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- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
opportunity to engage in a virtual dialogue on these matters. Some major corporations are starting to take the lead in this effort, including United Technologies Corporation, Philips (the Dutch electronics and health care giant), the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
wondered whether a two-year MBA program continues to justify the investment. While HBS remains a leader in the field, Nohria observed that "you need to worry when the health of the whole field doesn't look promising, even when you... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
the percentage of women entering the sector annually remained stubbornly stuck around 9 percent, according to findings by HBS professor Paul Gompers and Harvard University PhD candidate Sophie Calder-Wang. This disparity in representation... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
for example, filters down to retailers or health care providers in any useful or timely way. There is some forward movement, though. Lefkowitz notes that the Department of Homeland Security began sharing threat data with private industry... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
technology, health and consumer care, and renewable energy. His scope of work to date encompasses the United States, the European Union, Brazil, India, Malaysia, South Korea, Philippines, Canada, and multiple African countries. In our... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
knowing where the CEO and his executives were taking the corporation. We all understood our fiduciary duties and our responsibilities to the shareholders as well as to the long-term health and viability of the enterprise. The exception I... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
Authors:Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford Abstract This paper studies the cost of capital for alternative investments. We document that the risk profile of the aggregate hedge fund universe can be accurately matched by a simple index put... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
was tempered by lingering economic fears: one poll indicated that nearly half of all Americans expected that within a decade, another depression would devastate the country. With the health of the peacetime economy now the nation's top... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Atlantis hotel, the UK’s RAF Lakenheath air base, and Abu Dhabi’s Cleveland Clinic. The latter is emblematic of a customer segment — health care — that, along with the education sector, has remained particularly strong for Kirlin despite... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
self-reliance and perseverance, despite his financial deprivation and the trauma of being abandoned. As time passes, Hajim displays an instinct for survival and a drive to excel. A highly motivated student and athlete, he earns an NROTC college scholarship to the View Details
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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
favorite part of the program." Kyle Rosenmeyer Boise State University Graduate, Engineer, and Photographer Learn how to navigate new leadership challenges as you build or scale your venture. "I would advise that you ask for help or... View Details
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
deaths from roughly 4.5 million in 1980 to 1.5 million in 2000. Yet for reasons unclear to the global public health community, the mortality rate stalled at around 1.5 million, where it remained in 2010. In presenting the problem of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
continue to support Tolcher's first album, increase the stakes by financing a second album, or cut their losses and instead focus on other artists. At the same time, Octone had to evaluate a proposal from Universal Music Group to buy out... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
Chai, Kamen Bliznashki, and Courtney HylandHarvard Business School Case 611-057 Gordon Zong is trying to teach Chinese universities and research institutes how to do effective technology transfer and IP licensing, but he is trying to do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
the time. The Harvard Economic Service, however, attracted criticism for its purely empirical approach, its failure to make consistently accurate predictions, and its pursuit of commercial objectives in a university setting. The Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
students; currently, 132 students are studying to receive a DBA (offered in accounting, management, marketing, strategy, and TOM) or, in collaboration with Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, a PhD (business economics, organizational behavior, and View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
world needs principled leaders. Business has become one of the most dynamic forces in our society. If you look at what our graduates are asked to do, you will find them holding influential positions on the boards of major nonprofit and community organizations, whether... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
cluster analysis on all whole-body donors' data from the Universities of California at Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Two donor groups emerge from the analyses: One is made of slightly younger, educated, married... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
How did we get into this mess, and how do we fix it? Those were the key questions that three separate expert panels — two convened by HBS and one by Harvard University — addressed for standing-room-only audiences in late September as the... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
challenging. We link rich administrative micro-data on socioeconomic measures of individuals with the universe of criminal arrests in Medellin over a decade. We test whether increasing the relative costs to formal-sector employment led to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman