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- 07 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?
of micro and macroeconomics was one of the things I was most looking forward to about business school. I had heard that HBS did a great job of supporting people like me in... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
company, explains the former American Express marketing executive, an online firm "must delay profitability to build brand equity." In other ways, however, doing business on the Web is unique. Like mountain climbing, Carpenter says, it's not for the faint View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
capital, when strategically deployed, can really speed up social change,” he said. With those two experiences in mind, Mbanusi applied to business school with an eye towards impact investing. “I wanted to explore what it would look like... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
Starting a business is never easy. But staking your future — and your bank account — on a concept that’s never been tried before makes it especially difficult. Just ask Stephen Stuntz (MBA ’69), the founder and president of Greentech... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
Lakhani said the question comes down to this: Do we have the right labor force? His research team recently held a three-weeklong contest that looked to improve the accuracy and processing speed of an... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Tech Standards By: Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6174/972.figures-only August 2013 Management Science Observation Bias: The Impact of Demand Censoring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
regime of civil liability as currently designed may not have been seen as a source of economic value for outside investors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-072.pdf Observation Bias:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home
people will not shirk and will be responsible. Has coronavirus changed your remote work research at all? Choudhury: I've started multiple projects, especially trying to understand how companies and workers are scrambling to adjust to this... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006
levels of company sophistication. The index explores a country's prosperity, measured by its level of gross domestic product per capita adjusted for purchasing power. "The... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
inherited from Britain had better investment protection than countries which inherited civil law systems from Spain. This literature points to a major effect on financial development, which in turn impacted the nature and speed View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
http://hbr.org/search/813018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 113-001 Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers This case illustrates the importance of choosing a primary customer as the basis for organization design. Cross Country... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization
because, as Manso- Brown stated, “organizations need to create environments where people can show up with the full humanity recognized every single day.” Without this important aspect of organizational policy and culture, View Details
- 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
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
CEOs (2002) and From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession (2007). While boards have improved in recent... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
efforts they could have a powerful collective impact on the country. By the time of the BEE Commission Charnley found herself at the top of the pyramid, but she had come from the bottom, growing up in Elsies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
and what the best next steps should be in terms of his career. The case also discusses his work and leaderships styles; his personal life, including his relationship with his wife; and how he has adjusted to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
feels they are responsible—than ever before. The public itself is a powerful stakeholder that is increasingly demanding about issues ranging from the environment to employee benefits. With the incredible speed and reach View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
buildings and homes so they’re warmer in summer and cooler in winter has more impact than a lot of technology fixes for those same buildings.” Attitude adjustment can be driven by financial forces. Says... View Details
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
Most of the companies I've studied don't pay a whole lot of attention to the way they grant options. Their directors and executives assume that the important thing is just to have a plan in place; the... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
In the wake of the financial crisis and the massive federal response, it has become fashionable to declare that “too big to fail is too big to exist.” Powerful lawmakers and popular commentators regularly endorse this notion, promising to... View Details