Information Environment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1999
News

Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office

support for the arts and stimulating new resources available to the arts; Promoting the use of the arts as an economic resource to the country as a whole; Creating an environment that fosters the development of artists; and Developing... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

affect it? A: The kind of technology transfer my coauthors Lee Branstetter, Raymond Fisman, and I study in our paper occurs when a parent of a multinational company provides information about industrial products or processes to an... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Jun 2020
News

Homeschooled

John Jong-Hyun Kim (MBA 1993) saw the School pivot its entire MBA and doctoral curriculum to an online model in just ten days—a move informed by years of experience developing HBS Online, the Harvard Business Analytics Program, and other... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; online learning; Educational Services

01 Jun 1996
News

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

As HBS alumni who made the trip to San Francisco also learned, it is not just business itself that is being revolutionized by today's information technology. As IT increasingly informs the basic View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

07 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

developed alongside the infrastructure. The catch is that almost all of that happened in environments that were already above average in terms of the financial conditions,” Kerr says. Martha Lagace: How did you come to study roads and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Construction

02 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Investor Protection: The Czech Experience

outcomes. This literature has emphasized local investor protections and the contractual environment between private parties as being of critical importance. The Lauder-Železný saga demonstrates that this emphasis may be misplaced for two... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Entertainment & Recreation

15 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

results are stronger in environments with less public information flow, suggesting that the shorting market is an important mechanism for private information revelation.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

April 2002, started providing its branch managers with customer lifetime value (CLV) information about mortgage applicants. The data allow us to gauge the effects of enriching the information set of these... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Aug 2017
News

Into the Light

is in energy efficiency. She was an early employee of OPower, a software company that provides utilities, and their customers, better information about energy usage. After the company’s IPO, in 2014, Poindexter took a step back to... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

February 2011 (Revised May 2012)
Teaching Note

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (TN)

By: William E. Fruhan

Teaching Note for 211-067. View Details

Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Opportunities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Balance and Stability; Manufacturing Industry

Citation

Purchase

20 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs

acquisition activities, he said. "That's nuts." Steve Hafner, founder and CEO of Kayak.com, an online travel information site, said an alternative to growing your own customers is to secure distribution through partnerships,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1998
News

Beyond the Numbers

tell a tale, the unassuming Robinson is a kind of John Grisham of the corporate financial world. For the past 25 years, he has been teasing out the narrative thread behind companies' financial data and helping them use the information to... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

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Digital Archival Resources - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

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Digital Archival Resources - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

24 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco

business and the environment. Email bei@hbs.edu to learn more about upcoming events. The Bay area has been known as a hub for innovation for decades, and this next wave of innovation is centering around climate change. The Business and View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Seth Klarman

all of the commingling and diversification it gives you, also gives you a lack of transparency. So if you have an environment like the one we have now, the assets that have been securitized actually make you worse off than if they were... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

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Brand Name Management - The Art of American Advertising

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

27 Aug 2019
News

A Shot at Success

environment to the work environment. Trey introduces these athletes to others in similar situations through Trey Academy, an interactive curriculum that focuses on the particular challenges that high school and college stars face, from... View Details

Keywords: April White