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- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
Children in the United States today are at risk to live shorter lives than their parents. This sobering assessment is one reason big box retailer Target is investing $40 million this year to improve the health of communities around the... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
Takafumi Horie, the thirty-three-year-old CEO of Livedoor, had become Japan's anti-establishment enfant terrible: rich, hard charging, willing to take big risks such as the ultimately failed attempt to acquire a controlling interest in... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
on those less familiar with the reporting standards. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1430589 Working Papers Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity Risks By: Campbell, John Y., Carolin E.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
incentives to do that. At the time of entering the collaboration with the JLCM, it held an oligopolistic leading position in its industry on a global level, reaching almost 80 percent of the Mexican market. Moreover, increasing its market View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
straightforward equation: climate instability exacerbates the risk of armed conflict around the world. Examples are happening around the world every day. They include mass migration as food and water resources literally dry up; mass death... View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
markets. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54633 A Measure of Risk Appetite for the Macroeconomy By: Pflueger, Carolin E., Emil Siriwardane, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We document a strong and robust... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
biting the bullet, and saying we will give these people an opportunity to get rich if they succeed at what it is they are choosing to do. We'll also load them up with the risk that an outside entrepreneur would have." Finding And... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
HISTORY LESSONS: Ferguson shares his views on the global financial crisis with an attentive crowd at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge. Professor Niall Ferguson, born in Glasgow and educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities, argues... View Details
- Web
Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
Management or Investment Strategies. Course Content and Objectives An increasing share of assets globally are subject to a non-traditional (environmental, social, and governance [“ESG”] and impact screens), including over 30% of all... View Details
- Web
Podcast - HBS Online
24 Feb 2025 The Parlor Room Season 2 Finale: Top 8 Q&As with Harvard Business School Faculty In The Parlor Room's season two finale, host Chris Linnane shares his favorite questions and answers from his conversations with Harvard Business... View Details
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
wear. Recognizing that our daily consumption choices have environmental consequences is crucial - each of us has a role to play in fostering more regenerative and responsible production and consumption systems" - Connie Chan (MBA 2026) "ClimateCAP was a great way to... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Exploring Langerian Models Understanding Confidence: Its Roots and Role in Performance By: Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Daniel Fox Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51716 October 2016 Harvard Business Review... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
possibilities and for spreading the risk on those selected. Does this not furnish a sound business basis for trying new methods of applying development capital? We cannot depend safely for an indefinite time on the expansion of our old... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- Profile
Clemens Raemy
where the partners do the sourcing, at Summit, associates like me made the initial outreach to CEOs. I got to know them well and they were eager to share advice. Most of them said I should start my own company sooner rather than later –... View Details
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
risks where the payoff wasn't obvious. After HBS, he opened a cookie shop in downtown Boston—and watched commuters stream by in the morning until he added fresh croissants and baguettes, both novelties at the time. That store would become... View Details
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
are better designed to cope with scalability issues. Incentive schemes that reward users as a function of their contributions help improve sharing, but they introduce other distortions, and the legal risks of View Details
- 15 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
REFLECTIONS ON MY TIME AS BEI DIRECTOR
description when I started did not include the word “alumni.” Today alumni engagement is central to what we do. Starting in 2018, BEI organized seven regional alumni events in cities around the country, each tailored to the specific risks... View Details
- Profile
Allie Corless
startup rather than a well-funded private equity firm or investment bank because my HBS experience has helped me to clearly see that I am an entrepreneur at heart. I have a strong appetite for risk and now, as I graduate from HBS with few... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
no legal duty to protect or serve the companies whose shares they own; they are shielded by the doctrine of limited liability from legal responsibility for those companies’ debts and misdeeds; they may buy and sell View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 11 May 2017
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Microsoft
the willingness to take risks and continue to learn from any of your growth opportunities. Your opportunity for success is only limited by your own drive to achieve more. Regardless of whether your role is directly tied to a product, it... View Details
Keywords: Technology