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- 08 May 2014
- News
The Sky's the Limit
possibility. "The industry needs more women in it. Women are very detail-oriented and, when it comes to flying, tend to have a delicate touch, but aren't over-controlling," she says. Noting that "there is a ton of scholarship money out... View Details
- 20 Jun 2008
- News
Risk and Reward
races, where does that leave us? The decision of whether to race Big Brown lies with his owners, not Clay. What would you do in their position? Race Big Brown? Or take the money and run? View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
managers would have to explain to their investors why earning a negative 2 percent return would make sense as opposed to either investing or disgorging that cash to shareholders. The definition of "excess cash holdings" will be... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
way to class each day, discussing coursework and cases in their spare moments. After working as a teaching fellow at HBS for a year and delivering her second son, Marcelo joined Upromise, a start-up that helps families save money for... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Happening Fast
the Street’s 24/7 demands. “There is no substitute for hard work,” Erdoes said. “There is a little luck on the way, but there is no substitute for really superhard work, first in, last out.” Erdoes’s investment group has been very successful, and View Details
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
solving the problem was of critical importance for the firm, management decided to break from convention and the disclose the specifics of the problem to a large group of unknown "outside" scientists requesting a solution in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
tractors ($12,000 each) as a cheaper and faster way to transport melons to the warehouse. Talley also negotiated a coveted co-management supplier agreement with Wal-Mart, showing how Frey Farms could share the responsibility of managing... View Details
- Profile
Shantanu Rege
"midlife crisis," Shantanu joined McKinsey & Co. for a year- and a-half, then took a deeper dive into finance. "It was 2008, and a lot of U.S. private-equity firms were expanding in India," he says. "I saw it as an opportunity to put my... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- News
Remembering His Roots
having spent the first 16 years of his life alongside his family, moving from Mexico up and down the West Coast of the United States to harvest peaches, olives, cherries, and plums. He managed to graduate from high school in California in... View Details
Keywords: farmworkers
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
change, oil companies are diversifying their businesses, putting money toward renewable energy sources and green technology. While sustainable funds shun fossil fuel producers, which contribute half of the world’s greenhouse gases,... View Details
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
striking a balance between morals and money when setting goals and offering rewards. "When you're a manager helping to set up the conditions in which people operate, be attuned to the messages you're... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
Amidst Change: A Conversation with Southwest Airlines' Top Management Team," a new working paper written by HBS assistant professor Jody Hoffer Gittell, MIT professor R. John Hansman, and MIT doctoral student Anne E. Dunning. The... View Details
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
Courtesy Ruth Goodwin-Groen Today, 100 million unbanked adults worldwide receive government transfers, wages, or pensions in cash, a payment method that is highly vulnerable to fraud and theft. Furthermore, 1.7 billion adults lack a bank account, making it difficult to... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
borders? Money is crossing borders... ideas are crossing borders," she said. Unfortunately, she added, there is little evidence that Africa, given its population and size, is benefiting proportionately from the phenomenon. The... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
avoid tumbling down any further. They call the behavior "last-place aversion." To test this theory in the lab, the pair teamed up with HBS Assistant Professor Ryan W. Buell and Stanford PhD student/candidate Taly Reich set up a lottery where participants were... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
But Professor Robert Merton believes today’s plans are not sustainable. So what’s next? A new way to look at the problem. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5911.html. Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron The train wreck... View Details
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
days has been advising Congressional and business leaders about potential aid approaches. “Money in the door allows you to put money out the door.” A cash crunch with no end in sight The JPMorgan Chase Institute estimates that the average... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Learning the Language of Business and Science – The MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program
misalignments can lead to inefficiencies that waste money and slow the development of important treatments. While the science-business gap in biotechnology poses a significant challenge, it also presents an opportunity. Professionals... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
Thomas Steenburgh and Jill AveryHarvard Business School Note 510-080 Marketing managers are often called upon to make recommendations for or against programs that cost money to implement. Before expenditures... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Entrepreneurship at HBS
Fifty years ago, a new course was introduced at HBS to provide students with a better understanding of the problems of starting and managing new businesses. The Management of New Enterprises, developed and... View Details