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Three-dimensional Finite Element Modeling of a Cervical Vertebra: An Investigation of Burst Fracture Mechanism
By: Kevin J. Bozic, J H Keyak, H B Skinner, H U Bueff and David Bradford
Finite element modeling was used to study the mechanical behavior of a cervical vertebra under axial compressive loading. A three-dimensional (3-D) finite element (FE) model of a mid-cervical vertebra using inhomogeneous material properties was generated from... View Details
- Profile
Aline Camargo
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? At HBS I was constantly exposed to a great variety of ideas, projects, studies and events. This intense and diverse environment allowed me to test various skills and discover some of my strengths and View Details
- 01 Apr 2007
- News
Leadership Team - Complementary Strengths or Competing Agendas
Keywords: Stephen A. Miles, Michael D. Watkins
- Mar 2012
- Article
Choosing the United States
share of location decisions, even for high-value business activities such as R&D that it has traditionally been able to attract. In part, this is because U.S. policy makers are not addressing weaknesses in the national business... View Details
- Web
FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness
unconventional energy? Early research identified PK-12 education, middle skills, and transportation infrastructure as a significant weakness or deteriorating strength for the U.S. Understanding each can help us to explain one of the most... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
A recent study by HBS assistant professor Jordan Siegel tests whether foreign firms can leapfrog their countries' weak legal institutions by listing equities in New York and voluntarily abiding by U.S. securities law. The study, which... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Gaining Currency
REYNOLDS: Weak dollar cuts both ways. To illustrate the global impact of fluctuating exchange rates, the New York Times (December 11, 2004) focused on two small, family-owned manufacturers, one located in Germany and the other in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
professionals must make a critical shift in their mindset: from hours worked to results produced. (See page 18 for a Q&A with Pozen.) Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests by Gunnar Trumbull (Harvard University Press)... View Details
- Dec 2019
- Survey
A Recovery Squandered
Despite a decade of steady economic growth since the Great Recession, America has done remarkably little to address underlying structural weaknesses in the country’s economy and society. Surveys of HBS alumni worldwide, HBS MBA students,... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
future and the present. They save less, become more obese, and even practice less-safe sex than in weak FTR languages, which use less separation between what is and what is to come. Like saving money or dieting, corporate social... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Allie Corless
cleantech startup called Rentricity, I am thrilled to be able to focus all my energy on this one endeavor to ensure its success and longevity. How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? My HBS experience has helped me to realize my View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 18 Feb 2015
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U.S. Competitiveness: An Economy Doing Half Its Job
The HBS U.S. Competitiveness Projects report on the most recent alumni survey highlighted a troubling divergence in the U.S. economy. Middle- and working-class citizens are struggling, as are many small businesses. Professor Jan Rivkin will focus on aspects of the U.S.... View Details
- Sep 2014
- Survey
An Economy Doing Half Its Job
are struggling, as are small businesses. While HBS alumni saw strengths in elements of the business environment that influence firms' success, the weaknesses in elements that drive prosperity for the average American indicate that the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Margarita Golod
and to cry. Yet I am fully aware that, by their nature, questions signify some sort of weakness in their owner. Thus far, the mystery of the unknown answers has inspired me to disregard the perception of View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
widespread skepticism for the possibility of fair regulation. The power of big business is limited by the need to work with a range of powerful but diffuse societal groups. In his new book, Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- Portrait Project
Alex Pak
When my father was a young boy in Korea, his mother carried him south to escape the war. Left behind were his younger sister and grandmother. They were both too weak to travel. The borders closed, and promises of a quick return turned... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors Your company’s scientists and investors can be antennas that bring great ideas into your company. The key, says Associate Professor Lee Fleming, is understanding... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks
positive relationship between risk and return is strong between asset classes (say, stocks and bonds), it is weak within classes, such as the stock market. By analyzing a large sample of historical data from US banks, Baker has found that... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kristen Forecki
difference. Despite its profound power, kindness is often inhibited by myths. Pessimists and cynics decry it as taxing. Others mistake it for charity by the weak and the bleeding hearts. They doubt its capacity for change and accuse its... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kaelin Goulet
an independent study. Maybe it was confronting some of my own personal failings. Apologies to Howard Roark, but good does not always come to hard-working people; weakness is not tantamount to moral failure. I want to treat struggle with... View Details