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- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
great change in recent years has been in China itself. The state-owned enterprises have realized the realities of competition and the need to improve costs and quality significantly. Furthermore, the government has allowed multiple... View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
where diaspora connections serve to navigate uncertain environments. We further show that diaspora-based contracts mainly serve to lower costs for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are paid about the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024
1,970 students in fiscal 2024, 3 percent fewer than the previous year. HBS aims to enhance economic accessibility for aspiring business leaders from diverse socioeconomic circumstances. Reflecting that commitment, the School provides... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
BEFORE AND AFTER: Step one involved removing the stones (top) that covered the old, leaky roof. Areas not suitable for a green roof were covered with sheets of white PVC (above) that reflect the sun’s rays. A living roof can cost more... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
retained its talent; and how Chinese private enterprise can go global. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/415050-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-032 American Well: The DTC... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
mutually agreed-upon transfers with compensation and are located within the task network. Placing a transaction in a particular location in turn requires work to define, count (or measure), and pay for the transacted objects. The costs of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
can be used in powerful ways, ideally leading to better patient care, lower health care costs and, ultimately, healthier patients. “Trust on the part of both the consumer and doctor is hugely important in determining who is going to be... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
usable by consumers so that they are empowered to make healthier decisions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-082.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsItaly: If Not Now, When? Harvard Business School Case 707-051... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Prita Kumar
customer value. The dual tracks of business and fitness became deeply ingrained in Kumar’s psyche, along with a belief that she would someday start her own company. Kumar got her undergraduate degree in business at NYU’s Stern School and... View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
Newman Abstract This paper shows that product prices determine organizational design by studying how trade policy affects vertical integration. Property rights theory asserts that firm boundaries are chosen by stakeholders to mediate organizational goals (e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
nearly double the amount in 2012. That's nothing compared to the bonanza expected when the SEC opens up the floodgates for nonaccredited individual investors to directly acquire equity in private companies—and for companies to directly... View Details
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
insolvent. The banking problem is one of the biggest costs of the delay associated with developing a vibrant, domestic private sector. Here are our concerns for India. How will India rein in its fiscal... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
work cooperatively with the private sector,” Summers said, observing that “conflict of interest is one side of the coin, and synergy the other.” Summers was followed by MIT President Charles M. Vest and former HBS faculty member Eric S.... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
Airbnb for hosts: They can respond quickly to market conditions, keeping their homes for private use when prices are low and hosting travelers only when the demand for rooms—and the payoff from renting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
Many observers say that job creation is the key to economic recovery in the United States. Can government investments in entrepreneurial ventures succeed in creating jobs? A number of variables need to come together to make it happen. Even in the View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
These four countries encompassed more than 50% of the world's population in 1910, but remarkably few of their citizens attended any school by the early twentieth century. We present new, comparable data on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
WhiteHarvard Business School Case 713-015 For the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms-inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
their own. The state subsidizes residents who have incomes that meet or somewhat exceed federal poverty guidelines. An independent public authority, known informally as the Health Connector, helps individuals and small businesses choose among several portable,... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
consists of (1) two firms competing in a vertically differentiated market in which product quality is a mix of public and private components and (2) a market for developers that firms hire after observing signals of their contributions to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
updating the 10 disruptive forces identified in the first edition, showing how managers can address these challenges, and describing how public confidence in the market system could be rebuilt. The revised edition includes examples of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace