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- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
saving the fish. You still have to spend any amount of money you can to protect it." It's easy to count the damages to the farmer, he added, but very difficult to value the damage caused by the extinction of the smelt. "The... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
agree. In Japan, for example, Professor Lynda M. Applegate is working on a case on the launch of Nasdaq Japan. "This new venture is developing a hybrid financial market model for Japan that integrates Nasdaq's U.S. View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
liberalism" and argue for their relevance to the contemporary global economy. The most essential principle is the need for markets to enjoy social legitimacy, because their political sustainability ultimately depends on it. From this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
enterprise, the future is not something that just happens. It is something they create. —Richard S. Tedlow A born empire builder, Carnegie could see in the early 1870s that steel was destined to transform the material basis of civilization. View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
good ROI.” Diniz began to brainstorm with Paulo Puterman, a friend studying to get his PhD in biotechnology at the University of São Paulo who also happened to be focused on the highly efficient elephant grass/electricity equation. “After a year of talking we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
rest of us—keep up with technology’s relentless march? Have we gone as far as the eye can see? Told in five parts, Becoming, Transforming, Observing, Showing, and Curating, this book shows how each revolution in seeing has determined who we have become—and how we might... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
submitted were quite a bit different from what they first showed me.” A member of Staples’ original management team, Krasnow is currently a domain expert in marketing at Highland Capital Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm. I... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
valuable IP," he says. "That IP tends to be lost, or picked up for little money by companies that don't contribute to the competitiveness of the technology industry. I like salvaging them, then selling them to big corporate buyers. The... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
Tawan Davis (MBA 2006) was 15 years old when he first recognized an issue prevalent in American cities. “I asked my grandmother why everyone else had money and we didn’t,” recalls Davis, who grew up in Portland, Oregon, now one of the... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
the oats for Cheerios,” she remembers. “I had the great fortune to go to headquarters periodically, and decided to move to the marketing division.” She spent most of her time in the company’s Big G Division, working with products such as... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 26 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
(PPE)ople First: Bringing Critical Personal Protective Equipment to Boston Hospitals
(HBS 2021) to raise money to purchase PPE for local Boston Hospitals. The Beginning Our initiative started in late March with an MBA student, Sophie Bai (HBS 2020), and an HBS professor, Jeff Bussgang. Having witnessed the spread of the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
way to class each day, discussing coursework and cases in their spare moments. After working as a teaching fellow at HBS for a year and delivering her second son, Marcelo joined Upromise, a start-up that helps families save money for... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
purposes. They can provide effective and efficient services, but they have a short-term focus and, appropriately, go where the money is. After all, that is their obligation to their stockholders." Herzlinger noted that, unlike business... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
cofounder of Intuit, the world leader in software for personal and small business finance. After studying economics and math at the University of Southern California and earning his MBA, he learned the ropes of product marketing at... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Cure All
How would you advise them? Leemore Dafny: What I’d say is something that holds true in most health care service markets in the United States: You should think about what market position you occupy, how it is... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
regional and final pitches. “That was the best part about it. The club connected us with four advisors to coach us for the pitch in the New York region and helped us craft our story more succinctly. And more powerfully, they connected us with investors.” Gruskin says... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
disclose extensive financial information. Thus Koehn and her team had to search high and low to try to piece together Winfrey's business model and understand her company's revenues, costs, and competitive advantage in the crowded, rivalrous View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
change, oil companies are diversifying their businesses, putting money toward renewable energy sources and green technology. While sustainable funds shun fossil fuel producers, which contribute half of the world’s greenhouse gases,... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55999 forthcoming Journal of Accounting Research The Role of Gatekeepers in Capital Markets By: Srinivasan, Suraj, and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract—Gatekeepers in financial View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
908-068 In this case we look at the design and development of an unconventional market, where neither money nor traditional "goods" are exchanged. Kidney exchange is an idea pioneered by HBS professor and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace