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Angle of Insight
Prior to entering HBS, I studied computer engineering as an undergraduate. I took a couple of classes about African American history in the United States, but beyond that I did not study history. My primary reason for coming to HBS was to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
After a cancer patient's first 30 days in the American medical system, the bills start stacking up—right next to the pile of paperwork explaining benefits. "It's very hard for patients to match these things up," says Dr. Thomas... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
"We design them here, but the labor is cheaper in Hell." © Drew Dernavich/Condé Nast Publications/Cartoonbank.com Today, many people are looking to high-technology sectors — like alternative energy — to be the growth engine that revives the U.S. View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
sharing upward mobility with all African Americans was the theme of the 26th annual HBS African-American Student Union (AASU) Career/Alumni Conference, "The Next Step: Revitalizing Our Community," held January 22-25. Taking place at HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
research team) examine 24 cases of collaboration between businesses and nonprofit organizations in Mexico (a food bank and an American supermarket), Colombia, Chile (a pharmacy chain and an elder-care home), Argentina (a newspaper and a... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Group Therapy
of several South American nations. Its operations in numerous energy-related industries have done much to improve the economic infrastructure of that continent's emerging countries. On the other hand, the close connections of some groups... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
superiority or inferiority of a given race (Gannon, 2016; Goodman, 2003; Kolbert, 2017), the color line persists as an enduring social issue in the United States. Over 150 years post-emancipation, the wealth gap between blacks and View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
and Derek Jeter at the launch of the Luvo food truck this summer in New York City. (Courtesy of Luvo) Growth for the three-year-old Luvo, though, requires overcoming a few cultural hurdles. While frozen-food sales spiked at the outset of the recession, the industry has... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
years. One final note: I think that American wineries have begun to recognize that the way that they have marketed wine has limited their ability to make wine appealing to a wider audience. As Michael Mondavi has said, "For decades,... View Details
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Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library
Lehman Brothers transitions into the cotton commodity business and opens a branch in New York City. 1861 to 1865 The Civil War causes devastation to the Southern economy and cotton trade. 1870 Lehman Brothers helps found the New York... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
and skills that the American economy needs.” (Higgins) “ provided it is spent on the areas where there is the greatest performance gap ” (Lewisman). Samuel Reich added that, “ it should (be) limited (to)... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
Kuhns: Wrote the book on Chinese business realities. When it comes to investing in China, financier and industrialist John Kuhns (MBA ’77) looks backward to see the way forward. “I have always invested in China based on my belief that it is an View Details
- 01 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?
provide an order to the economy. We cannot live with one without the other." Kamal Gupta noted that, "in the case of an economy that is coming out of poverty, like India . . . [the ideas of Galbraith] would provide for a faster... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Advance Racial Equity in the Office
don’t even realize it’s happening, Rice says, but it means that people of color can’t compete on equal footing for career mobility. Doing nothing to fix systemic disadvantages is “fundamentally racist, not to mention cancerous to our View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
An Oscar statue (CC BY-NC 2.0) The Academy Awards are coming up, that annual homage to movies and their place in popular culture. The festivities are also a reminder of entertainment’s importance as a mainstay of the U.S. economy and, for... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
that, according to an estimate by the American Enterprise Institute, economies of countries with authoritarian regimes have grown faster over the past ten years than economies... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
by charging more to private insurers, but that has largely been disproven. Instead, Medicare’s leverage helps eliminate the one-third of health care expenditures that experts view as simple waste. The advantages of a public option The public option can take advantage... View Details
- 20 Oct 2022
- News
Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion
To Host Three Faculty Members for GNN Celebration As part of the HBS Global Networking Night (GNN) 2022 on October 26, the HBS Club of Singapore is hosting a networking and social gathering at the American Club, featuring three special... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
might be a more significant issue than formerly considered, as the non-heterosexual population and anti-gay workplace-related sentiment are both larger than previously measured. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51547 forthcoming View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
A Look at Olook
July 2011, after a year-and-a-half at McKinsey and about six months as the cofounder of Dafiti, which he calls a "Zappos clone"—a kind of Brazilian knockoff of the famous American online shoe seller. Olook sells its own brand as well as... View Details