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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
for a number of years in Southeast Asia and have a rather less restrictive view of corruption than most Westerners. In Thailand, my company would not leave envelopes of cash on plates but did allow some other practices. Corruption should... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- News
Spreading the Love
masks also weren’t an option as Vietnam, where Lovepop sources materials, imposed export restrictions on the masks. They eventually settled on full face shields, which could be made using the industrial laser die-cutters at Lovepop’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
percent in the next two years. Global patent filings from the EU also dropped to record lows, hovering at a dismal 5.8 percent of global filings in 2013. (In comparison, the United States was at 22.3 percent, China at 32.1 percent.) And state-level regulatory View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
million. “We knew we would grow,” Woolley-Wilson says of her 2020 outlook. “We knew we would grow fast. But you never think you will triple your website traffic.” For the education technology sector, the restrictions to traditional... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
recovered, and Americans have started dining out again. Day also has to combat long-ingrained American stereotypes about frozen food. “People think ‘healthy’ is eating tofu and salad, but they don’t realize that you can get great nutrition from basic food,” she says,... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
of investment management. “I think that vote captured a powerful tension inside the students,” she remarks. “They have plenty of mathematical and financial models to support the point of view that restricting the size of an ‘investable... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
with the D2C option, mainly because speed is of the essence to establish a market position before someone else does. I would consider partnering with real estate companies but worry that they’d want to capture some of the value or put too many View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
ensure that alignment is sustained. Redefining Health Care by Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (HBS Press) Professor Porter and his colleague argue that health plans, networks, and hospitals have competed to shift costs, accumulate bargaining power, and... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- News
Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot
is tied up by restrictions on how the money can be spent. That would force schools to raise money just to pay the new tax bill. “If donors knew that the money they bequeathed to their alma mater would partially or fully be heading to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Getting Personal
decisions regarding what to do with these films: They could put them on DVDs, or run them in movie theaters before feature films, or do any number of other things. What’s the takeaway from the case? One surprise is that the method of distribution was very limited by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
obtain patents of questionable merit that force other firms to pay a royalty, which in turn restricts the resources they have available for research. Similarly, some royalty demands are no better than extortion. For instance, someone has... View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
percent) were in management and another 37 percent were in professional positions such as accounting, law, medicine, engineering, and finance. The report attributed the shortage to emigration of highly skilled workers, immigration View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Releases First-Ever Financial Report
represents about 7.5 percent of Harvard’s overall endowment. Over 93 percent of the HBS endowment is restricted for purposes specified by donors. The University distributes approximately 4 to 5 percent of the market value of the endowment... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
complex question—and some straightforward advice for organizations committed to change. In the last half of the 20th century, women made great advances in the business world. Why has this progress stalled? Colleen Ammerman: Women were View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
A Fine Collection
summer, in downtown Stamford, Connecticut, the Williamses bought a classic building (constructed in 1894, in a Neo-Italian Renaissance style) to house their collection. They do not intend to make it a museum, but instead will restrict... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
thinking. You see a pattern through a kaleidoscope, but it’s not fixed. Imagination and the ability to change the pattern have been main elements in the prosperity that Americans have enjoyed, and we need to value them highly. Science is central, and we must invest in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
By Ambi Parameswaran (AMP 186, 2014) Westland Business A brand is an identity—and it is certainly not restricted to products. Allow Ambi, Shankar, Rita, Kunal, and Joe, who are back in college for their silver reunion, to bring alive for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
remarkable. We then work equally hard to make sure the students we want can come to Soldiers Field. The prospect of graduating with high levels of debt can narrow our applicant pool and restrict the career paths of our graduates, so we... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
Emmons, the "deregulatory" Telecommunications Act of 1996 enhances the powers and responsibilities of the Federal Communications Commission in a number of key areas, while removing government restrictions in others. "From a managerial... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
capital firm he opened in 2004 (and closed in January 2013) that focused on the Internet, software, and mobile spaces. The experience taught him some important lessons, among them the benefits of restricting his number of investments.... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley