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  • January 2008 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

Forecasting the Great Depression

By: Walter A. Friedman
What is proper role of professional economic forecasting in financial decision making? The case presents excerpts from three leading economic forecasters on the eve of, and just after, the stock market crash of October 1929. The first set of excerpts is from Roger... View Details
Keywords: History; Mathematical Methods; Personal Development and Career; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Crisis
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  • 2020
  • Chapter

Health Care Markets a Decade After the ACA: Bigger, but Probably Not Better

By: Leemore S. Dafny
Love it or hate it, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) embraced and extended the role of private markets in financing and delivering health care in the United States. Ten years after the ACA’s passage, it is unclear whether health care markets are better (along a range of... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Laws and Statutes; Outcome or Result; Health Industry; United States
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  • 2004
  • Book

Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America

By: Walter A. Friedman
This book chronicles the remarkable metamorphosis of the American salesman from itinerant amateur to trained expert. From the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of World War II, the development of sales management transformed an economy populated by peddlers and... View Details
Keywords: Sales; Employees; Transformation; United States
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  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

  PublicationsThe Future of Organization Design Authors:Baldwin, Carliss Y. Publication:Journal of Organization Design Abstract The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such firms can be likened to nation-states: they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

funds, and their locations. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-076 Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee The case highlights the role of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
  • 15 Aug 2023
  • HBS Case

(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

2000s, such as Eve Online and World of Warcraft. Linden Lab’s Second Life game, with its open-world multiuser virtual environment, has also played a key role in demonstrating the potential of metaverse technology. “Metaverse-related hype... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Computer; Information Technology
  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

Chief People Officer Teuila Hanson joins William Kerr to discuss workplace trends, skills, credentials, diversity, internal mobility, social capital, and change management. Volvo Cars Retools Its Talent Strategy for an EV Future The shift... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 02 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 2

  Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 09 Nov 2022
  • In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
  • 29 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

organizations wanting to create social value. The researchers stressed the importance of synergies between Economic Value (EV) and Social Value (SV), calling them "two sides of the same coin." By aligning EV and SV, both... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
  • Case

Massachusetts General Hospital: Cancer Research Center

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Eve Stacey
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Boston
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  • June 2003 (Revised June 2006)
  • Case

Highlands' Garden Village

By: Arthur I Segel, Eve Bould and Hank Midgley
It was March 2003 and Chuck Perry was awaiting the arrival of his New York-based business partner, Jonathan Rose. He and Rose had begun Highlands' Garden Village, their latest mixed-use, mixed-income development project. In 1996, they had optioned the unused Elitch... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Urban Development; Housing; Society; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Colorado
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  • 28 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 28

stricter requirements and appears to provide a certification of positive, albeit limited, value. Download the paper: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/advsel-trust.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsThe Christmas Eve Closing Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

(EV) reporting by firms with life insurance operations to assess the impact of unregulated financial reporting on transparency and to examine the institutional characteristics that promote unregulated reporting. Under EV accounting the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

serious ingredients in sustaining an enterprising family. 6. Unite the family. They work extra hard to develop family unity and commitment to the new family enterprise. We can't overemphasize how important it is, now on the eve of your... View Details
Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail
  • 24 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything

can start a multi-billion dollar industry before turning thirty. While cyberspace is new and sparkling with opportunity, it is not that new and that much sparklier than other technologies were on the eve of their creation. —Debora L. Spar... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
  • 19 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail

agreed, sharing the story of a woman whose luggage was lost on the eve of her husband's funeral. Staff at a local Nordstrom store responded by staying open so she could purchase a few outfits, and her family has been loyal to the retailer... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 24 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 24

are trying to decide whether and how to sell their company. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810041-PDF-ENG Wiwa v. Royal Dutch/Shell Lynn S. Paine and Lara AdamsonsHarvard Business School Case 310-038 On the eve... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

New Year's Eve 1999 gave revelers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for celebration—the exhilarating thrill of ringing in a year that's always had an aura of science fiction mystery. When the champagne corks popped at midnight, however,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

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