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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
recruited Moss, an expert in risk management, to provide historical context to the financial crisis and a framework for reform. For his efforts, the panel acknowledged his key role “in conceptualizing and drafting” significant parts of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, Bilmes began her career at the Boston Consulting Group, focusing on cost structures in large-scale industries where fractional commodity fluctuations result in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Ronald P. Mitchell
notes that HBS Ventures generated more than $80,000 for the SA this academic year. "By subsidizing items like yearbooks, as well as social events and intramurals, those funds cut students' costs dramatically." During his tenure, Mitchell... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
will also drive them to India because only India can compete with China on both labor costs and domestic-market potential. Foreign firms will demand access to India and force the country to open up. As India does open up, what are its... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath house matches its neighbors in the historic area; but in its construction, the building is an innovation—and a proof of concept that could ultimately spark a home-design revolution. A Passive House is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck
for readers? I hope readers will say to themselves, “Oh my gosh, I can predict whether this product is going to be successful in the market. It actually is not a crapshoot.” And if the theory helps you predict with much more clarity that it is not going to work, think... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
helped create Citigroup; and rescued Bank One. As a manager, you are known for cost cutting. Would you say that’s a fair assessment? I never call it cost cutting because that implies it is indiscriminate. I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
(Mirandola Press) This book offers a historical and geographical tour of New York's start-up tech community while addressing the hot themes for entrepreneurs and investors. It is also a guide to help navigate the NYC community: how to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
of how the historic merger between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and CBOT almost didn’t happen. She details the reasons behind the derivatives market’s spectacular growth and explains how derivatives affect the lives of average... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
five-year stint managing the multibillion dollar United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds, Cohen was tapped by National Trust for Historic Preservation head Michael Ainslie (MBA ’68) to be the nonprofit’s senior... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
costs are fixed. The pandemic has made it a very challenging time in the life of universities. People are thinking really hard about the value proposition of tuition costs when many students are virtual. I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
historic emergence of credit and debt was as important in the rise of civilization as technological invention. In the excerpt that follows, he explains the recently developed symbiotic financial relationship between the United States and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
Resisting the impulse for drastic change, Bhidé offers a blueprint for correcting the historic misalignment between the numbers-driven financial sector and the innovation-driven “real economy.” He advocates tough, straightforward limits... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
times. Rigby ex-plains how to craft an action plan tailored to the specific situation, providing tools for cutting costs intelligently, sustaining margins and the brand, boosting revenue by refocusing the sales force on the right... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
first commercial strip development in 1983. Since then we have pursued a strategy that has overcome historical biases and roadblocks to urban reinvestment. How did you contribute to this strategy? I led a comprehensive study that helped... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
batteries, the most expensive component of EVs. GM has already begun rolling out the Bolt, a hatchback that can travel 238 miles on a single charge and costs around $30,000—a combination of range and affordability that promises for the... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
dating from 1840 to 1895, housed in Baker Library’s Historical Collections. Probably not the first thing you’d pick up for beach reading. Yet once the eyes adjust, a lost world opens up. Much like ours, it’s driven by human strivings... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
These micro-entrepreneurs desire to have the economic and social benefits of managing their own business but do not want the startup costs or demands associated with traditional business planning. As such, becoming a direct-selling... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
Joseph Stiglitz offering remedies for income inequality. Drawing on a historical study of the ebbs and flows of the US economy, he proposes ways to grow the economy faster, which will benefit everyone on the income spectrum. Harp by Nidhi... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
— some contradictory, some pointless, some incoherent — and the manifestly small size of the occupation force became clear, the cost of resisting and escalating resistance became less and less. In addition to the insurgency, is there a... View Details