Economics Of Information System - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2008
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Seth Klarman

been so relevant given the financial turmoil and distress in the world and the possibility that we could be reliving some sort of serious economic downturn. What’s wonderful about Graham and Dodd is that... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Takes Center Stage

chasing the American dream. I never thought I would be Dean of Harvard Business School.” When Harvard President Drew Faust called on May 4 to inform him that he was her choice, Nohria, drawing on his years... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

1991 to 1994, he served as the first senior associate dean, director of financial and information systems, at HBS. He has coauthored five books and written nearly two hundred cases and articles. The... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Alumni Book Briefs

loyalty) into a full-fledged management system that results in extraordinary financial and competitive results. They define the fundamental concept of Net Promoter; explain its connection to a company’s... View Details

Keywords: Information; Information; Information; Information

01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

back to basics," said Bruce Harreld (MBA '75), SVP of strategy at IBM. "Our goal is to increase the efficiency of organizational systems by creating software that remaps how... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 1996
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Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course

Wedgwood's archives in Staffordshire, Koehn had hundreds of pages of information on the company's founder, on mid-eighteenth-century popular British culture, and on customer... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

21 Mar 2024
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OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC

Marshall Toplansky (MBA 1976), known as the “Innovation Professor” at the Argyros College of Business and Economics at Chapman University in Orange, California. Marshall Toplansky (MBA 1976) The sold-out... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2010
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Jensen Donates Grant

impact on corporate finance, corporate governance, and law and economics, announced in January that he will donate the $200,000 cash grant to the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: awards; grants; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

02 Sep 2021
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Back to School

operations, drawing him to HBS. After receiving his MBA, Simmons took a job in Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s office as policy advisor and director of strategic initiatives, with a focus on education equity, workforce development, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2013
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High-Level Impact

Beginning this fiscal year, alumni and friends who make an annual commitment at levels of $5,000+, $10,000+, $25,000+, and $100,000+ to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation (formerly known as the Dean's Fund) will be recognized as... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know

Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell What examples from history can we reflect on as we begin to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Success for the Underserved

communities and individuals—such as women, military veterans, and people of color—to help them find jobs and career information. With a membership fee of only $25 a month, it's a business-opportunities... View Details

Keywords: Information; Information

09 Sep 2016
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MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

Richard Branson, where we did shark tagging. We funded a shark tagging expedition in the British Virgin Islands. And there was an effort ongoing, that we merged into, to provide the information required to show that sharks were important... View Details

17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

We’ve already seen the economics shift for a number of startups in battery development, battery recycling, carbon capture, solar development, and clean hydrogen. Within EVs, the IRA’s tax credit View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Five Bright Ideas

Article 26 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is a driving force behind the founding of ALISON.com, the online education company Mike Feerick launched in... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

system with an annual budget of only $10 million, helping network members get what they need to succeed as microfinance institutions and change agents. Under Barry's leadership, the organization has also led... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Reunion Snapshots

her husband, Charlie, started a small excavation company in Jacksonville, Florida. As the company grew, Charlie Barco enrolled in OPM to better understand the economic changes that were affecting their business in the 1970s. "When he got... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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In Character: A Case Discussion Drama

Danijela Surgeon & Unofficial Family Mediator “Why are we not selling? I’m confused.” “This family would fall apart without me here.” From Baker Library | Bloomberg Center: The World Economic Forum estimates that family businesses account... View Details