Western United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Oct 2014
News

Chicago Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

began in Boston on April 26, 2014 and will extend around the world over the next 18 months as Dean Nohria and select faculty travel to alumni events across the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Visit the alumni... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

will tend to depress the share of the U.S. in innovation. Q: Your book talks about the "pauperization of the patent system." Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? A: Beginning in the early 1990s, Congress converted the View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

21 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The New Math of Customer Relationships

organization's strategic focus. This is typically not something that an organization advertises. But it is standard practice in a number of organizations today. For example, at ING DIRECT, the fastest-growing financial services organization in the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

requiring that much software be rewritten. Over the next twenty years, Murthy spent little time at home. In 1990, he lived in France for three months, closing just one deal. His efforts paid off. Today Infosys is a serious contender in the customized software market in... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

Profile

Rachel Silverstein

Even though obtaining an MBA had "always been on my mind," Rachel Silverstein was concerned that she did not quite fit the MBA profile. First, she comes from Texas, a state less represented in many top programs. Then there was... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Retail/Hospitality; CPG

01 Jun 2009
News

Setting the Legislative Agenda

shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive risk taking. Reform the credit rating system. Make... View Details

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Jun 2009
News

Too Big To Fail

Capitol Hill. The Case for More Regulation Looking at the historical record, Moss makes a strong case that targeted government regulation of financial markets has worked in the past to lower risk and instill consumer confidence. “From the founding of the republic until... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

04 Sep 2019
News

What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)

nearly 75,000 patrons in the United States and abroad, and produced a performance and global simulcast of an opera, Tod Machover’s Death and the Powers, that featured robots. In Fort Worth, he’ll be... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

15 May 2013
Research & Ideas

From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

company makes the McRib available in the fall, thereby creating nostalgia for summer barbecues. The consumer response has been obsession. If you want to know when and where you might get your hands on a McRib, you can visit McRib fan Alan Klein's McRib Locator website,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

challenging for an individual to develop, and why? A: Upon his return from the first Gulf War, General Norman Schwarzkopf addressed the United States Military Academy at West Point and told the Corps of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

and the smarts more shallow as they were passed down the line and across the world—but some value was always transmitted. You Don't Always Need To Be An Expert To Be A Knowledge Coach In 1967, a young graduate of Bombay's Indian Institute of Technology, Kanwal Rekhi,... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

01 Dec 2007
News

Rediscovering America

from depression to optimism,” explains Kanter, who says she grew up “thinking that Americans have a special responsibility to improve the state of the world.” While her agenda is ambitious, Kanter notes, “The country can accomplish a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

22 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'? What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance? Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers Feedback or ideas to share?... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53548 November 14, 2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Handgun Waiting Periods Reduce Gun Deaths By: Luca,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

people." The articles in this special section were already in press when the order was issued, and this serendipity further underscores the timeliness of this special section. These articles propose many examples of the very actions that could be taken by federal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2007
News

Winter Break Just Got Educational

different parts of the United States, focused on learning about an industry and job opportunities. “What’s different about the Immersion Programs is that they have a significant faculty-led educational component,” said HBS professor... View Details

Keywords: immersion; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Jun 2012
News

What Industrial Policy?

services are becoming more tradable, and that creates opportunities for the United States. But let’s not kid ourselves. These services will also find themselves in a run for their lives. Indian companies, for instance, are already doing... View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Agriculture; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2003
News

DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers

appeared last June on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Afterward, so many viewers logged on to the organization’s Web site that it crashed. Once the site was back up, seven hundred New York City teachers posted new project proposals and eight hundred individuals from 48 View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2010
News

Do Good: Eat Chocolate

with people and could be spelled and easily translated around the world. She describes a “sweetriot” as a celebration of togetherness, diversity, and understanding, just the opposite of a civil riot. “Social change is embedded in our business model,” says Endline.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

MBA Program 26 times, and daytime program twice. Both are records. In 2016 he was a volunteer professor at the United States Military Academy. He has taught in Africa, Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong,... View Details

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