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07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

26 May 2015
Blog Post

5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn

the professor typically concludes the case discussion early to give the protagonist time to address the class. He/she will often provide an update on the salient challenge(s) he/she faced in the case, respond to specific comments made by... View Details

19 Jan 2016
News

Electric Avenues

percent. The resulting reduction in pickups didn’t just save on collection time. “European cities have very narrow streets,” says Satyam, “and now there were fewer recycling trucks blocking traffic.” Sensors play a big role in Cisco’s work View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

11 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

definite advance over the arbitrary overhead allocations done by traditional standard cost systems, many companies abandoned ABC or updated their model only infrequently, because of the high time and cost associated with re-estimating the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

07 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts

right approach.” In the new working paper The Impact of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Teixeira and HBS Assistant Professor Donald Ngwe propose that online stores take a page from their brick-and-mortar... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

managers do can have great impact on their workers, says Professor Teresa Amabile. In this conversation with Professor Mike Roberts, she updates her ongoing research on creativity in the workplace by investigating how people's intense... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Jun 2023
News

Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

of directors recognized the immediate past copresidents, Eduardo Russian (MBA 2018), Shirley Cardona (MBA 2012), and Lulu Curiel (MBA 2010) for their service to the club. Board member Eric Calderon (MBA 2013) gave an update on Latino... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

14 Nov 2024
News

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

advertisers' signup with competing paid search providers—thereby hindering competition in search engine advertising. Google has long offered an application programming interface ("API") by which advertisers can submit advertisements to Google, monitor their... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

30 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

to consider selling your legacy business, we congratulate you. You (and all your stakeholders) will hopefully realize the fruits of generations of hard work and sacrifices. Plus, selling your family business presents wonderful opportunities. You can View Details

Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail

24 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say (Part 2)

having the strength to update those principles when required—and an HBS MBA is the ultimate chance to do just that. Do you think you could have achieved your short-term goals without an MBA? Not a chance. The HBS network and the... View Details

Web

Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

and Organization The course meets every other week so that students can provide updates on their progress and receive feedback from the teaching team and their peers. During the weeks when we do not meet in-person, students are expected... View Details

23 Mar 2020
News

Signal Boost

notes, although representation across an organization is a valuable first step. For her team, it’s about what follows. “What I’m focusing on right now is, what’s next?” says Lara. “We’re updating our programming to focus more on things... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

cattle ranching. To learn the value of his crop, a farmer could turn on the radio for regular market updates from commodity exchanges. But prices of the seeds and chemical fertilizer used to grow those crops were not listed anywhere; a... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

21 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand

of time produces more lasting value than occasional marathon-like investments. "If you make it a habit, it'll take less time than you realize." Your regularly scheduled social media time should be focused on two things: Getting View Details

12 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 12

Talent Partners (B) Robert G. Eccles and Penelope RossanoHarvard Business School Supplement 411-085 B) case updates company changes since the (A) case. Key updates include leadership and management... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

leaders can express their values through their companies’ operations and the extent to which companies should provide reasonable accommodation for employee faith practices. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/318127-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

it had pledged to its early childhood education program, Group Up Great, in 2003. The case serves as an update to the "PNC Financial: Grow Up Great (A)" case, which outlined the design and implementation of the program and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

in the Rich and King (or, "rich and regal") category. As these projects evolve, I post updates to my research blog, where I also welcome feedback on those results and on new research ideas. View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

24 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307070 Nike Inc.: Heading Toward 2010 Harvard Business School Case 207-105 This is a short case (2 pages), which can be distributed and discussed in class as an update through... View Details