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- 11 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Opportunities in the Plant-Based Economy
lucky to be treated to a group of highly accomplished speakers within the industry from a huge array of functions that explored the growing space from all angles. High level areas included cellular agriculture, alternative proteins, human... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
cleverest of the stock splitters, as it recognized that a high post-split stock price would allow the firm to complete stock financed acquisitions. As long as investors in the target company were willing to accept overpriced Livedoor... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
States needs to remain an attractive destination for foreign investment. Right now the US corporate tax rate is among the highest in the world. Do we have to make the same mistake with respect to capital gains? Third, using the notion of fairness as a defense of View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
Principles Jamal Motlagh Taking Tailoring High Tech Taking Tailoring High Tech Karen Moon Making Big Data Fashionable Making Big Data Fashionable Imran Amed Rethinking the Fashion Beat Rethinking the Fashion... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- News
Living the Legacy
HBX CORe, a three-course online program that teaches the fundamentals of business, he knew his children would benefit from the content and the high quality of instruction that had set the foundation for his own career success. Ray... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
must be nurtured and the transition to high growth must be managed. Once breakthrough innovations catch hold, growth must be funded and managed to exploit the full value of the opportunity. And finally, incremental innovations must ensure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Old Meets New: A Dinosaur Named Sue
millions of years, she is breaking new ground in terms of innovations in museum research and financing. Name: T. rex Sue Named after: Sue Hendrickson, fossil hunter Age: 67 million years Discovered: Badlands of South Dakota, 1990 Price at Auction: $8.4 million Size: 47... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Dean Clark on the New Academic Year
when it opens early next year. Plans are also on the drawing board for new facilities to house lifelong learning activities and academic activities related to faculty development and for an academic center and a major renovation of Baker Library. View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981)
Above: photo by JJ Sulin My senior year of high school, I got a job as a teacher’s aide at an inner-city school in Hartford, Connecticut. I saw firsthand the difference between the education I was getting five miles away and the education... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
focused on general merchandise, where retailers have a high cost of goods sold and where low perishability lets merchants hold inventory for an extended period. In contrast, recent discount voucher services have focused on sectors with... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
the worlds of technology and e-commerce gathered for the daylong "CEO Millennium Forum," an event jointly sponsored by HBS, Microsoft, Forrester Research, and the Wall Street Journal. The forum was also the subject of an hourlong... View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
more tentative for small firms than for large firms. Regarding points of access to capital, community banks have long been crucial to small business lending. But community bank failures have been high and few new ones have started up.... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
meltdowns in the days following a 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami that produced waves as high as 17 meters. The world is familiar with Daiichi's fate; less well known is the crisis at its sister plant, Daini, about 10 kilometers to the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
online travel guide business, he joined the Internet search giant as director of product management. He was the driving force behind the February 2011 launch of Social Search, which incorporates content shared or created on social media sites into Google search... View Details
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
recalls, at the thought that he would effectively be giving away the equivalent of millions of dollars worth advertising exposures. By the end of the conversation, they were excited enough that the idea expanded to a broader vision of doing economic research with a... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
it Fashion Inspired to work with innovative fashion companies within the industry, Girard began making connections. Through her efforts she was introduced to a venture backed technology company that built sustainable fashion businesses.... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)
Ideally, these companies can fund their projects with project finance since that has a lower cost of capital than venture dollars. However, infrastructure investors typically prefer established technologies that are derisked and have... View Details
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
that agglomeration of human capital—having a high concentration of highly educated residents—is really important,” says Kominers. Even so, “we were surprised to find it was so much more important than other factors, such as income.” In... View Details
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
publishers and retailers to social networks and gaming sites. Job growth on the Internet stands in sharp contrast to the US economy as a whole, which has suffered from high unemployment for years. The report found that the gross domestic... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
they had done for me," he says. "I taught a math or physics course a couple evenings a week. But I also used my teaching as a recruiting vehicle for NASA, to inspire bright students out of high school to go into our apprenticeship... View Details