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- 20 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is supposed to allow companies to shed debt and get a fresh start. Ideally, creditors recover most of what they’re owed as the restructured firm begins turning a profit. Yet, more companies are liquidated... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
devices—first on animals and then on humans in clinical trials. "For new chemical drugs, it's typically relatively straightforward to know how to move toward approval," says Stern. "Clinical trials take time... View Details
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
the sense of outrage and loss over what is being taken from us.” This prompts the questions: How? And then what? The prescriptions for change The first antidote to surveillance capitalism that comes to mind... View Details
- Blog
Inside the Learning: Wellness on Campus
and weight room Squash and racquetball courts Locker rooms Exercise studios Sauna and steam rooms If you will be on campus for a longer program,... View Details
- Blog
Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method
The 2021-22 academic year marks the 100-year anniversary of the introduction of the case method at Harvard Business School. Today, the HBS case method is employed in the HBS MBA program, in Executive Education programs, and in dozens of... View Details
- Web
Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
analyze potential policy solutions. Overall, their analysis suggests that the two key issues will be court congestion and excess liquidation and failure of small firms. See... View Details
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
remarkably successful, generating 750,000 accounts over two years. Unfortunately, this past spring the highest court in South Africa ruled it an illegal lottery and shut it down. In South Africa as in... View Details
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
or sculpture from the Tate collection, chosen based on the location, weather, and ambient noise surrounding the shaker. “Often there isn't a lot of strategic thinking behind their decision to be in social media” The provocative app is... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
Peru, or seven years to open a bakery in Egypt? He attributes much of this to the fact that most of the world lacks a tradition of property rights (which is consistent with the imperfections matrix mentioned above), as well as courts... View Details
- Web
Digital Millennium Copyright Act | About
civil copyright infringement may be ordered to pay either actual damages or “statutory” damages affixed at not less than $750 and not more than $30,000 per work infringed. For “willful” infringement, a court... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively
industry? How will better data collection transform the ways in which we do clinical trials for new cancer drugs? It is both staggering and exciting to imagine how data and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
came to Vertex in 2017, there was a medicine finishing early clinical trials with the potential to serve up to 90 percent of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). In October 2019 that became Trikafta. Now CF patients talk to me about... View Details
- September 1993 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Lucas vs. South Carolina Coastal Council (A)
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Lucas vs. South Carolina Coastal Council (A)." Harvard Business School Case 794-029, September 1993. (Revised March 1997.)
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
path with plenty of bumps along the way, from the potential of failed trials to regulatory hurdles. He often reminds his team about their mission. "What excites us when we get out of bed is that we believe we have a chance to do something... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
providing the funds to help others make or build something, and it helped me recognize that I wanted to be in a company that produced or manufactured something directly. It also showed me the trials as well... View Details
- 17 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups
that coaches demonstrate less racial preference when their team is on a losing streak or in playoff games. More than any other American sport, basketball is dominated by African American players. Three-quarters of athletes running up and... View Details
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Magashe Ngoepe
community and stay looking for ways to grow deeper friendships with those in my existing community. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A lawyer. I always wanted to stand in a court View Details
- July 1991
- Supplement
Retail Promotional Pricing: When Is a Sale Really a Sale? (B)
Provides the court's decision in the May D&F case, and updates the controversy surrounding high-low retail pricing. View Details
Ortmeyer, Gwendolyn K. "Retail Promotional Pricing: When Is a Sale Really a Sale? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 591-112, July 1991.
- September 1982 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Barbara J. Key vs. the Gillette Co. (B)
Keywords: Courts and Trials
Bradley, Stephen P. "Barbara J. Key vs. the Gillette Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 183-093, September 1982. (Revised June 1992.)
- Profile
Ignacio Lartirigoyen
learning by intuition, trial and error. I wanted more formal training to take my skills to the next level." Seeking transformational experiences For Ignacio, HBS was the optimal place for him to... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services