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Market Perspectives - Course Catalog

cases explore concrete situations that highlight the challenges and tradeoffs of decision-makers. Issues explored include: education, urban development, illegal drugs, rent control, housing, drug pricing, racial references, corporate... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care

Association’s conference held on campus in early November. The three-day conference included presentations by industry executives, government officials, and HBS faculty on topics ranging from trends in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries to medical product... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

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Sekou Calliste

its focus on leadership. Even though I've been in the United States since 2001, I want to return to my home, Trinidad. When I do, I want to exhibit the skills I've honed, to use them for the benefit of the island and the entire Caribbean... View Details

03 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

costs decrease and as the benefits from outsourcing the use of intellectual property increases. We also examine how different licensing arrangements affect the relation between the variance of the returns to the intellectual property and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Norton Abstract—Four studies reveal the benefits of relationship rituals: couples with relationship rituals report more positive emotions and greater relationship satisfaction and commitment than those without them. We show that rituals... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

public would be more receptive to the reforms you suggest and have a better understanding of the benefits associated with them? A: Investors continue to see the benefits from equity investing. However, they... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

layoffs lead to mistakes that undermine companies’ corporate goals. Doing a layoff for the right reason is not just smart strategically, it’s smart organizationally, since employees are more likely to stay engaged and work through the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

01 Mar 2012
News

Social Investing Pioneers

simple enough. Investors fund nonprofit social ventures whose interventions result in a measurable social benefit as well as a financial savings to the government. (Government saves money, for example, when fewer people are homeless or... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

25 Oct 2006
Op-Ed

Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance

The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts. Don't like the timing of the stock option grant you got or the strike price of the contract? No worries! It turns out that this is... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

the cost and schedule overruns. In general, I think the project would have benefited from more "for-profit" incentives—if there's not clear incentives to be efficient and make profits, people won't. To address this concern in... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

up to the point where the benefit of the marginal project is just equal to the cost. Because labor is a key input to innovation when the opportunity cost of time is lower, such as during school breaks or time off from work, we find that... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

Confronting greater media scrutiny and an ever-increasing number of shareholder resolutions focusing on executive pay, Corporate America continues to support current pay practices as a product of "the market." Not too long ago,... View Details

Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

social impact. This registered benefit corporation was formed by Davis Smith who coalesced his experiences as a Wharton MBA student along with professional knowledge from an unpaid internship in Peru and his... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 9

of Central America does more than just advance our understanding of the national and global consequences of the Panama Canal and the imperialist motives and influences of the United States. In an age where everyone is looking for new models to capture the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

she was president of the Fidelity Personal Investments unit of Fidelity Investments, serving 4 million customers with $500 billion in assets. She answers our questions in this e-mail Q&A. Poping Lin: We are familiar with the benefits... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin

December 2019 (Revised December 2021)
Supplement

Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (B)

By: Christine Exley, John Beshears, Manuela Collis and Davis Heniford

Supplements the (A) case and describes the events following it View Details

Keywords: Equal Pay; Negotiation; Compensation and Benefits; Equality and Inequality; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Corporate Governance; Lawsuits and Litigation; Sports; Sports Industry; United States

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30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

meet the goals and the financial benefits of doing so. It didn’t help that Unilever had consistently failed to deliver on its promises in recent years. Polman emphasized the novelty of the business model underlying the USLP, but from... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 May 2023
Blog Post

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

and Trademark Office—when nonstop flights increase by 10 percent. The firms that benefitted most from nonstop flights tended to be bigger innovators overall, with more inventor stock and higher R&D spending. Many of these companies... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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1.6 Degree Requirements | MBA

achievement implies the following three conditions for the award of the MBA degree: The candidate must possess the basic intellectual capacity to have benefited from the academic work of the MBA Program, and to continue to grow in... View Details

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

environment not by doing nothing, but by accelerating past organizational routines based on established assumptions.— Donald N. Sull The benefits of this knowledge sharing, however, are likely to decline over time as the industry settles... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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