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Fall 2020
Article

Christo and Jeanne‐Claude: The Negotiation of Art and Vice Versa

Over the past two decades the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) has named thirteen people as Great Negotiators. The project, directed by my colleague Jim Sebenius, has given us the opportunity to commend our honorees’ outstanding work and to learn from... View Details

Keywords: Art; Negotiation; Arts

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24 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Bernie Madoff Explains Himself

recent events in the news. But that evening Soltes led the conversation with a specific question: How would you explain your actions and misconduct to a group of students? Audio File Interviewed in prison, Bernie Madoff reflects on his... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

leadership. Below is the transcript of his talk, "Leadership Styles in the United States: How Different are They from Asia?" The rapid economic development of Asia in recent decades is one of the most important events in... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

per credit check (down from $40). Of course, you then have to add back in the cost impact of purchasing the new database system by updating the cost per time unit estimate, so the final figure may be somewhat higher than $16. By updating... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson

23 May 2005
Research & Ideas

What Could Bring Globalization Down?

parenthesis to: (the United States) (the United States and China) (unreliability of the Europeans in American eyes, unreliability of the Americans in Japanese, South Korean, and Taiwanese eyes) (Syria, Iran, etc.) (Al Qaeda) Q: Are there any actions or View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

$2,650 Next 12-week session starts September 3rd Next 17-week session starts October 28 Apply to CORe Apply to CORe for Credit Designed to help you achieve fluency in the language of business, CORe is a business fundamentals program that... View Details

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

system of a large federal credit union, we delineate four important constraints likely to affect the lending process: (1) limited attention (or distraction), (2) task-specific human capital, (3) peer perception, and (4) learning over the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Mar 2023
In Practice

What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

the confidence is eroded—banks tend to face revolving credit runs and market funding runs. The deposits run in the US might feel like a thing of the past, but the history of the 2008 crisis saw many such examples. Regulation and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

20 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

Think back to recent events when people making unethical decisions grabbed the headlines. How did auditors approve the books of Enron and Lehman Brothers? How did feeder funds sell Bernard Madoff's invesments? We would never act as they... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Research Research Invisible Primes: Fintech Lending with Alternative Data By: Marco Di Maggio , Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara & Don Carmichael MAR 2022 Will the use of alternative data to assess borrowers’ creditworthiness result in broader View Details

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

telecommunications to tobacco and soft drinks. The dangers of excessive market concentration are greater in finance, however, because of the systemic importance of credit to the economy and the now widely held belief that governments must... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Aug 2024
Blog Post

HBS Lingo 101

Partner ID card (to join our fitness center and use library resources) and access to some MBA Career & Professional Development services. Partners are also encouraged to attend HBS-sponsored partner events and join HBS clubs. PORTRAIT... View Details

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

principles and recognize the impact of judgment and bias on financial statements and accounting practices. Highlights Deferrals Inventory Mahindra: Loan Process Show Hide Details Concepts Accruals and Deferrals Inventory Long-Lived Assets View Details

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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Shah, M.D.e, Thomas W. Feeley, M.D.f, Neema Navai, M.D. Objectives: Patients undergoing radical cystectomy represent a particularly resource-intensive patient population. Time-driven activity based costing (TDABC) assigns time to events... View Details

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

discussion around one’s relationship with money. Most adults have very different perspectives on money and typically this is rooted in deep family or personal experiences, sometimes starting in early childhood. A parent losing a job, having to work at a young age to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

exceeding that percentage of actual revenue. Other expenses—insurance, credit card processing, marketing, utilities, repairs—mount up. Assuming adequate working capital upon opening, a restaurant’s cash from daily sales is used to pay for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

31 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

Insurance Research Council. Drivers without insurance face catastrophic financial risks in the event of an accident and risk thousands of dollars in fines and impoundment of their vehicles if they are caught driving without insurance. And... View Details

Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

in Investment Performance Measurement programs) allows its members the ability to self-determine and self-report continuing education credits earned from external sources. CFA Institute members are encouraged to self-document such View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Buy Big, Sell Small

cofounder of ApnaKlub, a wholesale digital platform that helps kirana owners aggregate their buying power and access credit tools and other services. “These are micro businesses that run on tight margins. If shopkeepers run out of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; retail; supply chain management; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

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For Organizations - Business & Environment

Independent Projects allow second-year HBS students to partner with an organization on a real-time challenge of strategic importance. Students are advised by a faculty member and receive academic credit for their final deliverable(s).... View Details

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