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05 Nov 2013
News

Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans

Greater New Orleans Foundation, which helps with companies working on water resource issues. This outbreak of entrepreneurship is the result of an influx of well-educated citizens to the city. From 2007 to 2009, more people with college educations moved to New Orleans... View Details

Keywords: New Orleans; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services

07 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

faced. There is also a second cause, one that has its roots in the changing shopping experience. During the 1960s, European retailing began moving away from personalized service and toward new self-service sales formats. Abetted by the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

Fast Answer

Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship

Services (GIS). SimplyAnalytics generates tables and maps for the United States including population, age, race, income, employment, and education. Our subscription also allows access to Experian... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

A Binary Formula

scientific knowledge into commercial applications. For HBS participants, an overriding goal was to gain a better understanding of how the School might best contribute to this effort. “To maintain a leadership position globally, the United States needs high value-added... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2009
News

Back to School

Prom was a fantastic affair that engendered a deep sense of family. I view this teaching experience as a self-sponsored internship; after two years, I’ll reflect on my next step. If I love teaching, then I’ll continue. Or maybe I’ll try school administration, the View Details

Keywords: Anthony Priest; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

DOWNTIME: Varma and Agarwala take a break. Photographs By Tom Pietrasik Imagine that you’ve quit your high-paying job with a big, prestigious firm to launch a financial advisory service tailored for India’s rapidly growing middle class,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

19 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

Peter Barge, CEO of the newly created Corporate Solutions Group of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), is executing a restructuring of the U.S. corporate real estate services division that will enable the company to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2007
News

Faculty Books

Jane Wei-Skillern, James E. Austin, Herman Leonard, and Howard Stevenson (Sage Publications) This book presents HBS research and cases about international and U.S. organizations in the nonprofit, for-profit, and government sectors. It... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

personal connections amongst U.S. politicians have a significant impact on Senate voting behavior. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians are consistent predictors of voting behavior. We estimate sharp measures that... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Jun 2009
News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

“we-dentity” and the power of community in the face of an inefficient, sometimes corrupt, local government. Santa Ana del Valle, for example, provides many of its services (such as policing or maintenance of the church and museum) through... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

05 Nov 2020
Blog Post

12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

joined the Zoom call. When the user turned on their video, it was revealed to be a video stream of goats and horses (literally)! Matt Kinsella, Managing Director, had used a service called Goat-2-Meeting in an effort to liven up the video... View Details

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

number of HOM deliveries prevented (from 1998 to 2012) following the publication of SART guidelines; the associated healthcare savings (2014 U.S. dollars). Result(s): A singleton live birth was estimated to cost $17,100–$24,200. A twin... View Details

Profile

Maura Sullivan

Maura Sullivan sees in HBS many of the same qualities that had attracted her to the U.S. Marine Corps. "Choosing the right branch of the armed services was easy," Maura says. "I liked the... View Details

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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

internal strategy group to determine the appropriate efficient scale for country offices. Explored interactive media approaches for an organization focused on expanding access to financial services for low-income families. Developed a... View Details

01 Aug 2002
News

Seventy Years Out: Class of 1932 Celebrates Reunions

observed. One of the “lucky ones,” Brink worked for the telephone company before he set up his own one-man shop — Utilities Audit Bureau — as a consultant on telephone services and systems. “In 49 years,” Brink proudly declared, “I never... View Details

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

balances the four drives while avoiding negative leadership and leaders who are missing the drive to bond. Order the Book: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470623845.html Market Heterogeneity and Local Capacity Decisions in View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

vision is that it will be an independent, nonprofit organization deriving its funding either from foundation or government grants, or from the sale of its information. Q: The typical U.S. investor is more informed about financial markets... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

01 Dec 2001
News

Teens and Magazines: Where There's Smoke, There's Advertising

According to their 1998 agreement with the attorneys general of 46 states, the four largest U.S. tobacco companies are prohibited from using advertising that targets people younger than 18. But HBS assistant professor Charles King (with... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2009
News

Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis

and Global Financial Turmoil,” dealing with the U.S. system of financing homes; “Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008,” examining the impact of the financial crisis on executive pay; and “The Future of Financial Reporting,” a video... View Details