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- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
to get involved in a national consumer awareness campaign aimed at protecting consumers from gas can explosions. Elmburg felt he needed Walmart's cooperation because the gas cans produced by Blitz and sold through Walmart had been... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
for trade liberalization who worked to reform Egypt's social security and pension systems, among other innovations. Six months after Enan joined the ministry, in early 2011, the Arab Spring swept through Cairo. Many of her friends from... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
new drug markets. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49384 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-438 The Transformation of NCR During his tenure as CEO since 2005, Bill Nuti had moved NCR Corporation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
Horie represented all that is wrong with Western-style capitalism, others saw him as the future of the country's media industry, and a man of the people. But last month, Horie was arrested on suspicion of accounting fraud and illegal View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
ratings boost and launching a career that has seen a variety of radio gigs, including on Sirius, and many appearances on national television (such as Larry King Live and Nightline) and in print media (including Playboy, Glamour, and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
ripe for enormous revolution." In addition to chili peppers, Mustapha's farm grows onions, tomatoes, maize, and sugarcane. To witness the limits of government intervention, Nigerians once needed to look no further than the state-owned View Details
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
Cases & Course MaterialsBMW's Project Switch (A): Importers vs. National Sales Companies Harvard Business School Case 509-023 BMW is faced with potential channel conflicts across several EU country markets. The case highlights BMW's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. These elections are not conducted, as claimed by Silvers, like those in the Soviet Union where “it was not really possible for people to make a free choice.” If the NLRB believes... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
beauty company.” Experienced founders shared their expertise on starting a business, beauty industry professionals gave advice about which trade organizations to join, and fellow HBS alumni helped her feel secure following her passion. “I... View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
Many corporations have gotten good at pulling the levers of government to tilt the odds in their favor, weakening regulations or securing perks, justified or not, to further their business interests. Economists use the term... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
despite ongoing violence, in meeting the humanitarian needs of the people in Darfur and in other parts of Sudan, without security we cannot fully carry out our mission and our fundamental programs.” Those programs are low-cost,... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
Bradley merged the Atlantic magazine’s Boston operations with those of the National Journal and Government Executive, just 3 of 55 employees elected to make the move to Washington, DC. Nearly 150 years after its founding, the Atlantic’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
eight years below the national average.) But with its manifold offerings and programs, all of which feed one another in ways both obvious and subtle, the school is a model for a radically diverse approach to economic development that... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
citizens. The consequences of this, I think, are perhaps somewhere in the background of what we see now in a difficult international, political, and security situation. Countries that aren't prospering, citizens that see no economic... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51996 forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Economics Catering to Investors Through Security Design: Headline Rate and Complexity By: Célérier, Claire, and Boris Vallée... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
rich and poor. We find evidence that for wealthy Germans, and for the rich half of European nations, higher levels of per capita income don't buy greater happiness. The reason appears to be adaptation. However even for the rich half of European View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
around the world — many of which have a single emergency number service. In their world travels, Raju and other Satyam executives saw the difference that a coordinated national emergency response system could make and realized that... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
information in lending decisions leads to worse credit outcomes when loan officers are busy or before weekends and national holidays; when loan officers had earlier non-banking and, in particular, sales-related experience; when both... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
The Honor Foundation: Accessing Special Operations Talent
By: Boris Groysberg and John Masko
In 2020, The Honor Foundation (THF), a nonprofit dedicated to helping U.S. military special operators to transition into civilian careers, was facing a series of strategic challenges. THF had been founded in 2013 by former Navy SEAL trainee Joe Musselman, who observed... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Curriculum and Courses; Executive Education; Social Entrepreneurship; National Security; Recruitment; Retention; Job Interviews; Job Search; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Retirement; Nonprofit Organizations; War; Education Industry; San Diego; Virginia
Groysberg, Boris, and John Masko. "The Honor Foundation: Accessing Special Operations Talent." Harvard Business School Case 421-006, July 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
into the marketplace, including creation of federal deposit insurance, securities regulation, banking supervision, and the separation of commercial and investment banking under the Glass-Steagall Act. As Moss is quick to point out, there... View Details