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01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

office to have it typed up. Can you even imagine that today? Would you want your kids to do what you do? I really consider myself to be one of the luckiest people in the world, with all the times I've won the lottery: being born in America, having parents who could... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

15 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

most from our way of life can afford to give back a little bit more." Like FDR, Obama wants us to see taxes not as a burden to be lamented but as a fair payment for benefits received. And as our society has grown more complex, the... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

declined by about a third at a time when the general market had seen large increases. Factors contributing to these declines were lower-priced competition and a younger customer segment that could afford only used Harleys or that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

that would afford him greater freedom and control. In order to realize a variety of applications for his new invention, Land would need to produce reams of sheets of his synthetic polarizing material. "Exploring how innovation happens,... View Details

July 2021
Article

Medical Debt in the U.S., 2009–2020

By: Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Francis Wong and Wesley Yin

Importance: Medical debt is an increasing concern in the US, yet there is limited understanding of the amount and distribution of medical debt, and its association with health care policies.

Objective: To measure the amount of medical debt nationally and by... View Details

Keywords: Debt; Borrowing and Debt; Health Care and Treatment; United States

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24 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention

unusual to find stores from the same chain selling a product for different prices in different regions or online. Cavallo attributes this to the transparency afforded by the internet and customers’ concerns about fairness. “The web allows... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

for small-business owners facing the possibility of bankruptcy as the country emerges from the pandemic. Small businesses, especially debt-laden or distressed ones, often can’t afford the more expensive Chapter 11 filing and instead file... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

Portrait Project

Navroz D. Udwadia

to never take "no" for an answer. Above all else, I want to have the courage to never ever look away when confronted with the dignified poverty that grips my country. How can I afford to? 300 million people live on a dollar a... View Details

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

04 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them

Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Green Technology

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

roles. ” Steven Henderson MBA 2016 | CEO, Fleetzero “Fleetzero builds and operates a fleet of batteryelectric cargo ships to affordably decarbonize ocean freight. Our zero-emission and hybrid vessels deliver long-distance ocean freight... View Details

Profile

Peggy Mativo-Ochola

returned to Nairobi, Kenya where she founded and launched Pacemaker International, an educational nonprofit similar to Teach for America. "Kenya is short about 70,000 teachers," says Peggy. "The people most affected by the shortage are students whose... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

28 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Why Get an MBA?

Monitor Group, I moved on to Corporate Strategy at PepsiCo to pursue my interest in consumer goods. I loved the job. I worked with inspiring, intelligent people on big issues driving the company. The job also afforded me time to spend... View Details

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

Centering the education: Keeping the expectations we have of students and faculty high. Making sure we attract the very best: Increasing access by making affordability a priority, focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and making... View Details

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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Cluster Development Portfolio of the appropriate and affordable medicines drawn from the company’s patented, generics, and over-the-counter (OTC) businesses Localized sales teams that know the culture and speak the dialect, understand... View Details

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

purchase a home than to rent one in 95 percent of America. This one racist policy has led to an affordable housing crisis that impacts most White home buyers today. “I often ask how racism harms those at the bottom of the imaginary... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

04 Oct 2022
What Do You Think?

Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?

the point of overnight delivery, there is mounting evidence that beyond that point the trade-off is not working. That is, consumers have come to expect overnight delivery but either don’t need or can’t afford “instant” or 10-minute... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

continuing to address health insurance problems piecemeal will only create further fractures. The US needs to work on fostering “universal access to innovative care in an affordable system,” they say. You Might Also Like: The FDA’s Speedy... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

education at HBS affordable to a broad cross section of applicants, regardless of their financial circumstances, is a long-standing goal of the School. The prospect of entering or returning to the workforce with high levels of education... View Details

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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