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- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
communities fighting gun violence. Financed with federal money from the Cares Act, the program is now administered by new-New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Keith is hopeful that the program will grow to 2000 to 3000 trainees each year... View Details
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-011.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsCutlass Capital, L.P. Harvard Business School Case 805-075 David Hetz and Jon Osgood are forming a new venture capital fund in 2001 to invest in health care... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
restaurants, not to tell cities where to go to inspect, but it could be used for that purpose,” says Luca. Similarly, Google searches in different geographies could give policymakers key insight into what their citizens care about.... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
greater explicitness. But the economic shock of 2008 appears to have caused many directors to reconsider what their boards had been doing and to question whether they could or should be acting differently. "I really do think it's time for... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
now need to capture a larger share of each customer's business," Crane observes, noting that the lines between financial service sectors are blurring. Today's bank offers many of the services of a brokerage firm, and vice versa. Congress's repeal of the 1933... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
Today's bank offers many of the services of a brokerage firm, and vice versa. Congress's repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act that separated the activities of commercial and investment banks (opening the doors for a "financial... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
Schedule each day. Many parents are caring for their children and guiding their remote learning while trying to do their own jobs—and feeling like they’re failing on all fronts. Eventually, thoughts about unfinished work tasks encroach on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
with procedures that respect rights and afford subsequent accountability. Some critics fear that socially responsible corporate activity encroaches upon the role of government and usurps authority reserved for elected officials and bodies... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
to actually spend it, so no one’s playing the game, which then destroys value. And if it’s too liquid, then there’s suddenly too much of it in play, it loses all the value, and the game’s economic system collapses. It’s a very careful... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
favor, and manufacturing dried up. At a certain point, jobs in local government and services became the gold standard for security, benefits, and compensation—which is when the pendulum swung toward corruption. “Patronage, taking care of... View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
trust, employee commitment, and "ownership" behaviors of both employees and clients-could explain and be used to predict up to half of the difference in operating income between agency offices of a global service provider. The paper calls for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811055-PDF-ENG Caterpillar, Inc. (A) David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Case 111-031 2010 Healthcare Reform Act eliminates Medicare Part D subsidy and Caterpillar recognizes a $100 million... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
of real-world systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-059.pdf Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper studies quality choice in a model where consumers expect firms to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
co-creation of markets and value, multinationals without firm-specific advantages, and born-global firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50242 November 13, 2015 Harvard Business Review If CEOs Care About... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
candidates are ready to provide information about their preferences for particular employers, and employers value and are prepared to act on this information. In this paper we study how a signaling mechanism, where each worker can send a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
looking to hire. Holding contests to seek advice from the crowd may help companies fill the need for innovative answers more cheaply and quickly. “Contests create incentives and drive parallel search,” Lakhani said. “What you want when you View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
human potential. It has made the US an economic powerhouse. It has played a major role in capital being allocated to the most productive uses. Free enterprise has led to the creation of a staggering number of jobs that support families and the invention of a wide range... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
Emory University, where she graduated with 40 percent more credits than required. A year out of HBS, Wallace and classmate Alex Nelson cofounded Quincy Apparel, an online retailer providing stylish, affordable work clothes for women in a... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
certain securities, engaged in irresponsible investment behavior, and offered privileges to insiders not afforded to ordinary investors. During the famous "Hundred Day" congressional session that began his presidency, Roosevelt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
room. You will never regret it, and you'll build a strong reputation." Linda Rossetti (MBA 1991), managing director, Golden Seeds; blogger, Novofemina.com, Boston, Massachusetts I'd offer three ideas to female MBAs. First, take the time to understand your heart's... View Details