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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
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future generations. We need a cure, and we need it now. Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
far, his mind turns to his family's own history. His American mother was raised on a farm in South Dakota. Her father was poor, like most farmers in his community, but by the 1950s his fortunes had been reversed by working with a farming... 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
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
Fredberg, Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, and Flemming Norrgren Abstract We tend to assume that great leaders must make difficult choices between two or more conflicting outcomes. In an interview study with 26 CEOs of top View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
opposite effect when depended upon as a substitute. While not apparent yet, a permanent work-from-home model may well start a slow-rolling mental health crisis in the American workforce and a resulting HR nightmare. What might look like... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
We conclude with directions for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55591 February 2019 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Does It Matter If Your Health Insurer Is For Profit? Effects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
the iconic American Indian Motorcycle Company before going on to head Texas Industries, a cement-and-steel company that was sold last year to Martin Marietta Materials for $2 billion. Rogers showed an early interest in machines,... View Details
- Web
Oral Histories | Baker Library
also for American Cyanamid which at the time was Old Spice products and Formica products, worked in their consumer products division developing new products and had an opportunity to go back to Harvard. But what Harvard did then was ask... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
for Humanity. Before that, she had worked in the public sector (at USAID), philanthropy (at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), and the business world (with roles at General Electric, American Express, and McKinsey). Mercy Corps saw... View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
feel that the products are not made for their unique skin tones. In response to this unhappy and underserved market, two African American HBS alumnae created a beauty company with products specifically for Black and other women of color.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
prompted by several changes in the U.S. market, including the bottler's inability to make crucial investments, the growth of alternative, non-sparkling drinks, and the growing power of national accounts, such as Wal-Mart. Now that Coke owned most of its North View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
in the data. Baskin: What was the inflection point for this growth? Weinzierl: The key point is the early 2000s. The second of two shuttle losses, in 2003, meant that the last space shuttle flight was in 2011. This was a serious crisis for the View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
network more broadly.” Smitha Ramakrishna (MBA 2018) started a nonprofit in middle school focused on building water infrastructure in India and has worked on water rights advocacy for the Native American community in Arizona. Since the... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
especially Black women, are the most educated segment of the population, and that's according to the US Census. We control some one and a half trillion, with a T, trillion dollars in consumer spending. Studies by American Express show... View Details