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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

earlier. The increase reflected higher interest rates on money borrowed from the University for mortgage loans made by HBS as a faculty recruiting incentive. Once again in fiscal 2023, the View Details

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

ability to charge higher rates generated historic ocean shipping revenue of $48 billion and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of $18 billion, for a margin of 37%. This was in contrast to the... View Details

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

is ready for audiences, making them risky and expensive propositions. “Each one is a huge project, and the success rate is quite low,” says Hong Luo, the James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Associate Professor of Business Administration in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem

focus primarily on their internal capabilities—have realized this and pursued strategies that not only aggressively further their own interests but also promote their ecosystems' overall health. . . . The Keystone Advantage Keystone... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

indicators on business decisions Discover the short- and long-term impact of interest rates, inflation, trade, and investment Learn distinctive approaches and frameworks that help you think about the world and organize information Who... View Details

22 Nov 2016
First Look

November 22, 2016

testing this relationship in the field. We analyze a field experiment at the supplier Hugo Boss to determine how the supplier’s inventory service level affects demand from its retailer customers. We find increases in historical fill rate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

were becoming more demanding as their financial woes mounted. They seemed to be more aggressive in their demands for not only lower rates but more attention for less money. They also seemed much more willing to challenge everything Jeff... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

25 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

all, the boss is in a unique position within a firm not only to spend time with employees, but also with the outside world, making connections and gathering information. However, not all of the time the boss spends with outsiders might help the firm, especially if a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

fact that most customers who defected from a particular bank gave "interest rates" as the reason for switching banks seemed to suggest that their original bank's interest rates were not... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

05 May 2008
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Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

in unconscious processes. Growing recognition of this is one reason for the increased interest among marketers of the role of emotions in decision-making. Deep metaphors, being a part of this unconscious language of thought, have three... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products

26 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 26

bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior appears to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

interesting scenarios occur when there are asymmetries—important differences of motivation or skills. Asymmetries of motivation occur when one firm wants to do something that another firm specifically does not want to do. Asymmetries of... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

16 Aug 2018
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Working with a Giver’s Spirit

Philippine tech incubator behind a number of remarkable companies, including Ayannah, which uses social media and mobile platforms to provide digital commerce and payment services to the world’s unbanked; PawnHero, an online pawnshop that allows people to borrow... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

exports provide positive externalities and thus should be encouraged by government, the policy question is how to do so most effectively. One large body of thinking is devoted to identifying general barriers to exports that reduce trade below its socially optimal... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

managers should think: How do we survive this time and even get something positive out of this? One of those positives could be the use of all these cool tools that we should be using anyway. As time passes, workers may find that they like the flexibility of not... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Oct 2006
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How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

recognize that there is an optimal dependency ratio range beyond which increasingly urgent action is needed to stabilize social costs and attract investment." Several interesting actions were suggested. Many involved the way in which... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Jan 2023
News

‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

that owners of minority businesses are not only rejected for loans more often than white borrowers, but they also are charged significantly higher interest rates, on average. Overall, more than half of small business owners say their... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

31 Aug 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

in the ranks that diversity and inclusion are in the best interest of the entire organization. The question posed—Why don’t more organizations understand the power of diversity and inclusion?—may have gotten ahead of the research to date.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

that translates into higher relationship satisfaction." Note: Participants were asked to rate on a scale of 1-9 their agreement with statements that reflect their relationship commitment, investment, and satisfaction. Source: “Rituals and... View Details