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- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
shares in those horses, making ownership much more accessible. As an investment manager, Finley’s got a strong track record, with four of his horses making it to the Kentucky Derby, including a win by Always Dreaming in 2017 and a run... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
to social problems through market solutions, the rate of return on these deals should be at least as high as traditional early stage investments. The big winners were in the technology and health care sectors, and in another group of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
(MBA 1950). “I learned a lot at Preco,” says Stevenson, who spent four years at the company. “Meeting payrolls, dealing with unions, learning accounting, all in a less-than-glamorous environment — it was a good education.” As Stevenson... View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
Sloan Management Review (forthcoming) Abstract Many people today in the information technology world and in corporate boardrooms are talking about "big data." Many believe that, for companies that get it right, big data will be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
Unethical Behavior.") Four laboratory studies show that people are more likely to overlook others' unethical behavior when ethical degradation occurs slowly rather than in one abrupt shift. Participants served in the role of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
future. He also offers suggestions for avoiding the worst mistakes and gives advice for reviving your own company. For most companies, a big jolt in the industry landscape is a pretty rare event, Sull says. The travel industry, for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
landing on an aircraft carrier in darkness, flying combat missions over Korea, breaking the sound barrier, and then teaching others to do the same. This is the story of that journey. The Big Ordeal: Understanding and Managing the... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
experience, which makes them more productive. Say they join your company at age 24 or 25 and then after four or five years, they decide to start a family. They’ve got five years of work experience; they have a network inside the company;... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
with Rosa Parks, when she refused to move to the back of the bus. That led to the formation of the Montgomery Improvement Association, where Dr. King was nominated four days later as the president. He was only 26 years old, a very young... View Details
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
the only way I can look into the future is if somebody has given us a theory of causality. That allows us to say if we do this, then that will happen. So theory is of immense value to managers.” Click to watch. Following the event, six participants submitted... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
question of how the government is to finance itself is of central importance. One thing we learned while working on this paper was that there appears to be a very significant money premium in the shortest maturity T-bills, those with maturities of less than View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
the entry size of new firms using micro-data from the U.S. Census Bureau. We find that the average entry size for startups did not change following the deregulations. However, among firms that survived at least four years, a greater... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
From Concept to Product | Baker Library
“had to fight for the SX-70 research; it was not financially certain, nor was it a war-time project. Land persisted and the work . . . continued, expanded, & was the big financial break-through the company needed in the post-war years.”... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
process by getting in the way of Schumpeter's "creative destruction." Read the journal: http://symposium.cshlp.org/content/74 Too Big to Live: Why We Must Stamp Out State Monopoly Capitalism Authors: Niall Ferguson Publication:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
case. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518084 Harvard Business School Case 517-077 Big Data in Marketing No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517077 Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Mike Maples Jr.
followed by two more successful investments. His knack for sound investments convinced him to raise his first $15 million fund and to found Floodgate in 2006. That first fund has been followed by four more successful funds. Maples... View Details
- 30 May 2025
- News
Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte
HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
unlock sunlight to replace fossil fuels. 1000 mirrors mounted on a tower can deliver 1600 degrees of solar power 24/7, not just when the sun is shining. It’s the second technology that has used computer visioning and AI together. A large manufacturing plant might need... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
Arctic Circle. “Denali was my first big-mountain expedition, and I experienced and learned more on Denali than any other mountain,” he says. Four months after Denali, Frey’s close friend and climbing partner, Steve Gasser, died... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
the Lewis and Clark Trail combined with two subsequent annual rides — helped raise almost $500,000 for Children’s Hospital in Seattle. Next summer he plans to complete the U.S.A. Four Corners Tour, a two-month, 14,000-mile odyssey that... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services