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27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

investment in Duck Creek Technologies, a technology provider for property & casualty insurance companies. The deal required a complex carve-out from Accenture, Duck Creek’s parent organization, and several operational improvements to... View Details

22 Aug 2024
Blog Post

LM Wind Power Test and Validation Center

most cutting-edge technology and highest quality turbine blades, which it sells to companies such as Vestas, Siemens, and GE, LM Wind’s parent company.Below is a photo of our team in front of the first-ever offshore wind turbine blade... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Steven Rogers

the corner store, and helped his mother, a single parent of four, sell furniture at weekend flea markets. Although his family was "periodically on welfare" and food stamps were a regular part of life, Rogers... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Retail Trade

28 Jun 2016
First Look

June 28, 2016

businesses. The strategy literature uses real option theory to explain the transition to scale, but does not consider the complex relationships between corporate ventures and their parent organizations. By comparing six longitudinal cases... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Feb 2021
News

A Playbook for Progress

I called it different boats, because all of my team members, we were all experiencing the same thing, but we were in different boats. I had some, the parents were in the whitewater rafting boat. I mean, it was so tumultuous in terms of... View Details

30 Apr 2021
News

Revealing the Rules

Courtesy Gorick Ng Courtesy Gorick Ng A first-generation college student and professional, Gorick Ng became a self-taught master of trial and error from an early age. When he was 14, his mother—a single parent—lost her job at a... View Details

02 Oct 2017
News

Radical Generosity for the Real World

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Growing up in a single parent household outside of Chicago, Ami Campbell's (MBA 1997) thoughts on money were mainly focused on... View Details

15 Nov 2024
News

Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details

05 May 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

country where we knew not a single soul. I still remember the evening we moved into our new home. We could not figure out why children with scary costumes were roaming menacingly around the neighborhood, or worse, knocking on our door and... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Sole Mates

reforming the judiciary, and cracking the mysteries of forest and climate interaction. And then there are my Liberian friends outside of work. Many of them are young people who, while earning $100 or $200 a month, take care of their children (usually as View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

24 May 2023
News

Balancing Acts

stroke; a solo parent to two sons, 11 and 14 years old, she takes a very centered, practical approach to managing her time. Depelsha Thomas McGruder: I would say my top three tips for living a balanced life. Well, one thing I said very... View Details

Keywords: work-life balance; happiness; family

14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

into account the role of contextual features. We conclude with a discussion of key themes, unresolved issues, and promising research directions. Effects of Description of Options on Parental Perinatal Decision-Making Authors:Marlyse F.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs between rich countries. The share of vertical FDI (subsidiaries which provide inputs to their parent firms) is larger than commonly thought, even... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

that these are the most difficult times in memory for many, if not most people. Parents struggle to balance the demands of remote work and homeschooling. Employees who live alone strain to stay focused while isolated from loved ones and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Dec 2022
News

Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us

map and messy go-to-market motion. At the same time, zeroing in on a single market too early can mean missing the most durable and compelling long-term segment. My guidance is to follow Sutton’s law: “I rob banks because that’s where the... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library

graduate, accepted a research position at Polaroid in 1941. Her first assignment involved Vectographs: 3-D images used in aerial reconnaissance during the war. A Polaroid Vectograph consists of a single photograph with two superimposed... View Details

24 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Do We Tax?

it's easiest to consider this question: Why do we tax? Different people give different answers, and most of us tend to think of a number of answers ourselves. Economists who study taxation, however, have assumed—with few exceptions—a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services

14 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization

For Danika Manso-Brown (HGSE ’18), the life of an activist was one she was born into and one she has made her own. “My parents met organizing a labor union, so the work of creating justice and thinking about humanity was a central part of... View Details