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- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
Enterprise Capital Markets Harvard Business School Case 307-078 Seeking to impact global poverty and philanthropy, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar donates $100 million to Tufts University for a trust restricted to investment in microfinance.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
2006, Macri is approached by Spanish and Italian soccer powerhouses, seeking to purchase the players Fernando Gago and Rodrigo Palacio. Should Macri enter negotiations with the clubs interested in buying the star players? If so, how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Student Performance - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Teaching by the Case Method Student Performance Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Providing Assessment & Feedback Judging Success Student Performance Instructor Performance Sample Class Student performance in a case method course may be assessed along a View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
social and cultural contexts that shape how men make sense of themselves as men—the stories they tell themselves about what it means to be male—and in the effect this sense-making has on how they behave at work. Much research on gender in organizations documents how... View Details
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Degrees, Certifications & Alumni Status | About
multi-week regional programs that deliver a global curriculum through a regional lens; and programs created exclusively for an organization or association. A flexible variety of program formats and locations are available: on campus,... View Details
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Research Areas - Doctoral
Program for Research in Markets & Organizations Research Areas 14ms HBS faculty conduct research on a wide variety of topics. In the application you must indicate your top three choices of research areas, in order of preference, from the... View Details
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
approaches include the use of risk exposure and the Sharpe and Information Ratios. Applies the approaches to a variety of mutual funds to demonstrate the effect of using different metrics to measure fund performance. Purchase this note: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Marketing - Faculty & Research
Marketing helps a firm in creating value by better understanding the needs of its customers and providing them with innovative products and services. This value is communicated through a variety of channels as well as through the firm's... View Details
- 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008
From Coercion to Excitement Authors:Peter Tufano and Daniel Schneider Abstract We review a wide variety of programs that support savings by families, in particular by low- and moderate-income families. These programs range from ones that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2024
- In Practice
Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible
of Labor Statistics. US employers added 175,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted, far fewer than the more than 300,000 in March and below the 240,000 analysts expected. For those seeking business careers, success might mean searching beyond... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
reached the American public.” 6 Early on, U.S. Steel began to employ a variety of PR strategies intended to create a positive image of the industry. These efforts served to address negative public perceptions concerning harsh working... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
that have led to asset impairments. More recently, the Bulgarian energy regulator announced its intentions to seek a 30% price reduction on a power purchase agreement signed over ten years ago with AES. Accordingly, AES' management is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
what they do and appreciation for their jobs, rather than feeling extrinsically motivated by cash alone.” If you give cash, include a meaningful note For many employees, particularly younger generations, a job is not just a paycheck; people View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
entrepreneurial California agricultural biotech company seeking to earn carbon credits by modifying commodity crops for use in China and India. Eric Rey, Arcadia's CEO, faced a strategic inflection point in early September 2008. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle
way? A group of researchers recently considered that idea in a new study, concluding that variety is a crucial ingredient. “We wanted to examine what would be the optimal mix of people to talk to over any time period,” says Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
city government are seeking a development solution in the form of unique land use regulations and a resulting development strategy that weighs the financial, economic, aesthetic, and environmental impacts of the development. Companies and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
once famously stated that stock markets do not exhibit price bubbles. Evidence supporting this claim boils down to the argument that past run up in stock prices do not seem to predict lower future returns. Authors Greenwood, Shleifer, and You View Details
- 26 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing
around five years ago, but is now considered a billion-dollar company. So they’re now trying to seek partnerships with influencers who have clout, but they’re competing with newer brands that have done this well from the get-go.” Global... View Details
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
School Case 310-011 Acumen Fund is a global venture capital firm with a dual purpose: it looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2021
- Book
The Hard Truth About Being a CEO
Because they’re so busy and often surrounded by people, it feels as if they’re engaged and involved. Similarly, CEOs receive a stream of communication from a variety of sources, so they may not realize that they’re filtering out... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding