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- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
economy in the last hundred-plus years. There was no specific event that brought the Dow over the 20,000 mark last week. Markets exhibit a fairly large degree of short-term volatility, so once you get close to 20,000, normal daily View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
families. By viewing this widespread activity through the lens and logic of markets — and daring to define it in terms of supply, demand, and property rights — Spar aims to bring realism and thoughtful public-policy debate to a subject... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
Empirical Analysis of Mobile Money Agents in Africa By: Balasubramanian, Karthik, and David F. Drake Abstract—The use of electronic money transfer through cellular networks ("mobile money") is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
difficult one for direct investors. Tilted Playing Field Why is it so difficult to make money as a direct investor in the United States? Indeed, much of the rhetoric on investing environments argues that the major destinations for U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
markets, mobile money is designed to leapfrog plastic by going from cash directly to digital. Because the global economy is increasingly digital, billions of cash-based buyers and sellers are currently excluded from global commerce. These... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
forthcoming Quantitative Marketing and Economics Aggregation of Consumer Ratings: An Application to Yelp.com By: Dai, Weijia, Ginger Jin, Jungmin Lee, and Michael Luca Abstract—Because consumer reviews leverage the wisdom of the crowd,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The Joy of Spending
more money," says Norton, now an associate professor in the Marketing Unit at HBS. That search for answers led to their new book, Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, which offers peer-reviewed guidance for the purse strings—much... View Details
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
in basic science on the part of any government? Would some of that money be better deployed in supporting education in areas such as marketing and entrepreneurship that fosters entrepreneurial thinking and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
factors,” says Kaplan, who cofounded Fashion To Figure in 2003 with his brother Nicholas. “It took nine months to find the right location. That’s two full merchandise seasons, a significant delay, especially when someone has given you View Details
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
of it. Among many other things, it must produce consistent financial results against a difficult economic and sector outlook so that its market capitalization can grow to ensure that taxpayers will eventually get their View Details
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
attacks the established market, but too often in an effort to anticipate this, companies miss the new and emerging market. DEC didn't enter the minicomputer market because it thought it could lose money... View Details
- Web
3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog
the Web 3 and crypto markets, that had been seen as the big disruptive force for society a year earlier, were limping through a crypto winter. Companies that had been slated to restructure financial market declared bankruptcy. Leaders... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- News
Teaching Farmers New Tricks of the Trade
Erik Malmstrom (MBA 2012) is general manager of crop marketing for the Farmers Business Network in California. In this video, he describes how the organization is helping transform the agriculture space using data analytics and sharing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference
to come onboard before any real money was committed. “An entrepreneur is constantly marketing the idea to investors, employees, and customers,” remarked Shukla, who launched a new company, RubiconSoft,... View Details
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
listen," said Fialkow, a college dropout who helped create UPromise and a number of other successful ventures. The goal is to get to market as quickly as possible, Fialkow continued. If you have a good idea, put smart people around a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
that bonds are safe investment for long-term investors, but this seems to contradict the conventional view that "cash is king" for highly conservative investors. What is the problem with this picture? A: The problem with this picture is that cash (e.g., View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming
University of California, San Diego. "It was clear," Bry says, "that growth in the old Navy town of San Diego was going to have to come from new technology companies. CONNECT was designed to link entrepreneurs with the resources they needed —primarily money, but also... View Details
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Kimball Thomas
In the third grade, Kimball Thomas sold chocolate-chip cookies door-to-door to save money for the bicycle he wanted. In college, his logistical and travel-arrangement skills were put to a higher test: as a White House intern for the... View Details
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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | Baker Library
Help Center Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship How can I find underserved markets as a black entrepreneur? Use these resources to validate the need underlying your business idea. Please contact infoservices@hbs.edu to schedule a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
him on Goldman’s recently published first quarter results. “The economy feels better than it did a year ago,” replied Paulson with caution. “Things have turned, but our business is lumpy. You can’t extrapolate too much from the last quarter.” Of the View Details