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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
There are no long-term commitments, although reservations are required, especially during the busiest times. The centers are open later in the evening than most centers in the area (9 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 11 p.m. Friday) and on Saturdays... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
Medina and his cofounders had courted at GroupTalent were interested in Outreach’s product, but usage wasn’t growing as quickly as the founders had hoped. Plus, the company faced the challenge of making their software compatible with numerous applicant tracking... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
use of AI in everything from facial recognition to predictive sentencing. She found it nonetheless. The online rental platform uses its pricing tool to increase host revenues by dynamically adjusting rental View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Feedback
Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL Re: Can the NFL win the long game? It is a game for only certain types of individuals, physically and mentally tough, coached up and properly conditioned in season and off season. There is no finer... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 24 Apr 2020
- News
Spreading the Love
price and getting the gowns approved. “One of the hardest things about this health care crisis is recognizing how serious it is. At the same time, you’re seeing all of this energy and optimism and everyone working together in really... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
underlying price of the asset is increasing. It lures people to overextend credit and to overinvest on the prospect that they too will benefit before the music stops. In this case, the music stopped, and as we know, people are falling off... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
of newspapers and magazines. And yet, as print ads flee online for pennies on the dollar — and newsprint prices jump while circulation and newsstand sales slump — these enterprises have never seen their financial prospects dim so rapidly.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
balance sheets. If price tags are the only tool used to measure value, said Gore, “then things that don’t have price tags appear to have no value.” In his talk, sponsored by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
trade barriers but because gasoline prices were so much lower than in other auto-producing countries. With no serious challenge from abroad, and only relatively benign competition among themselves, the Big 3... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
Chong, the founder and CEO of Greenpac, a Singapore-based sustainable packaging company, explains the less expensive choice is also the more environmentally friendly choice, as pine is grown on sustainable tree farms. But she has learned to lead with the lower View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
disgusted by corruption. They worry about school fees, the price of rice, the cost of fuel, and the crime rate. For me personally, Liberia is an enjoyable place. Health care is a little scary: The X-ray machine at the major hospital... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
predominantly white schools. So HBCUs are enormously important to the Black community. They provide opportunities for our students in the Black community to be educated. If there were no HBCUs I believe that half of the Black students... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
entrepreneurs believe you can have an on-demand jet service, with fares about equal to a business class ticket,” Tripsas explains. “Regulatory, security, and infrastructure issues come into play here, aside from the challenges of figuring out approaches to View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
markets in bulk and get better prices for everyone. But such entrepreneurs seemed to figure only vaguely in the Rwandan government’s plans, and I couldn’t figure out why. Why take the riskier co-op approach? My mind started to wander. As... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
Photo courtesy Jeff Madrick When I graduated from HBS in 1971, I chose journalism (at BusinessWeek) over business, a career decision that enabled me to observe “up close and personal” the coming Wall Street revolution. It was a revolution View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
however, the low cost of natural gas is currently making gas-fueled turbines more competitive than those run by batteries. Even so, history has shown that energy prices can shift quickly. However it chooses to focus its resources, A123... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
slum as defined by the United Nations: inadequate access to safe water and sanitation, poorly built housing, overcrowding, and insecure residential status (i.e., most people hold no legal title to their property). Despite these difficult... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
availability, and the need to create effective institutions to manage water scarcity and price water accordingly. While rainfall in the Midwest and elsewhere appears to be increasing, water scarcity in China and Sub-Saharan Africa is... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
slow or even shift into reverse, but without disastrous consequences. “Higher rates would moderate the froth in the market,” says Furber, who sees no harm in knocking out players who depend too much on easy credit. “An upward movement in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
of our brands—Sonic and Arby’s in particular—are doing well, and doing so in more compressed timeframes, because breakfast and late-night dining are no longer part of peoples’ routines. THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June... View Details