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- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
Panama or private canal operator would have charged profit-maximizing rates and captured much of that surplus of itself. Under US public ownership, however, low tolls ensured that most of the surplus would flow to American producers and... View Details
- 16 Jun 2021
- HBS Case
Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm
unexpected economic blow, Gilson says. “There’s something that’s very distinctive about the economic shock we’ve just gone through,” he says. “It’s remarkable how much cash public companies have been able to raise in the capital markets... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
day and the day after that. PJ: To be honest, that entire weekend was a blur. I think I did seven or eight primetime interviews, BBC, CNN, Fox News, et cetera. We would do the interviews in the morning and then in the evening we would try to View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles
private equity education; Latino Student Organization Mark Giragosian Instead of going directly to college, Mark Giragosian followed high school by going to Chicago – to dance with the Joffrey Ballet. During... View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
purpose” as a way to build trust and in so doing achieve both impressive economic results and positive social impact. The book demonstrates how purpose-driven business leaders find success by clearly articulating a purpose for the business. But they View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
reshaping competition? Marco Iansiti: For the first time in many years, there’s a fundamentally different way of solving the problem of meeting a customer’s needs. Airbnb is a classic example. If I want a room to spend the night, I can go... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
and Annette's other research here . Related Themes: Credit Markets, Size & Growth of the Financial Sector More Info Pension Policy and the Financial System By: David S. Scharfstein JAN 2018 How has the growth in public and private pension... View Details
- 15 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Carol Wright
Higher Ground Productions, Live Nation, Hello Sunshine, QCODE, and The Honest Company. Outside of my full-time job, I also worked on my online magazine, NYOTA, a quarterly online publication focusing on discovering and promoting rising... View Details
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
distributed. To illustrate why it’s important to consider other measurements, imagine what it’s like to buy trousers. You could go to the store and ask for trousers in size medium if that’s the size you usually wear. And in many cases,... View Details
- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
agendas, whose strategies to build viable business models proved crucially dependent on two exogenous factors: the prices of alternative conventional fuels and public policy. Supportive public policies in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
virtually all the gains to be had go to those that create an ownership culture, by building in participative management and helping employees learn to think and act like owners. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
America. What actions should Audubon take to get to that goal? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518025-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-480 VMware and the Public Cloud In 2015, VMware, a pioneer in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
City.” “But we think it is more likely that Starbucks has insight into neighborhoods that are going to be expanding.” Either way, a new Starbucks is a predictor of rising housing prices. “If you want to know if a neighborhood is View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?
Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
came about over 25 years, the result of another civic- and business-led effort. And it’s wonderful, many agree. But there are still a good number of Chattanooga residents who’ve been left out of the picture. As in so many American cities, View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
at least for a few months. Why the seeming vitriol around WeWork and Neumann? [Editor's note: Neumann resigned as CEO on September 24.) After all, the company has posted stellar top-line growth. And this is not the first company to go... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner
associated with firm performance. Nicholas’s findings, detailed in the working paper, Status and Mortality: Is there a Whitehall Effect in the United States?, contradict the influential Whitehall studies, a British research initiative that began tracking View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
Publications August 2013 Journal of the European Economic Association Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances By: Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych Abstract—We construct measures of net private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
between explorers and startup entrepreneurs? Michael Tushman: These explorers have the energy, passion, drive, and perseverance to go against the core part of the organization to do this reinvention of IBM or Analog Devices. It also takes... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007
an increased risk of default and financial problems. Which option should John Owen pursue? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207061 Joel Klein and Leadership in the NYC Public Schools... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace