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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
illicit money that flows out of developing and transitional economies. These sums — corrupt, criminal, and commercially tax-evading in origin — are staggering, estimated at some $500 to $750 billion annually. The biggest part of this is... View Details
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
solving the problem was of critical importance for the firm, management decided to break from convention and the disclose the specifics of the problem to a large group of unknown "outside" scientists requesting a solution in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
the workforce. Companies also pay a price, both directly and indirectly, often in ways they don’t fully understand, the report found. The Gazette spoke with its author Joseph B. Fuller, professor of management practice and co-chair of the... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna
Serrena Iyer (MBA 2018) Working in the entertainment industry is a dream come true for Serrena Iyer, who after graduating from HBS landed at the aptly named DreamWorks Animation as senior manager of strategy and operations. It’s a passion... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
profits would have to go to charity. "To make money off that would be so tacky," he noted. From the outset, Newman eschewed costly market research and ignored industry wisdom that new product launches initially lose substantial sums of... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
are moving their money together based on the same sentiments. “Today, we have truly global asset managers that make it easy and cheap for any investor to invest in every market. This facilitates the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
sort of technology with which to do that, even if they wanted to. We’re already seeing the current implementation of the Ethereum network have trouble managing the number of transactions people are making, such that transaction fees can... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
that "firm performance and top management compensation are inversely related." And this may not have taken into account the large severance payments made to those being asked to leave their leadership jobs because of mediocre... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
June 2012 working paper, Key Drivers of Successful Implementation of an Employee Suggestion-Driven Improvement Program. Tucker is an associate professor in the Technology and Operations Management unit, and the Marvin Bower Fellow at HBS.... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- Profile
Mike Maples Jr.
an early investor in Twitter, Weebly, Bazaarvoice, Twitch, Chegg, Demandforce and a raft of others, Maples has been on a long and profitable roll. Part of his success came from his personal experience as an entrepreneur. Having co-founded Motive, an Austin-based... View Details
- 13 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part
rolled in quickly and that money was put to use in the community. Looking towards the future, the ARF leadership team wants to build on their momentum and increase long term engagement. “We want to become an evergreen foundation to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
managers who, with little of their own money at risk, were spending corporate resources on ill-conceived diversification and empire-building campaigns." "Unfortunately," Jensen concludes, "too much of the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower Retrofitting buildings in inner cities is just one element of BlocPower’s groundbreaking sustainability strategy. In this episode of Climate Stories, BlocPower’s General Manager Keith... View Details
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
increasingly using ML to manage many aspects of their business operations. “There’s been an explosion,” Teodorescu says. “It’s becoming less of a field in itself and more and more of a tool for people in other fields to use.” In a new... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
other factors when seeking startup opportunities. "Businesses where there are high margins available with low economies of scale are more likely to survive," he says, citing institutional money management as... View Details
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
capital market. Analysts and money managers are mostly worried about quarterly performance. That filters all the way back to management, which feels pressure to deliver good numbers for the next quarter's... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
1-3). In our final two studies, we highlight two boundary conditions for this effect: identifying a specific gift and using money as a gift. When gift recipients request one specific gift, rather than providing a list of possible gifts,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
regulations,” he said. Dimon also agreed with criticisms of excessive executive compensation. “There were a lot of people who in hindsight wound up making a lot of money who didn’t deserve it.” As for politicians, Dimon railed against... View Details
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
Gino, F., and C. Mogilner Abstract—Money, a resource that absorbs much daily attention, seems to be present in much unethical behavior thereby suggesting that money itself may corrupt. This research examines a way to offset such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
Domingo, managing director of O&V Associates, said established Latin American companies face a situation in which their markets are no longer protected by national interests and suddenly face competition on all sides. Andres Obregon... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette