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  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

benefits. The results suggest that the value retirees place on protection against longevity risk is an important caveat to the widespread enthusiasm for a switch to a slower-growing price index such as the chained CPI-U. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

that will risk closing their doors without our aid. Because COVID-19 affects the entire economy, to triage this way requires donors to urgently look in an unfamiliar place: for-profit models delivering high-impact interventions. To... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

The House that Howard Built

notion that all entrepreneurs were born geniuses genetically predisposed to be creative, even reckless, visionaries. He insisted that it was more perspiration than inspiration: find an existing need that demands a product or service solution, conduct research and due... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Money Matters

of doing any business with you? My bank adviser can guarantee higher returns than you can.” Such was the investment climate in India during the spring of 2007 as Dhruv Agarwala and Kartik Varma (both MBA ’02) attempted to get their... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
  • 23 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

assets, including customer relationships; innovative products and services; high-quality and responsive operating processes; skills and knowledge of the workforce; the information technology that supports the workforce and links the firm to its customers and suppliers;... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
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Ashley Whillans Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Global Climate Change Business, Government & the International Economy, Strategy Gunnar Trumbull Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Global Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Paul Gompers Spring 2026... View Details
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

and to account for potential risks and opportunities associated with climate change. In this paper, we examine the effectiveness of monetary and nonmonetary incentives provided by companies to their... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 8

nuclear agency, recently asserted, "The iceberg of sanctions is melting while our centrifuges are still working." To mitigate the risk of such "deal drift," the United States and its allies should set a realistic, hard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Blog

Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School

feedback through stakeholder surveys that people think they know what we were doing and are glad we’re here, but that they want to feel it. There is also the risk is that if something major happens in the world that is related to DEI—more... View Details
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Starting Up and Starting Over

number of developments during the School's history that have helped create and stimulate a climate favorable to entrepreneurship at Soldiers Field. The Business School's first Dean, Edwin F. Gay, while a student of economic history in... View Details
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

and Kyle ArmbresterHarvard Business School Case 112-062 In 2007, under the leadership of CEO Stuart Rose, the iconic British retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S), with great fanfare, announced its "Plan A" initiative. Based on the five essential pillars of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 28

exchange for taking on the risk of young companies in uncertain environments, venture capitalists receive board level oversight privileges, which range from approval of budgets and advice on product development to the right to replace the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

countries and the future role of technological innovation in international efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, amongst many other issues. Publisher's Link: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=383865 Is Life... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

behavior, distorted risk preferences, corrosion of organizational culture, and reduced intrinsic motivation. Rather than dispensing goal setting as a benign, over-the-counter treatment for motivation, managers and scholars need to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

India Arrives

protected economic climate that managed business by issuing a limited number of permits in each industry and dictated production quantities. “When I started in business in the 1960s, many of our companies didn’t have a profit plan;... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Apr 1996
  • News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

lowers the risk of infestation, thereby reducing the need for fertilizers and pesticides. Chemicals that are required are delivered in water that circulates and is recycled. The system also minimizes variation in growing conditions, thus... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb