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28 Mar 2012
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Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

book The Next Convergence, Spence focuses on what he calls tradable jobs (making things like cars that can be made somewhere else—largely manufacturing jobs) and nontradable jobs (like nurses and auto mechanics, the vast majority of whom... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

13 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

Source: iStock If you’re stressed out because it feels like there are never enough hours in the day, here’s a solution: hire a housecleaner, order takeout, and pay the kid next door to mow the lawn. In other words, buy yourself more free... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Nov 2017
Blog Post

5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS

The first time I thought seriously about the Harvard MBA was after work colleagues suggested I apply. It sounded daunting, but I like challenges and I had little to lose. I wanted to test myself at this new level, get an international... View Details

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Running Jobs - Research Computing Services

in graphical applications, interactive "console tools" like R and iPython, significant script/code development, or efforts like iterative data exploration, either in a GUI or at the command line. For... View Details

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

manufactured by another firm elsewhere, and distributed by dealers everywhere—all underwritten by global cash flows. Often these networks are established without much redundancy planning or other risk-mitigation factors to counter extraordinary shocks, View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Cait Haught

finance." Yet Cait didn't neglect her desire for social impact. She created a partnership with Citizen Schools, a Boston afterschool program, to bring in outside experts who "spoke to the students on topics they wouldn't learn in the classroom, View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

support. 34 In the first half of the century, wealthy family funds like the Rockefeller Brothers, Inc. (later Venrock) provided the majority of investments for private companies. ARD would be one of the first firms to grant private equity... View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

schools, the firm seemed like the right fit. Joining the New York office, Daniel became one of 110 consultants in an exclusively U.S. organization. "It was a different world in those days," he explains. "Perhaps to help make us late... View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

that the renewable energy market represents a $16 trillion investment opportunity by 2040. [20] Challenge One of the biggest shifts needed to respond to climate change is rapidly transitioning from fossil fuel-based electricity generation (coal, natural gas, oil) to... View Details

04 Dec 2023
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

felt like I actually had the privilege to pursue opportunities that were never even open to me before, but also felt like I needed to use that privilege to find the best opportunities I could. Rhea Choudhury... View Details

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

change in its employee incentive contract design towards low-powered incentives, we examine whether the design of incentive contracts for the standard tasks influences employee-initiated innovation activities. We find that employees under fixed-pay contracts are more... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Apr 2020
Blog Post

Introducing LivelyHood, A Volunteer Nonprofit Founded in Response to COVID-19

on need and volunteer supply. We all have an important role to play in fighting the spread of COVID-19. If you live in Boston, please join #TeamLivelyHood at livelyhood.io. If you’d like to get more involved, please reach out to us... View Details

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

employment, incarceration, educational outcomes, health care. It’s embedded in the fabric of this country.” Those imbalances seemed particularly pronounced in health care. For example, Black people are 20 percent more likely to die from... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Jan 2013
News

André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

at the Paris train station to save enough money to move to Brazil. "My father was an engineer, and my mother was an entrepreneur," says Jakurski, who, like his parents, has achieved remarkable success seizing business opportunities in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

were best served by opposing legislation. This may still seem like a questionable decision on moral, ethical, or other grounds, but it seems irrational only when we overlook the hidden constraints facing the nonprofits. The problem of... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

which sounds like such a great thing. People get to keep their jobs, the creditors get paid equity, and the customers don't lose this business that they loved,” says Antill, whose article Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy? will appear... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

wondering if there was some way we could have a positive impact on the local economy.” The Turners considered maple sugaring at a neighbor’s casual suggestion, and the more they learned about it, the more it seemed like a viable option.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

capital space. According to McKinsey, an entrepreneur with a “warm” connection—someone they’ve met—is 13 percent more likely to get funding than a “cold” connection. Forty percent of VCs go to two schools: Harvard and Stanford. It’s a... View Details

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

apprenticeships, internships, or work-based learning. That figure pales in comparison to other OECD countries like Germany or Switzerland, where 40-70 percent of students split their time between traditional school settings and learning... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

21 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 21

customs and port authority data on the international shipments of all U.S. publicly-traded firms, we show that firms are significantly more likely to trade with countries that have a strong resident population near their firm... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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