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- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
fair strategies in public finance? A: Tax economists generally point to a few things about current taxes that seem unwise. Probably foremost among them is the taxation of capital income, such as dividends and capital gains. There is a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
financial crisis. The trouble is that investment value and asset volatility are simply the wrong measures if your goal is to secure a particular future income. In this article, Merton explains a liability-driven investment strategy whose aim is to improve the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
discussed supporting innovation through a range of additional policy interventions, including tax credits, loan guarantees, IP policy, regulatory mandates, codes, and standards. It is critically important that these kinds of interventions be thoughtfully designed since... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Oral Histories | Baker Library
the Harvard-Radcliffe Program, and then at the end of that it was just about the time the Harvard-Radcliffe Program was ending. And so we were told that Harvard Business School itself would be much more receptive to admitting women into their program, and I think we... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
economy. Finding the Next Big Thing One of the biggest challenges Howard faces in her COO role is the vast amount of available opportunities. “We have so much we want to do at Robinhood,” she says. “There’s a lot of room for new ideas across this space. View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
opportunity. We’re certain you don’t need this, but we’ll do it anyway to drive the point home. That 90 percent represents a massive opportunity going forward. Said simply: The indoor environment matters for health and wealth. Full stop. You can View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
of color. There’s a certain lens, a perspective that I bring to this work. Period. It is so incredibly important that my thoughts and ideas are put on the table—as well as others’. That’s what diversity is all about. It sometimes makes me shudder to think there are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
Staats, who sold Posita in 2003. “But I realized I still had a lot to learn about business.” So he followed his younger brother, Bradley (MBA ’02), to HBS. Comparing MBA studies with Ph.D. work, Staats notes, “Few experiences here have felt ‘academic.’ That’s View Details
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
How Do You Predict Demand and Set Prices For Products Never Sold Before?
explained that the world of business analytics includes descriptive analytics (analyzing what has happened), predictive analytics (analyzing data to figure out what will probably happen), and prescriptive analytics (using data to decide... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the Process of Innovation
manufacturers often discard the products sent to them by outside inventors without even looking at them. Because of their hurdle rate—the minimum return required on a contemplated investment—they probably don't have the time or resources... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gray
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Comfort Zone
Conjure, if you can, a mental picture of air travel in its heyday. All the delights you’re probably envisioning right now—indulgent meal service, bottomless beverage carts, perhaps even pillbox hats—were provided by the airlines, says... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Porter Appointed to University Professorship
requirement in the School's MBA curriculum. "Mike Porter is probably the world's most influential business academic and one of a handful of the most influential who has ever lived," said HBS professor Thomas K. McCraw, Isidor Straus... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
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When Generations Learn Together
from the program. (JS): In my MBA program, it took me a while to learn how to participate. Bracken has just been very natural. Whenever he has an insight, he shares it. He was probably the youngest participant in both programs, but it... View Details
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
family, is bullying John McCain. But now we have a presidential candidate who is bullying half of the country. And there was a very significant shift. And a bunch of people making decisions in the aftermath of that. So that was probably... View Details
- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
price you can. As you walk out of the shop, you can’t shake the feeling that you just got fleeced—forced to pay just slightly more than a local would pay. The fact is, you are probably right. No matter how vigilant you are, it’s hard to... View Details
- 06 Dec 2004
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?
subsidies, global warming, rising medical costs (especially in the U.S.), growing retirement commitments (worldwide) and, on a more mundane level, the implosion of frequent-flyer mileage programs. (To this list, the authors of another new book, Seeing What's Next,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
this intellectual property are probably the biggest obstacle standing in the way. Unless companies can be convinced their intellectual property security concerns can be satisfied, this idea won’t fly. —Neil Olken (MBA 1960) Got a case? To... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
bulk rental contract and the unit economics work, then you likely have PMF, and it probably makes sense to purchase the inventory required to service these bulk rental contracts. —Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009) Got a case? To take part in a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint