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- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
collectors, auction house operators, and other actors who played active roles as either institutional entrepreneurs or guardians in shaping the revitalization of the industry. We find these entrepreneurs and guardians initially espoused View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
The commercial real estate business was in a shambles fifteen years ago, but just look at it now. After a complete rehab, the industry has become the darling of investors eager for alternatives to lackluster stocks and bonds. But will the... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
people bold enough to suggest that investing billions to clean it up was a good idea. My whole worldview changed. I've been passionate about water resources and ocean issues ever since." Merkl has never strayed from that passion, but... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
modern car making. “Look at that van,” he says, pointing to a white delivery vehicle parked near the Starbucks drive-through, where Rogers refuels. “How do you make steel look like that?” His explanations typically begin with this kind of... View Details
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
every once in a while. He still receives royalty checks in the millions of dollars each year from a $40,000 investment he made in a pet business, which he thought had no chance of succeeding. HBS professor Thomas Eisenmann, who moderated,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
impact investment venture capital fund in India, and a year in Denmark as a Fulbright Research Fellow studying social return on investment methodologies. Mendu says being chosen as an HBS Leadership Fellow... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis
has interviewed leaders in agribusiness from emerging markets who have successfully implemented such water-conserving innovations. Below, we highlight two of these business leaders from Peru and India who have invested in drip irrigation... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
led it back to profitability during the oil boom of the 1970s. By 1983, however, boom had turned to bust. After restructuring the company to a more suitable size, Strassler cashed out and helped his brother launch a family-run investment... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 14 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale
most plastics, which severely limits options for recycling when compared to other materials such as paper and glass. Solutions include altering the design of plastics, or more simply investing in the use of materials that are more... View Details
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
Summing Up Those offering insights into ways to make the corporate brain function more effectively suggest that the corporate brain may be as complex as its biological counterpart. Respondents alternatively focused on learning, constant... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Debt literacy is measured by questions testing knowledge of fundamental concepts related to debt and by self-assessed financial knowledge. Financial experiences are the participants' reported experiences with traditional borrowing, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
flat-footed on the issue of fuel efficiency? Granted, Detroit was busy catering to consumer demands for more profitable, lower-mileage vehicles. But at the same time, could stretch have given greater urgency to responses to alternative... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
supported the emergence of a diverse array of media for the American consumer to enjoy. Moreover, these investments in marketing attracted talented businesspeople into the marketing field. Best practices in marketing were documented so... View Details
- 05 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact
looking through their investment portfolios is an interesting way to find early-stage companies working in the clean energy space. It’s also easier to reach out and ask questions as a student—people are generally pretty generous with... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
the great cities of America. But there will likely be massive arguments about how to raise the money and how to invest it. The solution may lie in finance models that have proven successful in several nations across the Atlantic Ocean—not... View Details
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
we call entrepreneurial beacons. We argue that the actions or outcomes of salient organizations attract and motivate entrepreneurs, thus increasing the rate of foundings. To test this logic, we examine the impact of the Yale University endowment's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
in investment banking. The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century edited by Jay W. Lorsch (Harvard Business Review Press) Edited by Jay W. Lorsch, the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
Disney Company expects to lose up to $190 million on its summer fiasco The Lone Ranger, another star vehicle featuring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. Welcome to the risky strategy of "blockbusters," practiced increasingly by... View Details
- 11 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 11
alternative explanations for some important empirical observations in IB, such as bunching and second-mover advantage in market entries. 2006 Journal of Financial Economics How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
Ickis (MBA 1971, DBA 1978) REISNER: One of the hottest areas of investment growth is in cross-border shipping, but there are two core problems: In an age of terrorism, customs are commercial constraints and also valuable public safety... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint