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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
will be critical to how we think about processes, workflow, and our presence across HBS and Harvard. Our next steps will be to identify future needs as well as liaisons who will champion the work across units, administrative departments,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
because of the size and makeup of the audience it attracts." Of Fox's television contract with the NFL, Steve Greyser notes, "While many people thought Fox overpaid for its NFL rights, in reality it was a coup - with one stroke, the deal established Fox's credibility... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Kirlin received a patent for recessed lighting, to this day a landmark innovation for Kirlin and its customers. Throughout Detroit’s ups and downs, Kirlin has remained a stalwart manufacturing presence and loyal member of the community.... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
environment of rapid growth and extreme competition. Khanna: In our book we also discuss Haier Group in China, which has a major presence in the U.S.; Garanti Bank of Turkey, one of the most efficient banks anywhere; Cosan, in the sugar... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
revenues equal to that of the B2B side. As Aspiring Minds worked to establish a presence in China, cofounders Himanshu and Varun Aggarwal considered whether a B2B or B2C approach would best help the company achieve scale. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
to traditional incentives. To clarify the sources of this unresponsiveness within volunteering, we appeal to a classic explanation: targeting behavior. In particular, we provide a laboratory test of effort response to changes in wages, either accrued to individuals or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
Review 88 Abstract Many of our largest and most successful companies today did not exist 50 years ago. During this same time interval, companies that ranked among top in the 1960s have disappeared, been merged out of existence, or become much smaller View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
the probability of a borrowing firm becoming a target. We find that this effect is enhanced in cases where the target and acquirer have a relationship with the same bank and is robust to the inclusion of several firm characteristics including the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
historically lagged behind that of California and Massachusetts despite the presence of numerous drug companies and medical research institutions.) And she is not alone: Endeavor Insight, a nonprofit research outfit that examines the... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
Corsi, and Elisa FarriHarvard Business School Case 711-044 ABB, a power and automation Swiss engineering company had to decide if they wanted to be even more integrated into the Chinese economy, ABB's biggest market, or if they should instead increase their View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
this wealth-based discriminatory behavior using a laboratory study. Our experiment shows that individuals are more willing to illegally help peers when those peers drive standard rather than luxury cars and that envy and empathy mediate this effect. Collectively, our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
make more money.” The data back up that philosophy. A 2016 survey of publicly traded companies from the Peterson Institute for International Economics found that the presence of more women in top positions of corporate management... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
believe investing in women-led companies will make more money.” The data back up that philosophy. A 2016 survey of publicly traded companies from the Peterson Institute for International Economics found that the presence of more women in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
Jacobson’s vision. “Joe managed people by saying, ‘I don’t think you can do X, Y, and Z,’ which makes a 19- or 20-year-old want to immediately prove him wrong,” Wilcox remarks. Joined by the steadying presence of longtime publishing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
States, complete with fast-food chains and high-end malls. It’s a long way from our stay in the Zapotec villages. The companies we visit — Sealed Air, Femsa (Mexico’s largest beverage company), and ALFA — demonstrate the diversity and scale of multinational and Mexican... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54709 Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors By: Viceira, Luis M., and Zixuan (Kevin) Wang Abstract—This paper conducts a theoretical and empirical investigation of global portfolio diversification... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
are low, and some useless care is bought even when patients face the full cost. In the presence of behavioral hazard, welfare calculations using only the demand curve can be off by orders of magnitude or even be the wrong sign. We derive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
U.S.-born parents, while the second includes mostly older, separated women with some college education, a relatively higher share of whom are foreign born and have foreign-born parents. Our results demonstrate the presence of additional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
ambitious 20-year growth plan to transform her family's one-branch community bank into an institution with a substantial presence in southeastern Alabama. Harris Johnson was pleased, so far, with the results. Strategically they had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
factors in explaining the increased presence of NGOs in the last few decades: a trend towards more outsourcing of government services; new ventures by would-be not-for-profit "entrepreneurs"; and the increasing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace