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- 06 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?
portion of their power (15 to 30 percent) from renewables over the next 10 to 15 years. In addition, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, otherwise known as the Waxman-Markey Bill, passed the House in June 2009 with the stated goal... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209135 URBI and the City Licensee Managers Harvard Business School Case 209-144 A leading low income housing builder in Mexico decides which prospective new local partner best... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
expenditures. In doing so, we show that fiscal spending shocks appear to significantly dampen corporate sector investment and employment activity. These corporate reactions follow both Senate and House committee chair changes, are present... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
other business practitioners. Much of the science discussed will unfold in the Allston complex's four buildings, which will house Harvard's initiatives in stem cells, bio-inspired engineering, systems biology, chemical biology, and... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
book manuscript and seeking a publisher for it. This includes filling a few gaps in my research by using historical collections that are housed here at HBS and at a number of other libraries in the Boston area. Bank records have been... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
equities given recent reforms and to evaluate the investment approach of Misaki Capital. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/117007-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 417-049 Canada Mortgage and Housing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
example, that company would not be selling a “lifestyle” so successfully on a global basis today to its customer base of students, younger singles, and married couples moving into their first apartment or house together. Aisner: We live... View Details
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
unrestricted funds. Improved visitor services. Renovation of the David Rubenstein Atrium/Visitor Services became the central launch point for all information about the center and its 10 organizations. It now houses a 42-foot-wide media... View Details
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
likely contributed to the great recession by inflating the housing and credit bubbles in 2005-2007. But when it comes to sovereign risk, they are getting it right. Across the world, there are many serious threats to the long-term ability... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
explored. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610075-PDF-ENG Bardhaman (A): Shrachi and the West Bengal Housing Board John D. Macomber and Viraal BalsariHarvard Business School Case 210-062 A real estate developer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom on proper sequencing: "Get your own house in order first." Yet this was not the path that President George H. W. Bush followed in preparing for the first Gulf War. Instead of approaching... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
in the 1920s. The same two companies began the process of commercializing television in the 1930s. Telefunken, housed in Berlin, lost its learning base during World War II. So in the 1940s RCA took the lead in commercializing... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
participating less, but also that they are distrustful of politicians. We thought that perhaps a way to fix this is to have politicians speak directly to voters.” In some 26,000 house visits, households were randomly assigned to be... View Details
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
If you've spent any time on Twitter, then you're probably familiar with the "humblebrag"—a brag veiled in a complaint, so as to sound less blatantly like a brag. Here's an example from the Twitter account of Ari Fleischer, former White View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
The House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement met recently to hash out concerns related to the H-1B program, one of the most controversial of foreign visa topics in the United States. At issue was a stubborn question that... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
themselves, are strongly influenced by biases. Perhaps the best example of this insider/outsider distinction, among even well educated consumers, can be found in their negotiations with contractors for new house construction or major... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
service-line-oriented structure, JLL created two interdependent groups: Accounts and Markets. Accounts housed account managers who served JLL's corporate clients. Markets housed brokers specialized in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?
research is starting to look at customers whose value is not as readily apparent, and where CLV calculations break down. In a recent working paper, Harvard Business School professor Sunil Gupta calls them "free" customers—think of buyers at an auction.... View Details
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
Tony Lee is preparing to present a project to the investment committee of Howard Street Capital. He will be recommending an investment in Project Sun Devil, a high-quality 225-unit student housing rental property near Tempe, Arizona. Tony... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
delivered to my house tonight, where it will be set up and ready to go. Lal: Furniture is often sold that way today. It's a showroom where your order is customized and delivered in six weeks. Q: What retail segments are most vulnerable to... View Details