Token - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

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

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

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

04 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?

customers and their business. One of their main claims to fame, and what they focused on with tokenization and Apple Pay, is their ability to keep things secure by heavily encrypting the data passing through their devices and systems. If... View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Technology

04 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

in organizations. Anyone who focuses mostly on external relationships will not have that. The other reason is that women do far more due diligence when they receive a job offer than men do, because women need to ensure that the company is good for women and that they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

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

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

a token hire. Knowing the extended team around the business is diverse, can allay these concerns. Ask your investors to help sell the business to prospective candidates. This can be especially critical if you’re trying to hire a senior... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

resisted the kind of currency appreciation to which West Germany and Japan consented. We conclude that Chimerica cannot persist for much longer in its present form. As in the 1970s, sizeable changes in exchange rates are needed to rebalance the world economy. The View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

Kominers: NFTs go mainstream Last year saw a huge spike in the creation and sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital ownership records stored on distributed ledgers called blockchains. People bought and traded NFTs of everything from... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

21 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

The VC Quandary: Too Much Money

wireless RFID securities token business at the same time. I would argue that there is a natural phenomenon that you will see lightening striking more than once in the same place, and I would never fight it." Mullen agreed that... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Financial Services

24 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 24

department a number of tokens it can "spend" annually on engineering work to build custom features—boosting the odds of signing contracts with new customers. In December 2010, a request for proposal from a very large utility... View Details