FAR - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

over self-disclosing firms if they are convinced that such firms are in fact credible partners in striving to remain in compliance. And so we're looking at whether plants get fewer inspections after they self-disclose, and whether these inspections are less likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Portrait Project

Nagi Otgonshar

vegetable plot As a child, I did not fully understand the economic struggles after the collapse of socialism in Mongolia. After the withdrawal of the Soviets from our country, we often lost electricity, food became scarce, and even my father disappeared in search of... View Details

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

responsibilities – like being a good son or having a financially stable career for instance – deserved the sunlight. For 26 years, this meant putting a lock on my self-expression. I only applied to colleges on the East Coast far from... View Details

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

research company. These businesses were the product of past rational calculations, and some remained profitable and successful operations, but by the 1970s times had changed. Unilever found itself burdened, especially in Europe, with a high cost structure, and the task... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

26 Jan 2022
News

Making Peace with Anger

way that I managed pre-anger-management and post-anger-management. And, as I talk about this, I have to be very straightforward: I am far from perfect, and I can still get angry and I can still lose my temper. But there are a couple major... View Details

12 May 2023
Blog Post

Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

total costs. Lastly, states need to consider adopting additional incentives in regions where the TCO of heat pumps far exceeds that of alternatives. Specifically, states in the Northeast can consider additional incentives on an ongoing... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

have been calling for a prepared workforce,” says Sarah Morgan, president of the Benwood Foundation, a nonprofit partnering with area organizations to create shared prosperity in the region. “But that’s new for Chattanooga. As far as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

12 May 2020
Blog Post

Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

we’ll all be after graduating. But my experience so far has shown me that the HBS community will help us all land on our feet. Being here has given me more than just a network, I’ve found a family. View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Case Study: Testing the Waters

triathlon in Miami and immediately got to work, with a mix of weekday workouts and longer weekend sessions. But training through a New York City winter can go only so far in preparing a person for exertion in the Miami heat. “I really... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

January 2020
Case

Banorte Móvil: Data-Driven Mobile Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli, Carla Larangeira and Mariana Cal

In mid-2019, Carlos Hank was deliberating over the results for Banorte Móvil—the mobile application for Banorte, Mexico’s most profitable and second-largest financial institution. Hank, who had been appointed as Banorte´s Chairman of the Board in January 2015, had... View Details

Keywords: Data Analytics; Customer Lifetime Value; Financial Institutions; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Customers; Technology Adoption; Communication Strategy; Banking Industry; Mexico; Latin America

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06 Oct 2016
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Edward Fertik, Yale University

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dollarDEX (1998-2007)

Retired chief executive, non-executive chairman

One of world's top 30 in online finance (Institutional Investor, March 2003). Wealth management firm in Asia, and has... View Details

08 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

emphasize that gender is far from the only identity that matters in cases. It’s critical that the protagonists whom learners encounter represent racial and other forms of diversity beyond gender, but we weren’t able to extend our... View Details

Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

information when it determines the value of sharing would be low and “the distraction it would cause would be significant.” This prompts the subject of our conversation today: Should compensation data be shared inside organizations? On what should a decision depend?... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

we running out of IPv4 addresses? Ben Edelman: In this respect, the Internet is a victim of its own success. The IP address system was never designed for the large, complicated, widely used Internet we enjoy today. We're fortunate in that we've gotten this View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications

19 Apr 2023
News

A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

performance data, options that so far have not reached their full potential in Latin American countries. Another startup, Diferente, tackles food waste. According to Forbes, the region's annual loss in food supplies represents 6 percent... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

of information and perspectives between the two firms, and led to a novel type of agreement. ABB would design and build the plant at a far lower cost than standard. Then, if ABB could reduce the cost even further, it would receive a... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

15 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

if people do well, it is only right that they should help to pay for the setup that made their success possible. More to FDR's point, people who do better should pay for more of that setup. FDR's reasoning is far from obsolete; our... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

30 Apr 2020
Book

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

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