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Student Research - Doctoral

Berquist, Lev Klarnet and Leemore Dafny 01 FEB 2025 | JAMA Health Forum The Hidden Costs of Working Multiple Jobs: Implications for Spending Behavior and Wellbeing By: Paige Tsai and Ryan W. Buell 27 JAN 2025 | Faculty & Research 2023... View Details

15 Dec 2020
Blog Post

MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review

alumni have navigated this past year and provide important insights about the strength of our community. Here is our roundup of notable posts published in 2020: Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles The Class of 2021 is... View Details

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Academics - Health Care

the Harvard community. Elective Courses Elective health care-focused courses will vary from year to year. Upcoming HBS course offerings include: Innovating in Health Care: Field Course Problems with health care quality, access, and costs... View Details

17 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

to huge differences in the cost of living. Corporate culture creates large impact In addition to providing a clearer explanation of pay disparity effects, the study also spotlights the importance of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say

largest cost of pursuing an MBA. From a professional standpoint, I am already seeing the benefits. The program gave me the chance to reflect and better understand myself. I can stand my own in a room with our senior partners and clients.... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

About Rock Advisory Board The Rock Center’s Advisory Board is responsible for providing strategic direction for the Rock Center and its staff. The Advisory Board includes HBS entrepreneurial alumni, HBS faculty, and HBS staff. Paul Baier... View Details

12 May 2023
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Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

are homeowners making the switch? Electric heat pumps provide homeowners the opportunity to reduce their energy bills and work towards greater energy independence. A heat pump could cost as little as ~$7,100... View Details

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Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

significantly reduce cost to selected low risk patients operated on in an ambulatory surgery facility and avoiding the academic medical center downtown. When the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center expanded regionally, they... View Details

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

07 Mar 2023
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Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

transparency in their practices and reporting, they can help exemplify environmental and economic sustainability roadmaps for public shareholders, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies. First movers: Being an early leader in the sustainability space can View Details

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

efforts and occasional spurts of good financial performance, the company's returns to shareholders remained low and well below the cost of capital. Over an extended period of time, Scott Paper had managed to destroy wealth. This was... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

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The John H. McArthur Fellowship for Canadian MBA Students - Global

The John H. M c Arthur Canadian Fellowship for Canadian MBA Students The John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship provides financial assistance to Canadians to enable them to attend Harvard Business School and thereby acquire the leadership... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim In this paper, we investigate whether superior performance on corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can be attributed to a)... View Details

17 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Why Global Brands Work

Nissan, and Honda sold standard products under a single brand umbrella. For decades, Ford adapted its manufacturing platforms, features, and model names from one country to another. The results: added manufacturing and supply chain costs... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Auto

24 May 2021
Op-Ed

Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?

COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Shelly Xu; Fashion

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

costs (i.e., providing an infrastructure that can be used for many transactions between the different sides of the platform). All multi-sided platforms perform at least one of these three functions and many... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

threat lack credibility, but you also have no way of changing course if the situation becomes dire. 3. Visibly incur sunk costs Suppose you are negotiating with a consulting firm to renew its contract to View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

within it, and the report emphasized this would provide a platform for diverse opinions to thrive, signaling a deep respect for free inquiry. The report did note that in exceptional circumstances, it may be appropriate for an institution... View Details

09 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

[Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a continuing series on issues that 600 CEOs told us keeps them awake at night. Today's topic: The challenges of making organizational decisions in this uncertain environment.] While we may be living in unprecedented... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

07 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

of U.S. representatives and senators in the early part of the 20th century. We also show under what conditions profit-maximizing media will cater to general (less affluent) voters in their coverage, providing a counterbalance to special... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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