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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
declared. “That caused the credit markets worldwide to seize up. The system went into a state of shock.” With Lehman’s abrupt demise, Thain suddenly faced the possibility that his own troubled firm, Merrill Lynch, could be next. “To... View Details
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
investors lose. The idea has garnered much discussion in the United States since President Obama proposed spending up to $100 million on social impact bond pilot programs when announcing the 2012 budget in... View Details
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5.1 Information Technology | MBA
adherence to applicable law, this policy, and other HBS and Harvard University policies. Various forms of computer misconduct are prohibited by federal and state law and are therefore subject to criminal and civil penalties. Such... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
company seem bigger than it actually was. He was almost discovered when a Japanese customer arrived in the United States and insisted they meet and go to dinner. Two years shy of legal drinking age, Crespin... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
more clearly than ever, the task these academics were setting for themselves of educating and socializing business school students as genuine professionals would not be easy to accomplish. The Fall of Managers Beginning in the early 1970s, the View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
education issues, traveling to nineteen states, visiting more than one hundred schools, and speaking with federal and state officials, union representatives, and education think tanks. “I talked to anybody and everybody,” Nielsen recalls.... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
bakery cranks out cookies—New York now holds a demonstrable lead over Silicon Valley in terms of fintech investment in the United States. According to CB Insights, a New York startup that uses algorithms to collect and analyze data on... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
Japan would approach the ratios of the US. Even assuming that all such long-term projections are never accurate, is it possible that a country could fall into bankruptcy? What does national bankruptcy mean? Years ago economists told us that the national debt in the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
outgroup victims after a natural disaster, and whether these inferences predict intergroup helping. Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the southern United States, White and non-White participants were asked to infer the emotional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
best model for humanity and nature living together” and revels in sharing the region with visitors. Adirondack Park is the largest publicly protected area in the continental United States, comprising 6 million acres, of which 45 percent... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
the transcontinental railroad in 1869 onward is not really covered. That's a huge issue for studying the growth of U.S. business and the creation of the mass market. One of the reasons the United States... View Details
- 18 Aug 2015
- News
New HBS Fund Chairs
numerous leadership positions including launching the firm’s European Leveraged Finance unit in 1997 and leading it for three years. He has held his current position, head of Global Private Equity, since 2007. The couple is eager to help... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
findings about the impact of mass shootings on gun policy. First, mass shootings evoke large policy responses. A single mass shooting leads to a 16% increase in the number of firearm bills introduced within a state in the year after a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
With nearly 1,800 stores in 44 states and Ontario, Canada, the company and its franchisees employ about 80,000 workers and saw system-wide sales of nearly $4 billion in 2012. Menu items include a range of quick but distinctive options,... View Details
- 22 Apr 2019
- News
Keeping an Eye on Things
with maintains the largest repository of biometric information within the United States. It contains over 200 million unique identities, and that number is growing. And we perform over 300,000 transactions a day. “GMP drove home for me... View Details
Keywords: Biometrics
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Issues Upbeat 2006 Annual Report
generated by units that operate in competitive, customer-driven markets: Executive Education and Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP). Another 22 percent of operating revenue was derived from current-use gifts and endowment... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The Power of Philanthropy
heretofore incurable affliction that affects some 30,000 children and young adults in the United States. The O’Donnells founded The Joey Fund and worked tirelessly with the other organizations. Almost singlehandedly, O’Donnell created “a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Outtakes with Russ Wilcox
have 150 issued patents in the United States. You definitely need them, but you can’t rely on them alone. As a small company, we can’t pursue millions of dollars in patent lawsuits. At the end of the day, you have to stay ahead with your... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
parents are all engaged in debating both sides of the issue. What would be the fairest solution? Or in Yokohama, Japan. In March 2003, a 22-year-old teaching English at a local junior high school is watching television with other staff members when news breaks that the... View Details