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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
for us setting up our student union. FEBRUARY–MARCH 1968: Founding AASU READ MORE View the special online Baker Library | Bloomberg Center exhibit, Agents of Change: The Founding and Impact of the African-American Student Union Read about... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Global e-Business Leader at Braxton, formerly Deloitte Consulting) urge managers to think as though they were settlers of a new business frontier that has been carved out by forces such as technology, societal change, political strife, and View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
domestic terrorism organization known as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). White supremacist organizations arose in response to the political empowerment, economic independence, and social revival that was seen in Black communities during... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
human potential. It has made the US an economic powerhouse. It has played a major role in capital being allocated to the most productive uses. Free enterprise has led to the creation of a staggering number of jobs that support families... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
In this episode of Skydeck, contributor April White speaks to WuDunn about what led to the fragile economic conditions of blue-collar America, what solutions are being developed to address those issues, and how the current COVID-19 crisis... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
2021 AUGUST 12 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation recently announced that it has established a $100 million Social Impact Investment Fund “aimed at advancing racial equity through economic development, especially in predominantly Black and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
team, an experience that convinced him that he needed more management skills. By his own recollection, he was virtually “clueless” about the very special place to which he was heading. His application to the MBA Program caught the... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Publications 2013 pub Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World By: Ashraf, Nava Abstract—Why doesn't a woman who continues to have unwanted pregnancies avail herself of the free contraception... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
question that firms and policy makers need to be thinking about is just what type of good is software? The answer to this question may be shifting just as economic and social life becomes dependent upon a common computing infrastructure.... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- Profile
Ruzwana Bashir
Economics at Oxford and became the first British Asian woman to become president of the Oxford Union, the famed debate society that spawned a long line of notable British political figures. “At Oxford, I didn’t have a firm idea on... View Details
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Harvard Business School and Polaroid - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Effect of Federal Taxes on Growing Enterprises . Study No. 2 focused on Polaroid as representative of the post-war financial issues facing new, expanding firms without large capital resources. Both graduates of Harvard's economics... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
David F., Eric C. So, and Charles C.Y. Wang Publication:Journal of Accounting & Economics Abstract Firms with central or well-connected boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. Initiating a long position in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
quantifies immigrant contributions to new firm creation in a wide variety of fields and using multiple definitions. While significant research effort has gone into understanding the economic impact of immigration into the United States,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
pressure paradox." Here's how it develops: as pressure mounts, team members start driving toward consensus in ways that shut out vital information. Without even realizing it, they give more weight to shared knowledge and dismiss View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
are recognized in a special event with their families and the Dean during graduation week. Dean’s Award Press Release MBA Faculty Teaching Awards MBA students recognized four faculty with Faculty Teaching Award honors for their excellence... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
Authors:David Goldreich and Hanna Halaburda Abstract The economic literature on choice focuses on individuals' decisions when faced with a given menu. However, the menu itself is often the result of preselection by a menu setter. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
for work, entertainment, and shopping. As hubs proliferate and expand their reach, the danger is that they will exacerbate economic inequality and threaten social stability. It is thus incumbent on all stakeholders—traditional companies,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
have to live and fulfill certain obligations to others, but they're also intense experience junkies. When members started to drift off to work on these piecework deals, they stopped having the kind of preparation experiences that they once had. Q: What was View Details
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
Wegrzyn cited (1) "incredible pressure from the economic side," (2) "incredible instability," and (3) a resulting "dog-eat-dog attitude." Dennis Hopwood said, "In the end, it's all about making the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
many new banks. There was no telling what the economic impact of the bill's special bank note provisions would be. Once the bill passed the legislature, Governor Marcy had to decide whether to sign this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace