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IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud | Information Technology
testing and iteration without significant capital investment, physical infrastructure, or long-term commitments. The cloud allows for seamless scaling based on demand, facilitates more efficient staff management of resources, and provides... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
is the wrong discussion ...Instead of creating the equivalent of mini-401(k) accounts, the focus on social security reform should be on the income side. By utilizing an institutionally-provided defined benefit approach that better integrates investment and annuity... View Details
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
pre-selection by a menu setter. We develop a model to study the relation between the ability of the menu setter and the size and quality of the menu. We show that when the cost of increasing the size of the menu is sufficiently small, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
There was a time when human activity in outer space was a highly centralized, government-led endeavor, says Professor and Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl. But that era has passed: Over the past two decades, a calcified space bureaucracy has given way to a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
were moments of magic that reminded me of Star Wars and the video games I played growing up,” he says. But it’s a long way from amateur get-togethers to a TV-ready, professional sport. Backed by $12 million in venture capital (a figure... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
balance sheet instead of raising our cash dividends or buying back shares?; Do we have the optimal capital structure, with the lowest weighted after-tax cost of total capital, including debt and equity?; Do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
industries — from automotive and semiconductors, to banking and pharmaceuticals. Citing the falling costs of computing and advances in simulation and combinatorial technologies, he urges companies to View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
administration in February proposed phasing out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-sponsored enterprises whose collective missteps have cost taxpayers more than $134 billion since being placed in... View Details
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
in wind and solar power generation and is committed to driving the transition to a decarbonized energy future. As one of the top five largest capital deployers in the U.S., NextEra has been a driving force behind significant investments... View Details
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From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024
noteworthy considering the challenges that confronted HBS and other academic institutions this year, from an economic landscape marked by higher operating costs to an increasingly complex global political climate that created pressure on... View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
on how they communicate with the capital markets and how the markets respond to the disclosure event. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51752 Carbon Tariffs: Effects in Settings with Technology Choice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis suggests that total factor productivity (TFP) of multi-store retail chains fell after the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
corporate strategy—create value by becoming known for better governance and greater transparency to external providers? Can they lower their cost of capital and perhaps get a valuation premium based on the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
Conference on November 7. Beaulieu's research focuses on many aspects of healthcare—including contracting, quality competition in managed care, and human capital management and performance measurement. At the session, she prodded her... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
Even as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomed a "war on air pollution" in China's eastern cities, which involves utilizing synthetic natural gas, this comes at the price of huge amounts of coal-fired energy and huge increases in China's contribution to global CO2... View Details
- 07 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change
works out to a 35 percent chance in a span of 30 years if nothing else changes). The hotel’s owners should be balancing the near-term known cost of reinforcement—that is, investing in resilience—against the unknown but much higher... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
On August 31, 2016, many investors celebrated the 40th birthday of one of the world’s most successful financial instruments: the mutual index fund, created by Vanguard founder John C. Bogle. Index funds, which automatically track an index of stocks such as the S&P... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
said Howson, who focuses on mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and capital markets in his firm's Beijing office. The creation of domestic capital markets, increasing access to foreign capital, legal... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- May 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Teaching Note
Lincoln Financial Meets the Financial Crisis (TN)
By: Robert C. Pozen
Teaching Note for 310137. View Details