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- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
restrictions included the ability to get visas for highly talented foreign workers and graduate students. One of the great strengths of America is our phenomenal system of higher education; we have educated... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Climate Finance SIP
sustainability. If they don't develop science based targets to approach emissions reductions they may face threats from activist investors or a higher cost of capital. Business leaders thus have been and will continue to be some of the... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
school tend to have higher academic achievement and experience greater acceptance by their peers in adolescence. Despite this positive influence on educational outcomes, it is still unclear why some children... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
organizations for delivering higher value care Produce academic materials to disseminate insights and care models gleaned from the work The Harvard Business School offers partner sites extensive collaboration and support in implementing... View Details
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
private university and is a major contributor towards Turkey's higher education. "In the higher education of this country, I think we did make a difference. We brought some new... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
capabilities"—and to keep those doors open. For both sexes, it's important to keep the range of choices open in educational opportunities and other activities. We have lost the capacity to fall in love,for many reasons, but above all... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
24/7, with limited downtime mostly for planned maintenance work. It does not need sun or wind to operate at full capacity, and while the operators chose to use higher quality imported Indonesian coal to run the plant, in a pinch they... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
that?' I have found that many people who come into this industry do so for a combination of professional and personal factors," Williams says, adding that he left his job at a technology consulting firm and joined a biotech start-up soon after that conversation.... View Details
- 14 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid
legislators who decline to raise taxes and, instead, attempt to control these costs, face three choices: Cut Medicaid expenses through reductions in enrollment, benefits, and provider reimbursement; cut other state expenditures for the likes of View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
concluded that "governments should fund education in math and science ... Markets will take care of entrepreneurial innovation." Jay Somasundaram asked whether we are even asking the right question. In his words, "The... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
is true. When Di Tella benchmarked these results against a sample of residents from the Buenos Aires metropolitan area with generally higher income and education levels, their responses tallied closely to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
Abstract Using a sample of U.S. financial institutions, we exploit recent mandatory disclosures of financial instruments designated as fair value level 1, 2, and 3 to test whether greater information risk in financial instrument fair values leads to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
have received the alternative pay rate. Lower pay rates increased cheating when the prospect of a higher pay rate was salient. Experiment 2 illustrates that this effect is driven by the ease with which poorly compensated participants can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
Drop it on the ground. Sprinkle water on its surface. Let it sit in the sun and expose it to swarms of dust—the XO laptop is designed to handle most any abuse from a child. But the journey of the XO laptop from concept to the educational... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
out of MIT, A123’s patented rechargeable batteries include a breakthrough Nanophosphate powder that increases conductivity, providing higher power levels and longer battery life. With initial applications for commercial customers (such as... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
better to pay people well, in order to maintain demand for goods and services. Higher wages would induce companies to get serious about improving productivity, instead of thinking that productivity "gains" are best made by cutting workers... View Details
- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
higher standard than professional athletes, entertainers, and other excessively compensated individuals who are in it just for themselves? Leadership is an honorable calling, not a cash cow. Excessive compensation and ethical,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
won’t be lost such as highly personalized services such as child care until I considered that my 2 year-old grandson can operate iPhones, computers, and other electronic devices which means he’ll soon have access to HBX and electronic View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
Abstract—Executive development programs have entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills. Unlike other segments of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
Since its founding in 2010, the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) at HBS has worked to educate students and business leaders about the environmental challenges and opportunities confronting companies and organizations today, and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie