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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Research Brief: Paying the Price for Remote Work
work. “We didn’t expect to find such large differences for jobs that are essentially exactly the same and that can be performed from anywhere,” Cavallo says. “These are jobs that require very little initial capital—just a computer or even... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World
value most—corporate IP, personal data, and financial data. And that same privacy is a necessary condition for innovation—consider IP safeguards or reasonably secure communications. Putting limits on privacy or innovation sets up a false choice between the two. They're... View Details
- 14 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Rewriting the Rules of Service Competition
who are “owners” in the sense that they willingly suggest new ways of doing business while referring new customers to services they “own,” at least psychologically. That’s what organizations such as Intuit, USAA, and Rackspace do, View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- Blog Post
3 Ways Financial Aid is Unique at HBS
for promising students regardless of their economic backgrounds—but also to enhance the learning environment for everyone, because understanding different perspectives is truly essential for today's leaders. We want HBS to be accessible... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
An Orchestral Startup
are also essential to nonprofit ventures. His consulting background has also provided him with the business savvy and expertise to which potential backers (including several HBS alumni) particularly respond. Elaborating on the business... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Nov 2013
- News
Selling Crafts with a Story
many key themes running throughout the online marketplace these days: the maker movement, which highlights handcrafted creativity; sustainable commerce (buying local and getting to know the person behind the piece); online branding ; and the notion of content and... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
you. So kokorozashi is the essential part of what I do in anything where I invest my time and energy. I have three kokorozashi. One is building GLOBIS University so that we can create an ecosystem of people, capital, and knowledge for... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
tax-averse citizens. Turning over water operations to private companies that can offer economies of scale, financial resources, expertise, and efficiency is an attractive option. Privatization, however, troubles some consumer advocates and other activists. Critics... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders
believe strong teachers and researchers are essential to creating future leaders. “HBS has one of the most respected doctoral programs in the world, and we felt we could have the greatest impact by supporting those students,” explains... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Greater Than the Sum of its Parts
complex, it is clear that a new model based on collaboration and deeper integration is essential to the University’s ability to sustain its impact in the 21st century. Harvard President Drew Faust has institutionalized a new era of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Objectives in Unpredictable Times studiously avoids a discussion of what the authors call “the S-word” — strategy. Instead, the book offers “a no-excuses, in-the-trenches perspective” that lets managers take existing realities and operating legacies into account as... View Details
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Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
more than twenty-five years ago to the impact and growth of his groundbreaking work in the current academic and financial communities. The Black-Scholes option pricing model established the everyday use of mathematical models as essential... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
At Cyberposium, Amazon's Bezos Debunks Internet Myths
world," he said. "Probably more so because more business models are possible online." Myth #5: It's easier for bricks-and-mortar retailers to extend their business. Using books as an example, Bezos noted that online sellers are View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Ideas: Books
Fair edited by Carrie Menkel-Meadow and Michael Wheeler (Jossey-Bass) Professor Wheeler and his coeditor have assembled a collection of essays from experts on ethics in negotiation. The editors and contributors examine why ethics matters individually and socially and... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Pre-Industrial Credit in Practice
Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a Consumer Society Research Links Credits “To term an American farmer dilatory in regard to the payment of his bills is arrant flattery. 6 — Bookkeeper for the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, c. 1850 Credit was... View Details
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Honors & Awards - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Honors & Awards Honors & Awards Porter Prize Japan... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Adapting to Meet Changing Needs
Anthony Mayo—members of the School’s Organizational Behavior Unit recognized for their excellence in the classroom—quickly realized they needed to reinvent the way they taught. “We had to rethink basic factors, such as what information is absolutely View Details
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Getting Involved - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Affiliated Organizations & Institutions Affiliated... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Research Brief: Lost in Translation
English-speaking investor bases. For Yu, the lesson is obvious: Crystal clear communication is essential for CEOs and other leaders who are talking with their investors. “So much communication is becoming real-time these days, thanks to... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 24 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends
ignores all costs associated with paying for the spending such as higher taxes or increased borrowing. From the perspective of the target state, the funds are essentially free, but clearly at the national level someone has to pay for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne