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- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
cybersecurity resulted in losses of $500 billion in 2014, but we’re only spending about $100 billion to address the problem. There’s a huge gap between the size of the threat and our ability to detect it. + ONLINE web-only content... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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becoming aware of or suspecting any unauthorized use of your User Account or Login Credential. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage arising from unauthorized access to your User Account or Login Credential. In registering for... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
years, and then something good happening. They came about through intention and openness to opportunity and willingness to act in that hardship and for that opportunity at the right time. An example of this is my father's hearing. So my father, prior to my diagnosis,... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51040 forthcoming American Journal of Health Promotion The Effect of Cost Sharing on an Employee Weight Loss Program: A Randomized Trial By: John, Leslie K., Andrea Troxel,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
example, tax-loss harvesting aims at realizing capital losses that help offset realized capital gains to reduce the amount of capital gains tax paid. Capital gains are computed based on when each individual made contributions to her... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
stability benefits. Subordinated capital provides MMFs with loss absorption capacity, lowering the probability that an MMF suffers losses large enough to trigger a run and reduces incentives to take... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
In Memoriam
In recent months, the HBS community has mourned the loss of several prominent and long-serving faculty members whose intellect, character, and humanity shaped generations of students. Clockwise from top left: Lawrence, Rosenbloom,... View Details
- 20 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting
attention of the IRS, given the loss of tax revenues, but why is the SEC interested? First, this dual-reporting system creates significant confusion. In effect, one-third of costs (the tax claim on pretax profits) is not reported clearly... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
the original recipe, and shunned artificial colors and flavors to appeal to an increasingly health-conscious public. A new ad campaign touting all this won a Clio Award. The result? Those $6 million of losses became $25 million in profits... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)
lost edge in the stock market, and disillusionment with the game of investing left me with feelings of inner turmoil and a loss of direction. All of which was aggravated by feeling that I lacked a supportive network as one of the few... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
restructuring failed. Students are divided into five claimholder groups—secured debt holders, unsecured senior debt holders, etc.—and these groups, under the supervision of a bankruptcy judge, must negotiate a satisfactory plan of reorganization or suffer significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
negative” cost for the French government. The loan guarantee program likely prevented the loss of roughly 217,000 jobs over a seven-year period ending in 2015, at a gross cost to the government of about 3,200 euros, or about $3,500, per... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
poignant stories of entrepreneurial victories and losses from fellow alumni. Donna L. Dubinsky (MBA '81) discussed the challenges she has faced as president of Palm Computing. Sears, Roebuck CEO Arthur C. Martinez (MBA '65) talked about... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Mark Tatum
In the case of Mark Tatum, medicine's loss will surely be the business world's gain. Almost since the day he was born in a war-torn village in Vietnam, his Jamaican-born father and Vietnamese mother had dreamed of the day their firstborn... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
That’s why Bezos says leaders must become comfortable acting courageously even when they are only 70 percent certain. Acting boldly and courageously is rarely easy. It requires becoming comfortable with four different ways of operating. First, courageous leaders... View Details
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
further growth, and essentially the loss of control of the company by the board, which was even required to remake its composition. At Volkswagen, eerily similar things happened, this time with engineering practices and goals. This sad... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
shed employees, assets, and noncore businesses. Often, these measures lead to the loss of valuable resources, alienation of key customers, and erosion of capabilities for the longer term. This makes the firm less competitive and probably... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
waste of time... Offer an annual $10 million award to the next solution and the hackers will be working for Apple.” There was other advice for Tim Cook. Much of it concerned the potential loss of attention to what Apple’s users really... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details