic Committee, the cost associated with... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Air Transportation

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

of principles of trade between countries. A: The title of the paper refers to the idea that, in choosing the optimal maturity structure of its debt, the government balances the costs of rollover risk (in the extreme case, the government... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

13 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril

School researchers: Disregarding advice from colleagues could invite harsh backlash that just might damage valued workplace relationships, according to the recent paper Seeker Beware: The Interpersonal Costs of Ignoring Advice, published... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

and these companies are meeting market demand, it's a good thing," he said. "The more space flights we do, the more we'll bring costs down." Some of the audience questions were less related to leadership than to the fact... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Aerospace

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Launching Leaders: HBS's New Initiative Fuels First-Generation and Low-Income Student Success - Recruiting

Club, financial wellness programming, and scholarships covering the total cost of tuition and fees for students with the greatest financial need—about 10 percent of the student body. For Dewan Sharfaraz Ahmed (MBA 2026), Ascend laid the... View Details

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Alumni Forums - Alumni

cannot be in the same forum.) All forum candidates have the opportunity to review the list of other members before meeting, and also check for any potential conflicts based on close business or personal relationships. What are the time and View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

'75) ((Amazon Digital Services)) Frank Batten: The Untold Story of the Founder of the Weather Channel by Connie M. Sage ((University of Virginia Press)) Smarter Branding without Breaking the Bank: Five Proven Marketing Strategies You Can Use Right Now to Build Your... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2020
News

Giving Amazon the Boot

would ship it for us,” she says. “And you didn’t have to sell anything on Amazon. So they would store it and ship it, and it was really cost effective.” Ultimately, realizing that Amazon “is like the world’s biggest mall,” Ford decided to... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

20 Jul 2017
News

Pushing the Next Generation Forward

nutrition, and wellness offerings that target endemic problems such as asthma and obesity. All programs are offered at no cost to families in HCZ’s service zone. Funding comes from a combination of public and private sources: one-third in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2003
News

Naina Lal Kidwai

will also drive them to India because only India can compete with China on both labor costs and domestic-market potential. Foreign firms will demand access to India and force the country to open up. As India does open up, what are its... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Jan 2005
News

Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964

of disobedience. "To lower my costs while improving the price and quality of my products, I needed economies of scale," he explains. "Ignoring a government regulation, I increased my volume by more than the permitted 25 percent of my... View Details

September 2002
Case

Abercrombie & Kent

By: Frances X. Frei, Brian Corbett, Mark Partin and Daniel Rethazy

Describes Abercrombie & Kent, the outdoor adventure company that has provided services throughout the entire history of the outdoor adventure industry. Provides an opportunity to learn how the company successfully grown into a premier player in the industry by adapting... View Details

Keywords: History; Financial Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Service Operations; Marketing Reference Programs; Product Development; Business Growth and Maturation; Balance and Stability; Marketing Channels; Transportation; Growth and Development Strategy; Travel Industry

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29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

File-Sharing and Copyright Researchers Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf argue that file-sharing technology has not undermined the incentives of artists and entertainment companies to create, market, and distribute new works. Key concepts include: Digital... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

24 Oct 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

originate with users, and as user communities quickly add more improvements, a "design space" is initiated. User innovators seem to spring up around industries such as recreation, where participants are passionate, and design View Details

Fast Answer

Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

data plus Social Explorer tables which include easy reports with age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, household relationship, place of birth, education, employment status, income, tenure, cost and value of housing, year structure built and... View Details

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IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI - Course Catalog

air travel and any costs associated with required visa documentation and immunizations. Students should ensure adequate processing time for all visas, as travel fees are not refundable if a student does not secure visas on time. For... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Comfort Zone

travelers can build and manage their own itineraries and use the airlines at their own convenience. “People will be freer to move about at a lower cost by arriving with airline X and departing with airline Y. That’s going to be a huge... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Streamlining the Supermarket

full-time employees, slashing labor costs by 90 percent. Those two innovations are expected to add up to a net profit margin of three times that of the overall industry. “And that is really powerful,” Pedró says. “You can actually give... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

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