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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
Clarity and Concision By Soo Ping Lim (AMP 160, 2001) Write Editions Highly readable and succinct, Clearly Write provides direct, definitive and practical guidance on how to write with clarity and concision. The book is distilled from four decades of View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
Black’s original conjectures, and the author highlights refinements and additions to the original list. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50338 November 2015 Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Influence of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Lara Hodgson
your HBS experience impact your career? The two things I gained the most from HBS were 1) an ability to assess risk and creatively think about ways to manage it. Risk doesn’t scare me. Risk represents... View Details
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
to gain much traction and proposes measures that will better protect the rights of property owners. We asked Wells to discuss his research and experiences representing host governments in such negotiations,... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
sound like a throwback way of delivering care, but paired with a few critical 21st-century upgrades—technology-enabled efficiency and patient-centered design—this community-based care model may represent one of Japan’s best hopes for the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
what we find using data from the online platform we study, but we also confirmed this result in a nationally representative survey of consumers. At the market level, we find that more stringent occupational licensing regulation actually... View Details
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Guiding Principles for Conscious and Inclusive Description | Baker Library
individuals and organizations that are remembered and how they are represented in collection materials. We often describe people, organizations, and communities we are not part of, many of which historically have been, and continue to be,... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
brutality, and the injustices Black people continue to experience in American,” says DeShay, and the new music initiative will feature songs that “echo the need for change but offer up the approach of love and unity as means to creating a... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
There's a classic cartoon plot device that represents a struggle with temptation. A tiny angel pops up on the conflicted character's left shoulder, urging him to follow the path of righteousness. A tiny devil sits on his right shoulder,... View Details
- 01 May 2009
- What Do You Think?
Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
time or another have comprised the Fortune 100 since 1955 as well as some 90 non-U.S. based corporations. From the larger base, the authors selected 50 organizations whose experiences met the criteria for a stall and whose profiles were... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
2014. Based in Oakland, California, GCY was a five-year-old not-for-profit with a fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget of $3.5 million. Its mission was to make it much more the norm for graduating high school students in the U.S. to choose a "bridge year." GCY... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
departure of the board chairperson or departure of the independent director herself. The endgame effect is particularly strong, seeing 27% of the dissent issued at board "endgames," which represents only 4% of independent... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
Society to Create Competitive Advantage Harvard Business School Case 307-076 Focuses on the experience of China's largest shirt manufacturer in managing various aspects of government relations in China. Identifies a wide variety of social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
While James Hoagland is correct that in recent years there is a growing tendency to flip or resell buyouts after a rapid turnaround, the general experience is actually quite different. As I mentioned, holding periods and investment time... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
again: As the very first person to enroll in an innovative new health-care program in Massachusetts, she may be leading the way to medical coverage and care for the 47 million Americans who are currently uninsured. Rhenisch’s experience... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
Because of the variability of individual IC member investment expertise, it was difficult to judge the performance of the set of companies solely on the experience of the members. In an effort to evaluate the companies in aggregate, the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
interact in this new ecosystem—and the long-term viability of the sector. Tiffany Norwood (MBA 1994) is reconsidering the whole gaming experience as cofounder of Emortal Sports. The fledgling video game publisher is developing several... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
Africa produces 20 percent of Africa's GNP, an astounding figure considering its population of 41 million represents less than 6 percent of the continent. "South Africa is a regional superpower," echoes HBS associate professor Robert J.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? We use a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel