Western United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

years, Turkasset has been ahead of the curve in avoiding a government crackdown—with a customer complaint rate of only 2 to 3 percent. (For context, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the United View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

We are on the cusp of a new millennium; yet the face of corporate power in the United States remains overwhelmingly white. People of color hold less than 1 percent of all senior executive posts. But what... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

21 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 21, 2010

welfare. We attempt to insert the desires of "regular" Americans into these debates by asking a nationally representative online panel to estimate the current distribution of wealth in the United View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5

January 27, 2020 – the beginning of my second semester here at HBS: January 28, 2020: Constructing a Nation: The United States and Their Constitution February 10, 2020: Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs... View Details

08 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?

to see more joint ventures in China. Turbine prices have dropped very significantly, and the efficiency has increased significantly, as well," said Samantha Ko, executive director of the China WindPower Group. "The improvements in technology are not just led... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Energy; Utilities

01 Jan 2003
News

Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.

poverty level. As a result, about 1 million participants in the United States alone receive a 25 to 40 percent discount on their prescriptions for a wide variety of illnesses. Internationally, the company... View Details

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

blog post about the killing of George Floyd and the dangers Black Americans still face in America. “Despite the progress the United States has made, Black Americans are too often denied basic privileges that... View Details

05 Aug 2015
What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

How patient should we be in waiting for the tech productivity dividend? What do you think? Original Column For years we have been regaled with prospects of outsized productivity increases in the United View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

ideal choice for the study because its labor market shares many of the same characteristics as those found in the United States and the United Kingdom. "Aside from being a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

22 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

investment horizons make them willing to accept takeover offers that do not fully recognize the overall value of the target—a merger at a low price is preferred to no merger at all. Another question that interests us is what the role of activist investors in countries... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

22 Feb 2022
News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

first-year MBA students will travel to 15 cities across the United States to work on projects that involve the design of a new product, service, or experience for a local segment of that city’s population.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Feb 2000
News

Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders

outside the power structure. I'd like to see a few self-indulgent female millionaires run for office! Is the United States ready for a woman in the White House? Currently, about 75 percent of the population... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Feb 2000
News

No Place Like Home

two-bedroom apartment rents for $1,400, considerably more than 30 percent of an average South End family's income. In Massachusetts as a whole, one recent study estimates that between 1990 and 1997, two hundred thousand more people moved out of the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

08 Dec 2021
Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) of OMERS Ventures and His Career Switch into Venture Capital

in Toronto, so my thought was ‘let's see if I can add some tools to my toolkit and market myself better to other industries.’” For Memme, the best way to way to make his way back home was one more stop in the United View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

17 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: My Experience as a Veteran in the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

Just a little about me. I grew up in a really strong military family. I was born in Okinawa, Japan. My mom and my dad were both Air Force pilots and navigators. And just like any good son, I had to do the exact opposite thing. So, for undergrad, I chose to go to the... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

25-year-old company that sells fashion jewelry and home accessories to 450 retail accounts, discussed some of the challenges she has faced as a woman in business. Friedlander attributed her success to a "constant state of being creatively... View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963

the CEO of the world's largest independent biomedical research and testing company. He set off on a two-year "odyssey" around the United States to try to figure out what was wrong with this country's public... View Details

01 Jan 2006
News

Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976

R&D," explains Yeo. "A short time later, I set up the EDB's Singapore Bio Innovation Fund to invest longterm in overseas start-ups to learn as much as possible about the nascent biotech industry. And on June 26, 2000, the day the United... View Details

18 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

to effect change. When the status quo isn’t working for those without power and privilege, Mendu, a 2020–2021 HBS Leadership Fellow, believes “the more fortunate among us have a deep obligation to disrupt it.” Her HBS mentors included former View Details

06 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 6

http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Innovation-Economics-Creative-Organizations/dp/1422143635/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351005820&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Architecture+of+Innovation The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants... View Details