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- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2008, participants were placed into one of three conditions—in the first case, people merely promised to lose 4 pounds a month; in the second, they wagered up to $90 of their own money,... View Details
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
and research, it can best contribute to what will be a major new force in the American economy. For several decades, the view from the HBS campus across Western Avenue has been decidedly "old economy." But now, creative... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
Children’s HealthWatch achievements are you most proud of, and why? “I am most proud of the ways in which we have contributed to improved policies that have made life better for millions of American children and families. Many parties... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—We examine the golden age of U.S. innovation by undertaking a major data collection exercise linking U.S. patents... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
Los Angeles area called Bibigo, the meeting would also touch on the restaurant's U.S. growth plans and how they might be connected to KCON. More broadly, the executives had to wrestle with the question of whether Americans would ever... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
Publications August 2013 American Economic Review Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity By: Davis, Steven J., John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract—Private equity critics claim that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
example, input from our alumni community—in particular, members of the African American Alumni Association—was critical in helping us develop the Racial Equity Plan and will continue to be essential as we implement it. Additionally,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
emphasis." But the new Club Med isn't all sports -- a group of top American writers recently conducted a kind of literary salon for several days at a village in Mexico. Another change is Club Med's new family orientation, which is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Defeat Covid-19 in Rural Areas” that includes distributing free masks, involving governing councils, and using “digital weapons" that include awareness campaigns targeted to mobile phones. SEPTEMBER 30 Robert Wah (AMP 175, 2008), a medical doctor and former president... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, and Luis M. Viceira Publication: American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 98 (May 2008): 297-303 Abstract We investigate optimal consumption, asset accumulation and portfolio decisions in a realistically... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
today's government for the better. Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company By Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) with Amy Wallace Simon & Schuster In September 2001, Jeff Immelt replaced the most famous CEO in history, Jack Welch,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
http://amr.aom.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/early/2015/02/10/amr.2015.0042.abstract February 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison By: Beshears,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
about the decline of American competitiveness, business schools are responding by changing their curriculums. But are the topics and approaches taught in today's business schools part of the solution or part of the problem? In this paper,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure
justifiable groan I have nothing to oppose but the question whether he expected to find it easy." But however much an author's reach should exceed his grasp, it is not by this much.15 His method of writing resembles that of the View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Just Has to Make Money by Robert C. Hacker (MBA 1972) (North American Publishing Company) Nobody has more stories than agency account people. Having been inside hundreds of clients’ organizations and six agencies and seen it all, Hacker... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
comparison of changes in patenting for prizewinners with changes for technologies that were described on the front page of the Scientific American suggests that publicity for promising research fields may be an important mechanism by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
ready now.” We had been counting on two more days to finish our work along a 56-mile front — reducing physical obstacles, such as berms, ditches, and electrified fences, to clear lanes for American forces to roll into Iraq from Kuwait.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
with an employer pool that we’ve helped to create that hires locally. We’re creating a training network that’s more efficient and provides better opportunities for actual jobs.” At a March 16th American Clean Energy Leadership Symposium,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
an organization creates significant social value, we don’t care how it sustains itself — with internally generated surplus or with donor funds. Americans give roughly $300 billion a year to nonprofits, yet we really don’t know much about... View Details