Life Time Value - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

evacuation took place, four people at a time clinging to a "basket," a large donut shaped contraption with nets through which we laced our arms, as a crane lowered us 400 feet to the boat's deck. The lengthy (eight-hour) trip... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni

Community Values and the MBA Honor Code . GO: ASIA does not accept applications from alumni, unlike the GO: AFRICA Fellowship . You have accepted a job offer for a full-time, MBA appropriate position at an existing organization. A... View Details

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

his time. He would let anyone, (mostly they were from India or Pakistan or Indo-Asia), come in and present to him and then he would comment on it and critique it. However, if they came back a second time without doing anything he was not... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

eligibility for a severance package valued at $47 million? “In the old days, your personal behavior was not seen as relevant to your role as a corporate leader, but now, if you’re a candidate for CEO of a large company, your personal... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

01 Dec 2015
News

Golden State of Mind

about hitching their wagon to DFJ. But there’s strategic value to standing in a fountain for a company report photo shoot for the simple fact that it gets you noticed in a very crowded, loud world. “You’ve got to get above the noise... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

12 Jan 2015
News

Good Investments

They weren’t operating in an empty market, though. In addition to a few more veteran impact investors like the Acumen Fund (founded in 2001), there was a trickle of new entrants. At about the same time that IGNIA launched, Maya Chorengel... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

07 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

suggest that the cost of a delay of this length is upwards of 7% of the total cost of bringing a new high-risk device to market. Considering potential explanations, I find that approval times are largely unrelated to technological novelty... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

bringing in components piecemeal and assembling the phones in India. The business was a huge success, creating the early foundations of what would become Bharti Tele-Ventures, India’s leading private-sector telecom with a market value of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

2014, with boosts in tourism and investment, and a general sense that life under the Attic sky might be getting back to normal. Then the intricacies of Greek parliamentary procedure triggered snap elections, the Samaras government fell,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2009
News

Too Big To Fail

mortgage disclosure documents, consolidating the federal government’s highly fractured financial services regulatory agencies, and requiring that financial institutions increase their capital during sound economic times to provide a... View Details

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

01 Mar 2014
News

My HBS Eureka Moment

One evening, I told this story to my wife, Amy, and how I really liked those guys. I realized that I now had a vision for my life: I didn't want to be a high-priced suit. I didn't want to go through my life being furniture. I wanted to be... View Details

Keywords: Walter Frese; Martin V. Marshall; C. Roland Christensen; Lawrence Fouraker; Educational Services

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

including taking Fannie and Freddie out of the investment business, simplifying mortgage disclosure documents, consolidating the federal government's highly fractured financial services regulatory agencies, and requiring that financial institutions increase their... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

he too emphasizes that making facilitating payments for essential documents and services is a routine fact of life in many countries, so much so that facilitating payments are not barred by the 1977 U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

19 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

nation’s high school dropout rate. City Year also worked with partners to help schools transform themselves to better meet the needs of low-income students as well as with policy makers and elected officials to promote the value of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

and civil aviation authorities might undertake over time horizons of months to years as well as tactical measures that may be adopted on a daily basis in response to dynamic, "real time" developments like poor weather or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

HBS Club of India’s YouTube channel.) "At a time of crushing despair and grief, when India has been hit hard by COVID, we wanted to talk about stories of selflessness, kindness, and courage—how HBS Alums went above and beyond to help the... View Details

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

observed corporate accountability reports can be used to determine whether and how those reports create or destroy value for shareholders and other constituencies. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934322 When Supply-Chain... View Details