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- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
and donate part of the proceeds to a charity to feed the hungry. Not all PWYW strategies are created equal, however. Santana investigated data from a pet adoption agency in New York, finding that on average... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
HBS Honors Four Alumni
Currently the chairman of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Philip Yeo has for many years overseen the planning and implementation of the key drivers of Singapore’s remarkable economic successes. Now Yeo is pushing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
POZEN: Offers a plan for overhauling the U.S. financial system to avoid a repeat of the recent market meltdown. Most books about the nation’s financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells... View Details
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Austin Boral
(Founder), McKinsey & Company (Public & Social Sector Practice), New York City Economic Development Corporation (Strategy Department), Andrew Goodman Foundation (Board Member); Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Father of Modern Advertising
Don Draper and the rest of the Mad Men crew can thank Albert D. Lasker for their fame. A new biography convincingly nominates Lasker as the “father of modern advertising,” noted for creating brilliant ad campaigns selling everything from... View Details
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
Whistleblower complaints against federal contractors can help government agencies drive better deals with those companies—even when the allegations turn out to be unsubstantiated, according to new research.... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Information Technology
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting The Mercantile... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
he writes. In his working paper "Flexibility: The New Social Contract between Individuals and Firms?," Bradach studies independent contractors, companies that use their services, and staffing agencies that... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
how are they likely to shape the future for media competitors, advertisers, and their agencies? HBS professor Alvin Silk has long studied such issues, and his latest findings, presented in a new working paper, "Restructuring in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
Somerville, Massachusetts, needed advice on how to make the nonprofit more cost-effective, he might have considered attending business school. But he didn’t have to. Harvard Business School came to him in the form of alumni who have helped him develop a View Details
- Fast Answer
Pharmaceuticals: drug approval dates in the UK and Europe
Where can I find drug approval dates for the UK? The European Medicines Agency provides information on drug approvals in the UK and Europe: EMA Annual Reports and Work Programmes provides list of new... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
Gender Equality Agency, a position she calls “a very clear practice and policy leadership opportunity, backed by data.” The government organization, established in 1986 as the Affirmative Action Agency, is tasked with promoting and improving gender equality in the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
Most books about the nation's financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells us how to fix the system. A financial industry veteran and chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pinball Wizard
Richard Simon (MBA '66) is making Manhattan his playground - in this case, an indoor replica of the Big Apple as it appeared in the 1930s, the New York Times reported (August 12, 1999, and September 23, 1999). Called Broadway City,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A revolution in healing
Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000) is president and CEO of Moderna Therapeutics, which is producing a new drug application that could revolutionize the biotech world. It hinges on messenger RNA, or mRNA, the molecules responsible for transporting... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
ratings to highly complex and opaque mortgage- and asset-backed securities. How had the rating agencies gotten it so wrong? In the recent case “Kroll Bond Rating Agency,” HBS assistant professor Bo Becker offers an overview of the bond... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
of realistic, technology-agnostic best practices for supporting hypergrowth in nearly any environment. In this new edition, they add many new examples, plus case studies from many exceptionally demanding... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
More than 80 countries have national space programs, spending a collective $64.5 billion in 2014, according to Euroconsult, a global consulting firm specializing in space markets. Approximately a dozen countries—if you count the 22 members of the European Space View Details
- Profile
Brandon Gayle
In the 1970s, Brandon Gayle's family left Jamaica for New York State, where they settled in Rochester. "I watched my mother build her career over time," Brandon says, "from serving as a bookkeeper at a local television... View Details
- Career Coach
Laurie Matthews
of change. Her approach to coaching is based on 20+ years as an advertising agency account leader in New York City and her prior years as a teacher and counselor. Laurie is now a Director in CPD and... View Details