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29 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities; Construction; Green Technology; Public Administration

19 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

Despite its name, the Great Wall of China began as a series of smaller, isolated defensive fortifications. Those structures grew and were later unified into the imposing structure that exists today. The Great Wall is a great metaphor for the Chinese economy. By... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Manufacturing

01 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Finding the Confidence to Apply to HBS

very convincing arguments. For me, that moment was a tipping point that I will remember forever. When I was recently talking to him about writing this article, I found it quite interesting that he could not recall that moment. To him,... View Details

05 May 2016
Blog Post

Being a Student Mom at HBS

mother while at HBS gave me the opportunity to meet with other students who are also mothers. Many of them had similar experiences to mine, but each of us felt we could have been more connected to each other. We realized that if we could collect and curate our combined... View Details

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

a patch. Indeed, IE successfully caught up to Netscape's quality by throwing a lot of money and manpower into IE browser development. Q: What are you working on next? A: Most closely related to the browser wars is research with professor Estelle Cantillon on how a... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

Here's a tip for companies looking to woo customers away from the competition: Besides advertising fair prices for your products, try advertising fair wages for your employees. Recent research from Harvard Business School indicates that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

03 Apr 2013
What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

work life. Assume that we are slowly progressing toward a tipping point at which sitting female CEOs will pave the way for other women, just as their male counterparts have done for men. The result may be an accelerating pace toward a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma

expectations were." Tips For Aspiring Disrupters Just like other industries, computers and brokerage among them, the venture capital industry itself is also ripe for disruption, he said. While odds always favor the incumbent when a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

30 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Rob Self (MBA 2021) – Integrating Climate into Consulting

comes into place. What advice do you have for students pursuing careers at the intersection of business and climate change? Do you have any tips for students who are going into consulting who also want to focus on climate? Be honest with... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Truth Be Told

retaliation just with provisions that say you are not allowed to retaliate. Ultimately, the most effective way to protect whistleblowers is to compensate them financially for the costs they incur. We also found that cash-for-information regimes do not increase the... View Details

Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women

by a male member of the board," Fisher added. It's only a matter of time, the panelists agreed, before women will become less of a rarity in the boardroom. "I think there's been a tipping point for women over the past several... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

29 Jan 2021
News

Holding Business to Account

weeks later, the team abruptly announced it would abandon its controversial name and logo. The decision was so sudden, in fact, that the organization offered only a temporary replacement. It would be known, in the interim, as the Washington Football Team. “There comes... View Details

Student-Profile

Anil Doshi

the inherent uncertainty in producing new knowledge to be a personal challenge. Be patient and persevere over the course of your doctoral career. Some practical tips before coming: learn software environments used in your field of... View Details

09 Nov 2022
News

Part Ownership of a Dream

especially after Finley saw Flightline at a sale in Saratoga: “Damn, that’s how they’re supposed to look,” he recalls thinking. (Finley shares his tips for “How to Pick a Winner” in this Bulletin article.) “I had never seen a horse move... View Details

Keywords: horse racing; entpreneurship; leadership; finance; investing; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

of war. We have reached the tipping point where Pax Americana now threatens Brand America. For some, the problem is the Bush administration's pattern of unilateral decision making. For others, especially in Europe, Bush's manner has... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Advice for Prospective Latino Students

and I hope to leverage the skills I learn here to drive more opportunities for diversity in the workplace for Latinos like me. I’d like to pass along three tips for prospective Latinos who have grown up in America. I hope that this... View Details

21 Oct 2020
News

Cold Calculations

take $50 million over the next five years to demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of their solution. “That gives us time to still make a difference,” Payne notes. “If this takes 15 years, we’ve passed the tipping point—passed the... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation

mostly one race are tipping the balance of integration among all firms, creating a less segregated workforce overall. “The turnover of organizations appears to have washed away progress on racial employment integration faster than such... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

country,” says Lal. “If you look at successful implementations, they all started with, ‘What problem can I solve?’ If you don’t identify the right problem, the rest of it will not go anywhere.” Lal researched successful mobile money programs, and a few that flopped, to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications

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