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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
abundant channel capacity, cable could become the savior of American television, which had become a "vast wasteland" in the hands of greedy capitalists. 12 In "wired cities," citizens could produce their own... View Details
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Commencement 2017 Address | About
events: Great Britain’s surprise decision to leave the European Union, one of the most contentious American elections in our nation’s history, and, just recently, the closely-watched presidential race in France. Today, as you prepare to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
country, we should not rest on our laurels. Kane: I believe many Americans feel a disdain for the government, and they see private enterprise as a way of fighting the system. I also think that in the United States, people are more likely... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
been a couple of steps ahead — as an entrepreneur, that's the best you can hope for.” Indeed, Massie believes that today's headlines about lax corporate controls, conflicts of interest, and ethical shortcomings are really nothing new. “In the long view,” he says, “I... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
study this question in the context of the first Great Migration (1915–1930), when 1.5 million African Americans moved from the U.S. South to urban centers in the North, where 30 million Europeans had arrived since 1850. We test the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
Harvard Business School Case 319-013 Jackie Taylor: The Black Ensemble Theater Jackie Taylor, an African American social entrepreneur, founded the Black Ensemble Theater in 1976. Since the ensemble’s inception, she has rented spaces where... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
of legal systems. Many of the arguments have been theoretically, rather than empirically, informed. The subject of "capitalism," too, which is thriving in American graduate history programs, appears to have the potential to... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
With the sequencing of the human genome running ahead of schedule, the American Stock Exchange's "BTK" biotech index registered an annual increase of 232 percent in February, prompting exuberant headlines ("Move Over,... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
history. This is 4x the clean energy investments ($90 billion) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2008, which kickstarted the first wave of cleantech investing and accelerated companies with over $1 trillion in enterprise... View Details
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
individuals like Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck, Ken Chenault, the former CEO of American Express and currently at General Catalyst, Doug McMillon, the current CEO of Walmart, Brian Moynihan, the current CEO of Bank of America, Lisa Skeete... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
hearing. And suddenly, there he was — a Jew from a Jewish firm of no great stature on Wall Street — extending as valuable an invitation as a business executive could have: to be one of the corporate executives who would meet with the top people in government and speak... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 16 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
interrelationships between three distinct parties: payers, providers, and consumers. Each group has its own perspective accompanied by a set of unique incentives, which complicate the adoption of a value-based health care system. To transform the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Aug 2016
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August 9, 2016
much higher than the typical 4% allocation by his American counterparts. Differing from many U.S. endowments, real estate has remained a vital part of the Christ Church endowment since its founding in the mid-16th century. The College... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51099 May 2016 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Copyright Infringement in the Market for Digital Images By: Luo, Hong, and Julie Holland Mortimer Abstract—Digital technologies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24
March 2015 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics A Behavioral Model of the Popularity and Regulation of Demandable Liabilities By: Rotemberg, Julio J. Abstract—Overoptimism regarding one's ability to arrive early in a queue is shown... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22
unaffected countries finds a substantial portfolio reallocation towards the former. This effect cannot be explained by several potential alternative hypotheses, including differential changes to the preferences of American investors,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
politician's party base also helps secure important positions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-006.pdf The Cost of Property Rights: Establishing Institutions on the Philippine Frontier Under American Rule, 1898-1918... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
as their mental well-being—a forthcoming article in American Psychologist examines current organizational psychology research to help business leaders manage COVID-related fallout in the workplace and develop solutions to ease the stress... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015
Pay Ratios By: Mohan, Bhavya, Michael I. Norton, and Rohit Deshpandé Abstract— Prior research examining consumer expectations of equity and price fairness has not addressed wage fairness, as measured by a firm's pay ratio. Pending legislation will require View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7
"teammates." The case gives students the opportunity to explore how a mission-driven Fortune 500 company can leverage its own resources and HR expertise to partner with non-corporate entities to create social value and support success in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne