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Shad Membership Eligibility HBS Alumnus and domestic partners of members of the HBS community are welcome to sign up for membership at Shad. No other family members are eligible. For detailed information about these standards, please read... View Details

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

result of my arrogance from 30,000 feet. I failed to get the other groups invested in the program. I completely fiddle-dee-deed the long-lead timetable. I delegated the entire project to a handsome but clueless assistant product manager. When it became clear that this... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

Product is Worth the Price (37,030) Are consumers more likely to buy if they see the price before viewing the product? Uma Karmarkar and colleagues scan the brains of shoppers to find out. How Hormones... View Details

24 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

first refusal, but only a four-month window to raise the capital needed to head off Temasek's bid. Hilmi and Arifin Panigoro are considering a two-stage plan: a Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO) to be followed by a secondary equity offering at a share View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Harness Auction Fever

little about why this sale surprised the auction community? Deepak Malhotra: Auctioneers are often able to predict selling prices pretty accurately. In this particular auction, actual prices were... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology

23 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

prices largely on economic terms. The shale revolution and advancements in LNG, as I saw it, had consequences that could largely be understood in terms of dollars and cents. This case showed me that perspective was wrong, and that the... View Details

17 Jan 2019
News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

creation plans.” What is your favorite HBS case and why? Pradhan: “I don’t know if it is my favorite, but a case that comes to mind that I really enjoyed was “Europe, Russia and the Age of Gas Revolution.” I’d always thought about natural gas View Details

26 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

patents that contain no applicant prior art. Taken together, our findings suggest that heterogeneity in firm-level patenting practices, in particular by high-volume applicants, has a strong influence on the data. This suggests that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

to restructure home mortgages in a manner homeowners can afford is at the heart of our financial crisis. We have paid a terrible price for not addressing the foreclosure crisis at its inception, but it is never too late to start. How can... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

initial pricing of those securities. The pricing of equity is largely determined by the long-term performance of the firm, whereas the pricing of debt is limited on the upside,... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

the best of the automobile—private on-demand service to many destinations, no delays for others to get on or off, and great flexibility for later expansion. Add the key advantages of public transit—a dedicated guideway without delays from... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

23 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

a question related to whether the poor should be helped by the government or if they should help themselves, while the measure of luck is the share of the oil industry in the state's economy multiplied by the price of oil. The correlation... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients

another case in point. “Patients see their primary care physician, who advises them on insulin therapy, but no one follows up to make sure patients are taking their insulin,” he says. Why not? Doctors aren’t paid for those follow-up... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

less, but you still have to get people to your site. There is no price that will cause people to allocate between different choices, which makes this unlike any other market activity.” The bursty nature of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

01 Apr 1997
News

Facing the Music

actually released in 1995. The year brought no major new musical genre to generate album sales the way rap and alternative rock had in previous years. "Product returns from financially pinched retailers were very heavy last year,... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

cycles The crisis demonstrates, painfully, the importance of cash. In his famous essay "The Yield from Money Held,” the economist William Hutt described cash in your pocket or on the balance sheet as “a fire engine when there are no... View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

01 Feb 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

businesses often answer unmet wants and needs that they see on a local level." Gopal Padinjaruveetil asked " where is the wealth created? In the case of small business the wealth is created in the local economy." Gerald Nanninga commented that " it... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

deficit that drives up interest rates. She cares if we have a huge current account deficit and import everything from elsewhere. Her own business might erode to the point of failure. Finally, the American cares because our economic performance affects exchange rates.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai

segregate, sort, and dry waste - including paper, glass, metal, and plastic - to send to a recycling facility that generates cleaned pellets repurposed for lower grade use. Tackling Mumbai’s waste is no easy feat: the city generates 6,300... View Details

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

Author: M. H. Bazerman Publication: In Acting in Time on Energy Policy, edited by David T. Ellwood and Kelly Gallagher. Brookings, in press No abstract is available at this time. Interactivity's Unanticipated Consequences for Markets and... View Details