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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
So it’s not clear that consolidation necessarily limits consumer choice. But if news or opinion is sold like supermarket cereal, there’s only room on the shelves for what most pleases most people. Ideally, the public interest would View Details
- Web
Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
faculty co-chair of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiativ... Four Takeaways from My Summer at the State House Michael Silvestri 21 Sep 2017 I launched my HBS journey this summer as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow in the Office of Massa... Next great idea? View Details
- 16 Oct 2018
- News
To Lead and Serve
1880s to Boston. And my mother's family came in the 1920s. We're such a large family, it seemed like there was a lot of Navy. But in reality, it's probably about 5 percent of each generation: my grandfather, my father, my uncle, my boys.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest
and a quilt made by his grandmother. “Our oldest son is a chef. He bought Japanese Wagyu beef, ground it, and barbecued it. The best—and probably most expensive—hamburger I’ve had in my life.” View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Feedback
airline KLM used to have a program where business/first-class passengers would get a lovely ceramic Dutch Delft house (filled with gin!) when flying transcontinental. KLM probably had 75 different house models, and frequent-fliers looked... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
usually required in a venture capital presentation. “A lot of companies that probably shouldn't get funding will get it” As enticing as crowdfunding is as a concept, it may ultimately have little power to shake up the investing world,... View Details
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
as one of those, Bill. Thanks for joining me. Bill: It's great to be here, Brian. Thanks for asking. Brian: I found this case to be very, very interesting. I think many of our listeners have probably referred to those rankings at some... View Details
- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
because how do you tap into something that comes from who knows where? If I'm a media company like WPP Group and I'm dealing with a major account, I would probably want to put a measurable amount of that account into an event or a... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
Enforcement agency (ICE) over questions about how ICE conducts its business in handling immigrant families. Many assumed a legalistic stance, reminding us that ICE, as a duly created agency of the government was only carrying out the mission assigned to it. As such, it... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
brand of pot, that is probably a long way off. As long as marijuana sales remain illegal on a federal level and in all but a handful of states, large cigarette and alcohol companies will probably stay clear... View Details
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
poured resources into hundreds of schemes to end poverty. The World Bank alone has dispersed about $550 billion since its founding in the 1940s, Chu said. Adding in contributions from the "alphabet soup" of other organizations with acronyms such as UNDP and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
aims to maximize revenue from multiple products with limited inventory constraints. As common in practice, the retailer does not know the consumer's purchase probability at each price and must learn the mean demand from sales data. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
toss—and the pressure of real-world negotiations probably makes our actual performance even worse. Sometimes we don't realize we're being conned; other times, we wrongly suspect people who are telling us nothing but the truth.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
increase in the probability of a reversal in preferences (from a baseline rate of 12%) ensues if the first of two sequentially rented movies has more should and fewer want characteristics than the second film. Finally, we find that as the... View Details
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Bruce Gago
plan to execute, the bigger risk would in fact be to abandon that to pursue a "safe" career path. HBS is not insurance against entrepreneurial failure but it certainly increases the probability of entrepreneurial success. What... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
championship win over the Indianapolis Colts by tampering with the footballs. Accusers, which included the National Football League’s head office, said someone with the team underinflated the balls to make them easier for quarterback Tom Brady to throw. “It was View Details
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
Predictors badly mistake self-confidence for competence in data analysis. He argues for predictions: (1) expressed in terms of probabilities (as in Bayesian statistical methods and weather forecasts), (2) revisited and revised as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
for the companies [in the] S&P 500, and about 40 percent when the company's had some problems. So you have to say frequently. Q: What are the advantages of doing that? A: The main advantage is that you can probably get a fresh point... View Details
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Misers, Moneylenders, and Thieves - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
owed the artist money for two paintings. Rembrandt probably did this portrait in thanks for Uytenbogaert's generosity. 16 Le Plaisir des Vieillards view image Engraved and published by Pierre François Basan (1735–97), after the painting... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
34,000 Pages and Counting
since 1983. By his own rough reckoning, 34,000 printed pages of Class Notes have passed through his hands over 24 years. During that time, the number of Class Notes secretaries — recipients of Keith’s timely deadline reminders — has grown to 850 from around 500. View Details