United States Treasury - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2002
News

Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training

wrote his business plan, found a partner, and left Microsoft in 1997 in order to start VacationSpot, an online reservations network for consumers seeking to rent vacation properties. “We worked hard on it for three years,” states Murch.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Health, Social Assistance

28 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Real Estate

United States, the real estate market faces reduced cash flows and significant re-pricing. The housing market must bottom out before a recovery in the real estate sector can begin. Expiring loans will have to be dealt with. The real... View Details

Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson; Construction; Real Estate

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

chronic work stress, while only 36 percent reported their employers provided adequate support to manage it. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, some 6.7 percent of American adults experience "major depressive disorder; antidepressants are the most... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

29 Feb 2016
HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

Weiss. “My second thought was, what are you doing to your company?” Selling hardware to budget-crunched cities can difficult. Bigbelly’s early pitch was that by providing trash compacting in the units (solar powered to boot), additional... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

21 Dec 2022
News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Harvard University. For more information, please visit the program's website or reach out to the program director, Jane Unrue. Negotiating with Vladimir Putin: Video Advice from Five Former U.S. Secretaries of State HBS professor James K.... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Faculty Books

financial globalization; and the challenges and policies of large economies. The cases, set in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, approach these themes by exploring institutional detail in deep local context,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

29 Apr 2016
News

The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)

state and defend my ‘opinion,’ but I hadn’t decided what my opinion was. Rather than say that, I just chose the first argument that came to mind and went with it. I think maybe one-third of the class agreed with me in the end, which, in... View Details

02 Jan 2018
News

Bringing Teachers to All of America

education system that's very unequal across the United States. I you're born into a low-income household or you're born into poverty, it is dramatically harder for you to reach your full potential in the American education system. “Teach... View Details

03 Jul 2018
What Do You Think?

Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

center of everything I pursue” Little did Nadella know that Microsoft would become caught up in the controversy concerning the treatment of immigrant families crossing the southern border of the United View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

01 Dec 2011
News

Letters to the Editor

and I’ll continue speaking out in support of New York’s and the C40’s innovative approaches. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) New York, NY Environmental Action In the article “The City Solution,” Mayor Bloomberg states that climate... View Details

Keywords: HBS Show; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

deliver this extra-added value service." Electronic Health Records Promoted In 2014, health care spending in the United States exceeded $3 trillion and was expected to reach $4.5 trillion by 2020. To... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52650 Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture By: Hisano, Ai Abstract—This working paper examines the remarkable growth of wine consumption in the View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 14

managers publicly acknowledge the need to explore new businesses and markets, the claims of established businesses on company resources almost always come first, especially when times are hard. When top teams allow the tension between core and speculative View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2021
Teaching Plan

Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Amy Klopfenstein

This teaching plan serves as a supplement to the case “Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?” HBS 820-098. The case explores the tension between two different financing and expansion plans for a startup, and explores issues related to business model pivots and industry... View Details

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29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407071 Free the Grapes—Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry Harvard Business School Case 707-472 While wine tourism in the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2001
News

University Elections

’75, Syracuse University. Director, Dollenmayer Communications. Washington, DC. Cheryl L. McAfee-Mitchell, MAUD ’81; B.Arch. ’79, Kansas State University. President and Principal, Charles F. McAfee Architects, Planners, and Program... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Transforming Baker Library

Baker Library, long the primary icon associated with Harvard Business School, is getting a total makeover. During the summer, the School began an extensive renovation of the stately 1927 building. By late 2005, the new Baker... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Oct 2008
What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

Summing Up The depth of the global financial crisis is becoming clearer day by day. In the United States, it is being used as a reason to set aside ideology regarding government ownership of important financial institutions, possibly... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Dec 2004
News

Getting Personal

consistent brand message. In the United States, BMW is a relatively new brand, some thirty or forty years old in terms of its American presence. Yuppies who bought BMWs in the 1980s now have kids, but kids are never going to buy the car... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

critical supply chains. An estimated 9 million green jobs will be created as a result of the IRA alone across manufacturing, onshoring, installation, and maintenance. As a venture investor focused on climate, I see the IRA as an inflection point for inclusive growth... View Details

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