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- 17 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
‘Not a Bunch of Weirdos’: Why Mainstream Investors Buy Crypto
between crypto tokens and other assets has increased over time, Di Maggio found indications that household investors still saw crypto as a hedge against price increases. Many in the investment community have argued that cryptocurrencies,... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 01 Nov 2017
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?
accounts and even transferring token amounts of funds between these accounts without customers’ knowledge. When the practice became so prevalent—2.1 million accounts from 2011 to 2015—that it began to generate numerous customer complaints... View Details
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
Global Sustainability Personal at Bühler The global food supply chain is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental challenges. Many companies avoid these issues or make token efforts to reduce their impact... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
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room to use technology to make collective decision making more efficient. Professional goals: In the short term I hope to learn more about how collective decision-making is done, whether that be through votes in local government, through View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
When Tara Fung (MBA 2016) explains Co:Create, the company she cofounded in 2022 and now leads as CEO, she doesn’t mention Web3 first. “We help innovative brands and creators unlock the power of community,” she explains. Co:Create does this with a new, gamified approach... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Celebrity ‘Crypto-Influencers’ Rake in Cash, Investors Lose Big
30. These results are starker for tokens with lower market cap, where there are fewer alternative sources of information to help protect investors against bad investment decisions. "If you took one of these cases and fined the individual... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
communities, according to Wu. A ‘’utility token’’ draws in a community from Day 1, supporting projects through engineering, quality assurance, marketing, and sales. Tokens are distributed to stakeholders for their contributions and give... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
“These competitive pressures are potentially making people who are already represented in very small numbers put themselves in situations where they may not succeed in the future,” says Chang, noting that further research is needed to know whether choosing to be a... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
the underlying frameworks in Miami and the patterns of inclusion or exclusion, so that others in her situation can succeed, too.” Here’s a look at some of the barriers these women faced—as well as how they overcame them to find success. Numbers: The burden of View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
freeze up.” David Wittenburg, from his vantage point as a “former numismatist,” suggested that such currencies “arise in times of need (e.g., tokens when official currency is scarce) and they disappear when government offers a better... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Internet's Next Frontier
While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
What is Web3?
chain, the harder it is to alter. Blockchains’ transparent and tamper-proof architecture enables anyone to verify and audit transactions independently without needing to trust a third party. INDIVIDUAL BLOCKS LINKED TOGETHER TO FORM A BLOCKCHAIN View Details
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
in on his market. Half a century later the whole U.S. auto industry made the same mistake: Enter the Japanese. But denial comes in many forms, as Sears, Digital Equipment, and Bear Stearns can attest. Heart of Darkness: Business Tokens of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
inalienable rights, may not be an added power to hold us at bay?") “Depending heavily on token women could be problematic” The rhetoric surrounding Obama vs. Clinton was reminiscent of that dynamic, Giddings said. "We keep falling into... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
Prysm Group Cofounders Hurder (left) and Barrera: bringing an industry-agnostic approach to helping business leverage emerging technologies Prysm Group cofounders Hurder (left) and Barrera: bringing an industry-agnostic approach to helping business leverage emerging... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Uncorked
“they needed a token broad” — with Scott Paper Company, where, among other things, she made an advertising breakthrough: getting an ad for sanitary napkins on television for the first time. Recalled McClelland, “We couldn’t run it before... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
Bitcoin turned 10 this year, with the currency’s creator, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, mining the first 50 tokens in January 2009. Yet the cryptocurrency space still feels undefined—a result of both its impenetrability and its... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
Francisco Bay; dressed in Prada and Manolo’s; and had the token perfect child at home with a nanny. How times have changed in ten years. I now sheepishly drive a grimy, carbon-coughing Suburban and shop at Target. My primary professional... View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219055-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 219-057 Fluidity In December 2018, the blockchain startup Fluidity was about to participate in its first tokenization deal, which would create digital... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman