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- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
they keep a larger fraction of the gains that they produce by keeping watch over management. "Shareholder activism" refers to the practice of holding managers... View Details
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Chicago's difficult decision recently to close a number of schools, given that there were too many facilities for too few students. The goal is for the remaining students to thrive with more resources per... View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
"We were selling seven to eight million cubic feet per day and I was responsible for it. I thought we should take a better interest in it," says Thomas. The problem was that although he was in charge View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
FIELD, several EC courses, the Innovation Lab, and multiple start-up competitions, HBS allowed both of us to learn by doing. Combining those experiences with encouragement from professors, and the lessons View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
About 10 years ago, Natalia and I did a randomized experiment in western India, where we gave out $100 cash grants to a random set of microentrepreneurs. We found that the return on investment to a random... View Details
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
outspokenness of business leaders, marks a sharp break with the past 15 years when CEOs kept their heads down to concentrate on running their own businesses. In part, they were reacting to the challenges... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- Profile
Shantanu Rege
Inclined toward math and physics and eager to learn among "the smartest people," Shantanu Rege went to the Indian Institute of Technology, "keen on engineering and looking forward to a PhD and a career in academia." In... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
30 years by growing consistently at 10 percent per year or more, lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty. It... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
company. A simple portfolio strategy of going long the buy recommendations with school ties and going short buy recommendations without ties earns returns of 5.40% per year. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
economic incentive to change their behavior. And human beings have proved to be habitually less likely to spend money in the present to gain long-term savings down the road — precisely what much View Details
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
section experience and helping to prepare students for the interpersonal dynamics of the workplace.” In their final months as students, we asked one learning team to reunite over dinner to talk about their time at the School. What we got... View Details
- Blog
When Generations Learn Together
them out a bit, given our life stages right now, but we will definitely continue with other courses. Bracken just had his third child. He has a very busy career, and he's very cognizant of the need to View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
overestimate how much distant others appreciate socially responsible gifts because they focus more than recipients on the symbolic meaning of the gift. Critically, givers have the most to gain from distant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
micrograms of total suspended particulates per cubic meter, yet the World Health Organization establishes 90 as a maximum safe level (Berlin's level is 50). Over 25,000 square kilometers View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
Each week, millions of consumers visit crowd-sourced review websites in search of recommendations for everything from taco stands to car dealers. Among the influential leaders in the field is Yelp.com, which... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
multiply it by 0.9. That’s your indoor age. If we are lucky enough to live to 80, most of us will have spent 72 years inside! We spend nearly all View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the PRIDE Club
After a year of discussion, debate, and votes, we are proud (pun intended) to reintroduce the LGBTSA to HBS as the newly rebranded "PRIDE"! A new visual identity for PRIDE, formerly known as the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Students Mentor Kids
opportunity to get away from the intensity of HBS and spend some time trying to make one teenager’s life a little better. I was amazed at the seriousness View Details
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
Emotional Benefits of Prosocial Spending By: Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Ashley V. Whillans, Adam M. Grant, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—When does giving lead to happiness? Here, we present two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne