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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
his MBA at Harvard, he served in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps from 1943 to 1946 before returning to HBS to continue his education and launch his teaching career. In the mid-1950s, he played a major role in developing the concept of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
and Indian scientists and engineers have made an unexpectedly large contribution to U.S. technology formation over the last thirty years, according to new research by Assistant Professor William Kerr. But that trend may be ebbing, with... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
investments, threatening the performance of both individual firms and the U.S. economy. I argue that short-termism also invites institutional corruption. I define that as institutionally supported behavior that-while not necessarily... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
in the flat $20 billion U.S. toy industry, however, is educational toys. The educational toy market is difficult to track. More a self-defined than official category, it likely approaches $3 billion in annual sales. Increasingly, toy... View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
creative destruction following U.S. banking deregulations using Census Bureau data. U.S. banking reforms brought about exceptional growth in both entrepreneurship and business closures. The vast majority of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
reduce the total dollar volume of contracts with accused firms; however, they substitute approximately 14% of the harder-to-monitor cost-plus contracts for fixed-price contracts. This effect is concentrated in the procurement of services... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Lehman Brothers - Introduction | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Brothers, stretching over a century and a half, reflects the role of investment banking in the development and growth of the U.S. economy. Founded in the mid-nineteenth century, the family partnership evolved from a general store to a... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
prepay for participating merchants' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can benefit affiliated merchants: price discrimination and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
can be off-line at any one time. Terry says the percentage rises to 50% inoperable in Texas and D.C.; nowhere are more than 90% of the stations fully operational. By contrast, 150,000 gas stations in the U.S. provide multiple pumps, run... View Details
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Black History Month | Baker Library
Data Drop: 5 Charts on Black Consumers’ Attitudes Toward Advertising Use Crunchbase's (in-library only) "Diversity Spotlight" feature, where you can filter for U.S. start-ups founded & led by Black individuals Contemporary Collections... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
roll out a similar model beyond India—maybe even into Europe and the U.S. What's the secret? According to HBS professor Tarun Khanna, the success of the hospital, called Narayana Hrudayalaya, is due to the vision and tireless work of a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
Americans of the second half of the 20th century. But regardless of how history may judge his record, McNamara’s decades of service in the public and private sectors enable him to speak with singular authority about the strengths and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
as Egyptian and Syrian disengagement accords with Israel following their 1973 war. Along with diverse political leaders, diplomats, and business executives, every U.S. President since John F. Kennedy—including President-elect Donald Trump... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
the supply of riskless short-term bills. Such reasoning seems to have been borne out in Treasury policy during the height of the financial crisis, when the U.S. Treasury issued $350 billion of short-term bills within a week of Lehman... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
opened for business, thus changing the face of both world trade and military power and playing a pivotal role in the rise of the United States on the world stage. Today we view the creation of the Panama Canal as a story of U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
PublicationsOptimizing Organic Waste to Energy Operations Authors:Bariş Ata, Deishin Lee, and Mustafa H. Tongarlak Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract A waste-to-energy firm that recycles... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
based upon firm and agglomeration economy traits. We test our framework on the U.S. location choices of new manufacturing entrants between 1985 and 1994 and find that firms are far more attracted to skilled labor and specialized suppliers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Program Policies - HBS Online
Union, refunds will be paid by check and mailed via the United States Postal Service (USPS). Participants may request a withdrawal without refund only if they have completed less than half of the Program.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
"Harvard 'B' for Peace." It was an extraordinary introduction to student life at the B-School, and as events such as the student killings at Kent State and Jackson State, the U.S. invasion of Cambodia, and the trial of the Chicago Seven... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
would not be achieved even if the product offered a payout ratio comparable to U.S. insurance contracts. We present evidence suggesting that lack of trust, liquidity constraints, and limited salience are significant non-price frictions... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel