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- 26 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Baker Library's Latest Collection: Little Black Library
immigrant,” said Chukwulebe. “The piece that we can all do on an individual level is continue to grow and educate ourselves. To have a place to do that within a community is important. The MBA experience is already transformational, and this adds an extra layer—it’s a... View Details
- 17 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program
both skillsets. Academic A two-year joint degree program covering sciences and business courses taught by professors from Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (HSCRB) and Harvard Business School (HBS) who are preeminent in their respective fields?... View Details
- 31 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs
know how to 'read' this company," he observes. "To send credible signals to the public, you need to do things that are about more than simple profit maximization." A bit more than a third of the students suggested a 40... View Details
- 03 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a responsibility and a real opportunity to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
example, the fountain pen industry nearly collapsed after the introduction of ballpoint pens. Today, people are still buying fountain pens not because they are seamless writing instruments but because, like Swiss watches, a fountain pen sends a very strong View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
enterprise teams advanced to the final round. From there, four traditional track and two social enterprise teams made the cut. Traditional track winner FishLogic plans to produce programmable signal processing chips that would eventually... View Details
- 25 Jul 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Evolution of Apple
still out on that question, says Yoffie. Even so, the iPod has altered the fundamental dynamics of Apple. In a change that signals the company's growing investment in consumer electronics, Apple dropped "Computer" from its name... View Details
- 24 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named
opportunities, all with pre-negotiated flexibility from our proprietary framework. Alumna: Anna Auerbach, MBA 2010 Region: Northeastern US/New York Xtelligent: Bridging today’s traffic signals to tomorrow’s connected and autonomous... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Feedback
Collins (MBA 1984) via LinkedIn We have removed almost all price signaling from health care. The only way to align supply and demand is by correcting this. A bureaucracy will never get it right. Only a political bureaucracy could have... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Juicy Story
to believe that Apple can maintain that incredible level of success.” The verdict is still out on that question, says Yoffie. Even so, the iPod has altered the fundamental dynamics of Apple. In a change that signals the company’s growing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
rising dramatically over the past several decades. If rising inequality is a signal that more people are falling too low, the minimum wage feels like it is a way to provide a floor below which no family can fall. But that’s not always... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
if an NGO or activist organization like Greenpeace wants to reward the companies that contribute to the greater good, it won’t know how to ‘read’ this company,” he observes. “To send credible signals to the public, you need to do things... View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
PublicationsLords of the Harvest: Symbolic Signaling and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Sangchan Park Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2010) Abstract Firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Perspective: The Morning After 9/11
takes months or years to build up. Yet Frances amassed it within minutes. How?” “For leaders, earning trust is essential to gaining (and retaining) followers. It often takes months or years to build up. Yet Frances amassed it within minutes. How?” Second, she View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
Republic, eager to find more space in what the World Bank estimates to be a $1.2 trillion global credit gap for small to medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets. Success outside Nigeria, notes Kehinde, would send a powerful signal... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
counts thousands of members throughout New England and New York, a market that Cummings believes could support 100,000 customers or more. In the last year, Cummings hired sectionmate Philip Giampietro as CFO, a signal of the company’s... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39914 Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations By: Exley, Christine L. Abstract—Do monetary incentives encourage volunteering? Or, do they introduce a "greedy" View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
the sweet spots. A systematic application of such a method also helps create a credible signal to the other side of the market that provides entrepreneurial capital. Such signals are essential for the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
find emissions to be less under cap-and-trade, with technology choice driving the vast majority of the difference. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-079.pdf Lords of the Harvest: Third-Party Signaling and Regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced
susceptible to the influence of social norms: They are more likely to reward those practices that are aligned with the social norm and to penalize those that are not. In this way, an organization that values gender diversity signals to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne