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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
emissions by more than 30 percent; create housing for an expected 1 million new residents; expand and improve public transportation; cut solid waste in landfills by 75 percent; and achieve the cleanest air quality of any large US city (in part by adopting congestion... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
remarks. “But if you mention a folding bicycle, most people conjure up an image of a small-wheeled, oddly shaped vehicle that they wouldn’t categorize as a ‘real’ bicycle. The challenge is to change the beliefs and behaviors of both... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
deadline. One evening, as the usual gaggle of students near the chute was disbanding, a large, black limousine came screeching up to the curb, and a young man in a tuxedo leaped out of the vehicle and ran over to the chute. It was evident... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
serves as a vehicle to explore the devastating economic and political impact of the Great Depression on the countries of the South, such as Chile, which had specialized in primary commodities, and on mining and financial capitalists such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Business School Publishing) This history doubles as a sophisticated account of the opportunities and challenges facing the modern investor. It follows the rise of funded retirement, the evolution of investment vehicles and techniques,... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
instead a scenario where the traveler can summon a pooled vehicle that takes her and several other riders from where they live to where they work, saving them hours and saving the city money. No cash changes hands, reducing both petty... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
managed money in the markets. Even retail money is invested today mainly through professionally managed vehicles such as mutual funds, 401k plans, and index funds, and retail investors tend to be much less prone to panic when they invest... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
in a joint venture in Central and Eastern Europe, which it had used as a vehicle for expansion in the region. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717016-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-005 Diageo and Mey... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
trade-offs. The case was designed to help students understand job-shop style production and the impact of disruptions and reactive scheduling. Students use two of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's mainstream processes as a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
Cup Series, we model the probability that a driver crashes his car in a race. Our findings are that drivers crash their vehicles with greater frequency when their positions are increasingly at risk of displacement by their nearby, lower... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to 25 percent. A number of economists howled against this so-called... View Details
Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
years later, both camps benefit enormously from their close ties: the mutual fund is America's investment vehicle of choice, with one in three U.S. households owning a stake in the industry's $5.5 trillion in assets. "By making the... View Details
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
sweetriot to be the number one natural chocolate company in the world and to thus be a vehicle to drive change globally. How can she meet that objective while also keeping the company true to its social roots? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
that GM is trying to transform itself. OnStar is "an onboard-communications service that GM is pushing at customers in a bid to become a much more than the world's largest vehicle maker." GM believes that eventually subscribers... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
account for secular changes in how payouts are made over the last 30 years, during which repurchases have replaced dividends as the prime vehicle for corporate payouts. Other payout motives such as changes in compensation practices and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
or relax. There are also important environmental benefits—no local emissions, flexible power sources, and reduced energy consumption thanks to lightweight vehicles and automated guidance to prevent unnecessary starts and stops. All this... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
enhance the value of the MBA Program by creating a true partnership among faculty, students, and administrators. The Student Association seemed a good vehicle for implementing those ideas; in tandem with the School's MBA: Leadership &... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
against fraud and corruption. I was in Iraq for three days last August. To be honest, things did not feel good, even then. Baghdad used to be a bustling, thriving metropolis, but when I was there, it truly looked like an occupied city — military View Details
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
stories like PSY's "Gangnam Style." And even if they believed so, was KCON the right vehicle to make it happen, or was the event just a waste of the company's time and money? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
company's cloud efforts. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/sap-2014-reaching-for-the-cloud/an/614052-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-073 Choosing a Charitable Giving Vehicle Elaine White is an accountant advising two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne