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- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
history, HBS assistant professor Noel Maurer considers these questions and opens the door to other queries involving issues of economics and governance that reach well beyond the United States and its neighbor to the south. Mexico makes a good laboratory for studying... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
whose work has had a major impact on modern financial markets." "We are enormously proud that Bob Merton has received this honor," noted HBS Dean Kim B. Clark. "He has made and continues to make fundamental contributions to finance and... View Details
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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
and exchange rate crises in Argentina; and Uganda and the Washington Consensus. The second module ("Competing Institutional Models") studies how the U.S. and other rich countries have developed institutional structures permitting the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
Toys. It has set up its manufacturing channels to meet the strict schedules that these stores require. Still, Moynihan is discouraged by trends in the retail market. “Some of the smaller toy shops are really struggling, and that is bad news,” he says, View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
transaction would only prompt larger and more urgent strategic questions. Among them was the appropriate revenue model for Fluidity—whether to grow by providing its technical services to broker-dealers, by going into tokenized securities issuance, or by harnessing its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
collaboration, noting that there is a "proven demand for women in business." A year later, Bulletin readers learned that HBS would "provide most of the faculty and instructional material and will be responsible for the [Radcliffe]... View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
mitigation industry. Their goal is to use an existing technology to turn waste energy in heavy manufacturing processes into cleaner, more cost-effective sources of electricity. She noted that although WHP technology is not new, its use in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
representation into new territories and increasing worker efficiency. “We have three hundred customers in thirty different industries,” notes President Michael Katz, explaining that this diversity and the company’s proprietary formulas... View Details
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
Exchange Authors:F. Gino and F. Flynn Publication:Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract Five studies show that gift recipients are more appreciative receiving gifts they explicitly request than those they do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
with the office's January inauguration. By bringing together nearly sixty business and management academics and about twenty CEOs and managers from across Asia, the forum provided an opportunity for HBS professors working on Asia-related research to present their work... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
with a call to the business community that other speakers would echo as well: get involved. “Traditionally the business community in America has been the most powerful consistent voice in favor of openness toward the world, including openness on View Details
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
brain data to play a key role in future research on consumer choice. (In a recent HBS industry background note on neuromarketing, she discusses the techniques that have helped researchers decode secrets such as why people love... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
As for the cultural issue, Mittal notes that India and Africa have a shared past—in trade relations and, in the diplomatic realm, cooperation during the heyday of the Non-Aligned Movement—that has helped... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
to the United States. Thanks to the Harfs’ efforts, DKMS has facilitated some 26,000 transplants and now has over 2.8 million registered bone marrow donors. Seth Klarman, MBA 1982 President, The Baupost Group, LLC At his desk on the View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
listed company and the largest telecom provider in New Zealand, was being divided into two publicly traded companies, Chorus, a telecom infrastructure company, and new Telecom, a telecom retail services provider. In connection with this... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
stations,” the Journal reported. “Doing a layoff for the right reason is not just smart strategically, it’s smart organizationally.” Two months earlier, in July, Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi published a note in the financial software firm’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
her yard. Interested in a “green” career post-HBS, she found it difficult to locate the alumni and networking opportunities that would provide a leg up on the job hunt, so she joined forces with Fishman to create an alumni organization to network, View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
initiative's rapid progress has been aided greatly by the strength of the technology groundwork that has been established at the School over the past few decades. "This is not something brand new," notes Professor F. Warren McFarlan,... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
immigrant from Finland who came to the United States as an exchange visitor, worked under the H1-B visa program, and ultimately became a US citizen, did the heavy lifting to wrestle the database into a platform that could track... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
deficit that drives up interest rates. She cares if we have a huge current account deficit and import everything from elsewhere. Her own business might erode to the point of failure. Finally, the American cares because our economic performance affects View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne