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- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
in the development of what economists term "agglomeration economies" in the regions with the greatest venture capital activity. The efficiency of the venture capital process itself has been greatly augmented by the emergence of... View Details
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1.23 Pregnancy, Childbirth & Adoption during Business School | MBA
1.23 Pregnancy, Childbirth & Adoption during Business School 1.0 Academic Information & Policies Medical Leave Policy and Resources for Students Giving Birth While Enrolled at HBS Students who will be giving birth should contact MBA Student & Academic View Details
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
Dina Pomeranz's interest in helping people build a savings cushion for difficult economic times emerged during a summer internship in Cameroon, where a woman she lived with shared how worried and anxious she was about her financial... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
through specialized training, such as carpenters, electricians, and pharmacy technicians. In today’s tech-heavy work environments, however, apprenticeships should not be limited to these trade occupations, Fuller argues, noting that apprenticeships are View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
continues. By the summer of 2007, the Treasury Department estimates, the shadow banking system had accumulated assets reaching roughly $10 trillion, equivalent to total assets in the entire U.S. banking system. Says Moss: "While new systemic threats had View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
state pharmaceutical licensing exam, opened a drugstore with her husband in Stockton in 1915. Following his death, she became the sole proprietor and later opened two additional drugstores in town. Gleason emerged as a stalwart defender... View Details
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
imperiled the achievement of the other. Q: What impact do the tradeoffs between these two core motivators have on resources? A: As I delved into the tradeoff, I realized that the conflict usually emerges at the point where entrepreneurs... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
performance. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-011.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBuro Happold (Abridged) Robert G. Eccles and Ryan JohnsonHarvard Business School Case 412-123 In 1996, Ted Happold, the founder of the engineering View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
End of Campaign Celebrated
managerial decisions they will confront in business. Said Paine, “It’s not just a matter of teaching. Ethics must be built into the culture to work. That is the challenge we’re helping our students grapple with.” Building World-Class Companies in View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
Chuang, CEO of Aquent, an employment services company headquartered in Boston. In roughly half of the new initiatives Aquent has invested in over the last few years, Chuang estimates, "we have gotten too excited about a new product... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry
responded, as have entrepreneurs. Thus you see the emergence of craft-brewed beers, gourmet coffees, breads, and so forth, in addition to fine restaurants. Increasingly, chefs and restaurants are starting joint ventures with small, local... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
industry that might serve as the source of innovation for you and your company? Technology: What are the key emerging technologies, and how are they being used inside and outside your industry, company, and region to create proprietary... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
George C. Lodge
In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of a Distinguished View Details
- 20 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Exploring Technology and Public Impact Through the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program
Policy team. In that role, I developed and analyzed Lyft policy positions on future of work and emerging technology issues such as machine learning, data sharing, and financial technologies. Connecting with the tech community at Harvard... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Books
looks at the emergence of capitalism and democracy as systems of economic and political governance and considers how they may be both mutually supportive and antagonistic. Chapters on the theory and history of these systems challenge the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Dean Jay Light Takes Charge at HBS
Education, a project is under way to examine the portfolio of offerings to foster what Light calls “a reconception” of thinking about business education for managers at different points in their careers. One new offering still in the pilot phase, the Program for View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
Marketing Studies Build It, Buy It, or Both? Rethinking the Sourcing of Advertising Services By: Silk, Alvin J., and Marta M. Stiglin Abstract—This paper provides an update on the current state of in-house agencies. Whereas traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
April 2016 Review of Economic Studies Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas Abstract—Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Zayed Muhammed Yasin
Zayed Yasin spent his summer internship in a location most people would envy: Mayaguana, a small island in the Bahamas. Unfortunately, he was too absorbed in constructing an emergency services site—a project... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
groups are important to a marketing organization, which group is addressed most effectively by emerging techniques relying on neuroscience, particularly the exploration of the subconscious feelings that may or may not drive behavior? Will... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett