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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
resulted over time in one of the most vibrant and highly regarded alumni networks anywhere. Aside from their sheer volume (at present, a total of 300 pages per issue) and scope (current copy provided by 853 class and section... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
installed in volume there in five to ten years. The EIA/IEA forecasts tell us, however, that the Chinese do not see miracles that can beat coal or capture coal's CO2 emissions in their energy future. We need an energy miracle before the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
library’s collections are now easily accessible and safely stored on campus (with some lesser-used volumes kept off-site, just a 24-hour request away). The library’s most-referenced books are shelved in the completely renovated Reading... View Details
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’
Otherwise it can die, and rather quickly. But in most cases-especially when we are talking about more mature and larger organizations-sufficient leadership just isn't there. There is a substantial volume of research that draws this... View Details
Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Business School Case 817-060 RubiconMD No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817060-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-127 Theranos: Small Volume Blood Testing (A) No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
slice of the consumer-lending business over the last decade. In 2016, these loans represented a third of unsecured consumer loan volume in the United States. And their revenues are expected to grow 20 percent each year over the next five... View Details
- Web
IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
country and (5) understand the role of Italy in the birth of modern capitalism, including the history of double accounting, banking and its impact on trade and the arts. While on campus, we will visit Baker Library’s Medici Collection, comprising more than 150 ledgers... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
the National Venture Capital Association, the volume of capital flowing into startups in the first quarter of 2019 was up by 10.5 percent from the previous year, but the number of deals was down by 22.5 percent. As a result, says Alper... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
rating. But the issuer would still pay for the fees of the rating agency after it was selected by the third party. You note in your book that loan securitization collapsed at the end of 2008. Has it revived yet, and why is it important for a healthy economy? The... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
Despite recent advances in our understanding of how locations impact the creation and appropriation of value by firms, the speed of these changes has often surpassed the speed of research on the connections between geography and firms. This View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant
lime are added to produce liquid iron and the finishing steps that form final steel products like coils and bars. We learned that the blast furnace at Dolvi produces the greatest volume of liquid iron in the world. The plant’s use of... View Details
- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
insurance brokers on a Saturday morning at the local Holiday Inn and bring the prospects to them," Quelch explains. Despite the low commissions on sign-ups, the volume of applicants made it worth the brokers' while. "AHCT said... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
allocated to sustainable funds that invest in companies with specific environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and goals. Since 2015, when the US Department of Labor began allowing pension fund managers to incorporate ESG scores into their investment... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
led us to decide to write this book. We sought to write a volume that would be readily accessible for business and government practitioners, and which conveyed clearly the system's problems and some steps to solving them. Q: What are the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- Web
Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement
massive volumes are needed to protect the seven billion patients around the world. Without the scale to protect the global population, viruses like COVID will continue to mutate and impact all of our lives. Much of Vaxess’s work to date... View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
the atmosphere. There's growing trees, there's growing algae, there's kelp. We're focused specifically on direct-air capture. DM: You'll also hear direct-air capture referred to as D-A-C or DAC. JL: direct-air capture is, generally, take large View Details
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
began making hiking boots. The cluster later expanded into ski boots and sneakers, and drew investments from major brands like Nordica and Nike. Lead firms started offshoring production to cheaper economies like Romania and China, separating the R&D from... View Details
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
In a well-marked line from the movie The Social Network, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turns to the Winklevoss twins, who are suing him for stealing their invention, and says: "If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook." The... View Details
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
consumers (or retailers) are unlikely to pay. But the acquisitions provided a convenient distribution channel for residential customers who want to drop off or return goods ordered online, and moved new volume into their existing... View Details
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
Patient flow to excellent providers in addressing a medical condition is a much more powerful incentive than a small bonus because it feeds the virtuous circle of value improvement from volume and experience. As patients seek out the... View Details