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- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
is that fiscal risk and social risk interact in complex ways. When considering many potential projects, government cost-benefit analysis thus acquires the flavor of a portfolio choice problem. We use the model to explore how the relative View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
then infrastructure like this helps more people get to work faster, helps businesses be more productive, makes scarce resources such as fuel and clean air go further, and attracts jobs and workers. Such a focus on geography, employment,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
attractive and a workforce that fits their needs - all within a comfortable community where key employees will want to live. Locales that offer an effective infrastructure, a skilled workforce, and business-friendly regulations will View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
among women than men—the name itself is designed to conjure a low-stakes dating world where women are comfortable—but in an industry where it is much more difficult to acquire female users it seems like a good problem to have. Coffee... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
principal can set its payment delay to deter bad-type agents and to attract solely or primarily good-type agents. Through the savings from excluding bad agents, the principal can increase its profits while offering increased payments to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
Risk, Harvard Business School professors Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine argue that while robust governments must play a role, leadership by business is essential. Read the full abstract. Competing in the Age of AI by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani In... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
a digital download and available only from the band's own website. The pricing plan represented a significant break from the industry standard of fixed prices for music, typically 99 cents for individual songs and upward of $9.99 for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Mike Maples Jr.
Rockefeller, and try to understand what it was like to shape a vast industrial era without any precedent for what was unfolding. “These guys didn’t really know what they were doing,” Maples said. ”They were making it up... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
interests were to be minimized. Bill Bain conceptualized his firm to serve one company per industry to ensure a focused, client-centric approach. Most firms established an unwavering culture where growth was an outcome, not the objective,... View Details
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Hiroshi Mikitani
When Hiroshi Mikitani decided, at age 31, to leave a good job at the Industrial Bank of Japan in Tokyo to start a company, he raised more than a few eyebrows. In Japanese culture, where the group is favored above the individual,... View Details
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
acquired than those in a control sample. We argue that the combination of hedge funds' short investment horizons and their large positions in target firms makes M&A the only attractive exit option. The results also suggest that hedge... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Swiss Watchmaking By: Raffaelli, Ryan, and Richard DeJordy Abstract—This study examines how influential institutional leaders in the Swiss watch industry responded to its precipitous decline after the introduction of quartz technology.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
trade organization, the Outdoor Industry Association. In 1999 GoLite introduced its first line of products. They consisted of Jardine designs to be used together: backpack, sleeping pad and bag, insulated clothing, tent, umbrella, and... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
other place where you are seeing malls thrive is at the high end. The luxury malls, what the industry calls A-class malls, are doing very, very well. It's the B- and C-class malls that are in trouble. These malls are targeting the... View Details
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
sexism's darker side [and] it is an attractive way to justify inequality" because men get to see themselves as a provider, not as an oppressor. Meanwhile, women get praise and attention in the workplace—but without the corresponding... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
lower the better, with the logic being that more money can then go to actual programs. So an organization might report, "We spend 6 percent on fundraising, whereas the industry average is 12 to 14 percent." That's typical, but... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
particularly women of color, were more likely to be employed by the industries hardest hit by shutdowns, including leisure, hospitality, and retail. “The gender pay gap, in aggregate, has shifted 8 cents in 25 years, which is pathetic.”... View Details
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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
faculty to each other to share their latest work and to stimulate new cases and research. The series attracted more than 4,000 attendees from 50-plus countries. News Story Asia Pacific Marking Ten-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
Platform: Business at the Kumbh Mela By: Macomber, John D., and Tarun Khanna Abstract—India's Kumbh Mela, a religious festival occurring once every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, attracts over 80 million... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
the effective allocation of work. Cases & Course MaterialsSotheby's & Christie's Inc. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and C.J. WiseHarvard Business School Case 710-412 The fine art auction business has remained a duopoly over its 250 year history. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne