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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
Lerner: Not only is the system not doing its intended job, which is to encourage new ideas, it is essentially being hijacked to tax the innovators. Still, it’s a real struggle to get people excited about patent reform. What are the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2024
- News
Generosity Multiplied
successful recruitment firm, Reed is deeply involved in the Big Give, an innovative match-funding platform that hosts online fundraising appeals for charities. By engaging philanthropists and companies to match donations made by the public, the platform View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America edited by Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky (University of Chicago Press) Although crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
cookies. Annual proceeds from the sale total close to $450 million, $300 million of which supports scouting activity. "If there's a more effective fundraiser in the world, I don't know what it is," Baxter remarks. "But it's also a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
requirements — the cushion against losses — for all financial institutions creating a mechanism to deal with those institutions regarded as too big to fail Thain characterized the crisis as a classic bubble “fundamentally fueled by monetary policy” that held interest... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
and banks that had nearly collapsed have been cleaned up and are once again fueling the economy. In late 2023, Greece’s credit rating was bumped from junk to investment grade for the first time since 2010, signaling to foreign investors... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
"because unlike a Harvard degree, you must be open to being tested on something you profess to know at a moment's notice—long after you've graduated." Feerick believes that facts are delivered most effectively online, but at some point in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
make the product a reality. That made an impression—that an immigrant living in the United States was turning back to his home country to help realize the products of his invention. So my first work in this area was about the outbound View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
years” in a Financial Times poll of 4,000 executives. He recently spoke about the public policy and business challenges ahead. U.S. consumers complain loudly that prescription drugs cost too much. What’s your response? We have a phenomenon where drug prices have been... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
New Releases
addition to product information such as price, running time, and year of release, reviewers provide a concise discussion of each program and offer recommendations for its appropriate audience and most effective usage. Easy-to-read... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
governance ratings published by magazines and various shareholder groups in order to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of different governance measures.” The goal? To push students to consider what measurable principles of good... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
sanctions. Much of the southern improvement comes, not from oil production, but removing bottlenecks arising from sanctions. Improved underlying performance results from reversing prior policy mistakes. The authorities rehire the police. They have View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
earliest stages over a long period of time. The United States will continue to be the epicenter, but the ripples will reach out to different parts of the world. Congress has passed a measure that would treat VC profits not as capital gains but as ordinary income, which... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks
lending rates and economic activity. Prevailing economic theory holds that the cost-of-capital effect is negligible in an ideal market. Malcolm P. Baker, the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
Meanwhile, birth rates declined, and children had less interest in toys that didn't offer instant gratification. Serious jolts were also taking place in the LEGO Group. Kjeld, out of the office for a year following a serious illness in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
operates four sales kiosks in the Boston area, with mobile retail teams that visit local fairs and markets. The kiosks offer a valuable in-person experience with a high conversion rate for the $8–$13 cards. The split between in-person and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
most effective use of business resources to help solve social- sector problems," explained BLSS chair, HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. "We examined what business can and can't do well and the outcomes and impacts of business activism... View Details
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe
amount of time to type a response; once the cold call is complete, peers are asked to rate it and react, simulating the dynamics of the HBS classroom experience. Participants receive grades based on interaction with fellow students,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors edited by Rebecca M. Henderson and Richard G. Newell (University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research) Studies have suggested that significantly increasing the View Details
Keywords: Utilities
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
implement a “cap-and-trade” framework—capping the total amount of emissions and allowing companies to trade permits to pollute on the open market—fell apart in the midst of partisan bickering. As Washington fiddles, the world suffers under the increasingly undeniable... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding