Age - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

of a sudden, at the age of 19, he and his college buddies sail away to a place they could not possibly have known much about. In retrospect, that still seems inexplicable, except in the sense that a rebellious 19-year-old is apt to do... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

05 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

turnaround—form the basis for a terrific debate on the importance of brand and location, according to Jeffrey Fear, an associate professor, and Carin-Isabel Knoop, executive director of the HBS Global Research Group. The two resulting cases, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

Millions of Americans, from hourly retail staffers to corporate vice presidents, wrestle with the demands of work while parenting young children, caring for a sick spouse or aging parent—or both. That juggling act is made even tougher by... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

that the innovations produced in these entities actually get integrated and scaled in the core business. Lagace: How is the digital age helping or hurting new managers? Hill: In class, when we talk about how to build a team, the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 23

diversity program that he had started and championed at the company. Beyond this, attracting skilled workers to Germany was a national imperative; as the native population aged and its numbers in the workforce shrank, it would be critical... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good

For decades, Shabana Azmi has been a leading actress in Indian cinema. She has starred in many of that country’s most popular and acclaimed films, including the groundbreaking Fire in 1996, about a lesbian relationship between two sisters-in-law. At View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Motion Pictures & Video

07 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

Many of us learned at an early age the expression caveat emptor, or let the buyer beware. The phrase conjured up an image of a roiling, rollicking market that consumers best entered equipped for battle and prepared for disappointment—or... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

Madam C.J. Walker helped invent what have become staples of our modern country and economy: national sales forces, corporate social responsibility, and, yes, even basic haircare. Orphaned at age 8, married at 14, and widowed at 20 with a... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

media usage had declined among Americans less than 35 years old, and the only age group using Facebook more were people 55 or older, according to Edison Research.) As a marketing medium, online channels were cluttered and increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

Sitaraman, The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017) ORIGINAL COLUMN: There is increasing talk about stimulating $1 trillion in spending on the aging... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

31 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants

showed that immigrants who come into the country at a young age build better growing firms than those who come to the United States as adults. So far, the analysis only scratches the surface of what the platform could potentially tell us... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

to employ specialized financial advisors. And they obtained the mayors' current or former occupations, educational backgrounds, and age at the time of election. The data suggested that mayors with the most-educated backgrounds were... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

02 Jul 2014
What Do You Think?

Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?

1982). Brad Stone, the everything store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (New York; Little, Brown & Company, 2013). Note: There is no reference to a biography of Bill Gates. While several are available, I don't believe the definitive... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

last project was completed in the 1960s, when California had a much smaller population, with much smaller bank accounts. Woolf Farming & Processing—along with thousands of other farmers—relies on this aging infrastructure. Stuart... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

modest size." Technology has also inspired Professor Richard L. Nolan's current interest in Asia. Nolan, who was involved in the recent Tsinghua program and teaches Competing in the Information Age in the MBA curriculum, is intrigued... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

11 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

2015 and 2016 data for about 2,000 refugees between the ages of 18 and 64 at about 30 locations to see if they are employed after 90 days. In Switzerland, the research examines about 4,500 adult asylum seekers in 2015 and 2016 who are... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

23 Apr 2014
HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

companies will manage the marketing of e-cigarette brands to maximize profitability for their shareholders” The growing sales of electronic cigarettes also caught the attention of regulators. The products had been completely unregulated—they could be advertised on TV... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising

09 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

age of the Web, it competes against everyone. The problem this creates is not one of news quality. Many newspapers can provide that, and papers like the Post continue to do so. Rather, it creates the need to differentiate from others.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing

11 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation

life between the ages of five and eighteen is the "financial apprenticeship" stage of life, said Godfrey, of Independent Means, Inc. Ninety percent of women will need to take care of themselves economically at some point in... View Details