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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
unless it saves a lot of money, just doesn't cut it. Pro bono work I'm on the board of Lesley University, which educates more teachers than any other institution in the United States, and I'm about to join the board of Brown. I really... View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
in preferred equity from the United States government via the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Yet, the stock had continued to slide in early 2009. In late February, the company announced that it would... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive pay and severance packages at several firms implicated in the credit crisis of 2008, the executive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2025
- News
The Working Parent Revolution
care field saw 15 to 20% of the capacity come out of the market during the COVID period. So that shrinkage in supply has made it even more difficult for working parents to find high quality options for child care. And so the only remedy to the challenge that exists... View Details
- 17 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete
holds true in most health care service markets in the United States: You should think about what market position you occupy, how it is differentiated from others’, and whether you are fulfilling the needs of your target market. It’s... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
began to emerge, first in the United States and then in Europe: the vertically integrated, multidivisional (or "M-form") corporation that made large investments in manufacturing and marketing and... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
you over and right away you will be a star working for us." (Indeed, at the end of the 2009 season, Epstein had publicly stated that his team was "kind of in a bridge period." This was upsetting to Bostonians; their team... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
NFL, Nokia, Sony, UPS, and United Airlines. "Well-crafted programs have generated hundreds of millions of dollars of incremental revenue for some of the world's leading marketers, while ill-conceived programs have simply raised the cost... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
Marilyn Showalter, chairwoman of the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission, followed the presentation of the two scenarios with a look at the regulator's role. "The telecommunications infrastructure is an essential part... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Three Profs Win McKinsey Award
article in Harvard Business Review, HBS professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih point out that the Kindle 2 e-reader was designed by Amazon’s Lab126 unit in California. But the vast majority of its components are made in China, Taiwan, and... View Details
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
working conditions occur in the United States or Europe, usually there is a cry for more regulatory enforcement—along with an ensuing debate about how much government is enough (or too much). When such... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
patterns with the calorie labeling present. These findings highlight the potential importance of portion control interventions that specifically activate consumers' self-control. Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
competitors' anticipated actions. Using new entrants into the United States from 1985 to 1994, we find that firms favor locations with academic innovative activity. Other results highlight differences in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
Working PapersOrganizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry Authors:Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract Many companies operate units... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
learned of another alleged relationship between Easterbrook and an employee. This time, its investigation turned up three additional workplace relationships and sexually explicit photos and videos. Plus, the board discovered that Easterbrook had granted restricted... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
and Indonesia to the Philippines, is now just half the world average. Poverty is not, of course, a new phenomenon. But during the Cold War, economic misery abroad did not matter to Washington; the United View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
negotiations over German reunification in which former United States Secretary of State James Baker played a key role. Is a Nuclear Deal with Iran Possible? An Analytical... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
at Collin County Community College before transferring to Cornell University where he majored in policy analysis and was exposed to poverty statistics for the first time. He was moved by them. “The United View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
recent study estimates that between 1990 and 1997, two hundred thousand more people moved out of the state than into it, in large part due to housing prices. Poorvu: Analyzing a mix of socioeconomic factors. (photo: Richard Chase) At HBS,... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
15 state or local governments had passed programs to pay for about $8 billion in medical relief. Five more are considering moves that would bring the total to almost $13 billion. Many work with a nonprofit called Undue Medical Debt... View Details