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31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

sample of private firms for which there is financial data available in the years before and after their initial public offering (IPO), I differentiate between those that have private equity sponsorship... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

rapidly changing. Harvard Business School Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl’s new research explores the business opportunities hidden among the stars, particularly in data from and through space, but also in tourism, manufacturing,... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

09 May 2018
Research & Ideas

A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety

stores, schools, and other food-handling establishments, checking whether they adhere to public health regulations. The rules are strict. Food businesses where serious violations are found must clean up their acts quickly or risk being... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Service

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

inequalities in the public and the private spheres are affected by childhood exposure to non-traditional gender role models at home. We test the association between being raised by an employed mother and adult men's and women's outcomes... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

of Transportation; and US Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Further reading from Rosabeth Moss Kanter Big Data in the Driver's Seat What Good Are Airports If You Can't Get There? Private Investors Can Save Public... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation; Air Transportation; Auto

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

materiality map. Once I did that, I was able to come to the conclusion that acquiring a leading ESG position would potentially help this company gain market share during an upcoming industry consolidation post the Covid-19 crisis. I evaluated the company’s utility... View Details

09 Feb 2012
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Online Marketing

retailer-initiated feedback loops. Retailers should ask themselves, How do I create a partnership with the consumer? Data collected from these programs can help merchants make smarter decisions on everything from where to open a new store... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Technology

01 Feb 1999
News

Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

challenges have you encountered in setting up HBS's first international research office? It's a tremendous challenge to establish a platform to facilitate research across more than fourteen Asian countries with multiple languages, cultures, and infrastructures.Also,... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2013
News

Lesson Plans

overworked, yet there's a huge gap in quality training for them." —Anthony Priest (MBA 1996) Program Specialist, Office of Career and Technical Education, District of Columbia Public Schools Marc Sternberg (MBA 2000) Senior Deputy... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

15 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

aligned and trained to handle crisis communication effectively and manage public relations under pressure. Process: Develop a well-defined communication plan that includes benchmarks and standards for timely and transparent outreach... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch

01 Dec 2020
News

Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

will see vast increases in reliability and the number of devices connected to one antenna as well as reductions in the cost of data per gigabyte, Menard says. Beyond that, fixed wireless access could enable fiber-like speeds to homes or... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

Web

Online AI Course | HBS Online

diverse applications of AI, machine learning, predictive modeling, and data science Explore ethical AI-related challenges to implement it responsibly and manage risks Develop the skills and frameworks to shape your organization’s digital... View Details

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

example, 2021 transaction-level trade data from Vietnam shows that most bicycle tires imported from China went to a manufacturer in Ho Chi Minh City, whereas most bicycle tire exports to the US were made by tire manufacturers in a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

this strategy actually worked, up until now. “LEED [adoption] is not just something to pay attention to when there's a bid to rebuild city hall.” In a new paper, Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings, authors... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

28 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

greater risk and thus affects resource allocation. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach

inclusion—and then sharing that research with students, practitioners, policy makers, and the general public to affect meaningful change. The desire to produce thought leadership at a fast pace, the Dean said, is the catalyst for the new... View Details

14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

Publication:Social Choice and Welfare (forthcoming) Abstract We take a decision theoretic approach to the classic social choice problem, using data on the frequency of choice problems to compute social choice functions. We define a family... View Details