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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
have been left without one of the most powerful tools to boost trade and enhance productivity. Consider Century Wear, a knitted garment joint venture between Israel's Dov Lautman (Delta Galil) and Jordan's Omar Salah (Century Investment... View Details
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
the weakening of democratic governance and the politics of decisions about industrial policy. Publisher's link: http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-05631-9.html August 2013 Research Policy Digital Dark Matter and the Economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
do well to invest in education, including improving schools, college assistance, and training programs, in order to create a critical mass of educated residents. Their study also shows that improvements tend to snowball over time, with a... View Details
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Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Research & Data Services Curriculum See all... Service Audience Faculty Doctoral Students MBA Students Alumni Executive Education Staff Visiting Researchers Ask Us Ask a Question Fast Answers Policies Staff Directory How Do I... Request... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
with social media information. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53102 forthcoming Journal of Finance Brokers vs. Retail Investors: Conflicting Interests and Dominated Products By: Egan, Mark Abstract—I study how brokers distort... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
improves financial performance on measures such as profitable investments at the individual portfolio-company level and overall fund returns. And even though associating with similar people can have social benefits for those people, it... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 11
a fictional case study on new product development and improvement after the successful launch of a first breakthrough product. Topics include business planning for brand name products, finance and investment for the development of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
and every dollar invested is directed towards making objects and products which do indeed enrich the world." 98 Through the lens of a scientist, innovator, and visionary, Edwin Land understood the intersection of science and art in... View Details
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Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 - Course Catalog
How about a family business, preparing an investment memo for a target acquisition, or a similar project that is not quite a “startup”? A: Yes, we welcome these types of projects and numerous students have pursued them in the past. Q:... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
are robust to alternative model specifications and sample selection procedures. We demonstrate that an optimal pricing policy should take into consideration the potential costs of two types of strategic customer behavior: opportunistic... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
Resources for the Future, a Washington, D.C., think tank dedicated to providing research and policy analysis for environmental decision makers. "And even if returns on environmental investments were always... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
financial advisors to make saving and investment decisions. Low literacy and lack of information affect the ability to save and to secure a comfortable retirement; ignorance about basic financial concepts can be linked to lack of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
income. While individuals do not have this opportunity, corporations do. Historically, accounting treatments deviated to allow for differential accounting of expenses. In the process, policymakers get a policy tool without distorting the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
Administration. “The Forbes measure doesn’t make sense to me. Calculating return on investment based on salary five years out means Forbes rewards schools that mainly feed investment banks, private equity,... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
who can someday support their parents. When investment from outside does occur, it may extend life expectancy, thereby increasing population until it consumes the higher level of output produced by the investment, restoring the previous... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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MBA Program at Harvard Business School: 1963 - 1970 | Baker Library
available to qualified women. Women were assuming leadership positions in more traditional male arenas such as banking, investment management, government, insurance, and manufacturing as well as in retailing, publishing, and nonprofit... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
Offspring Beth, MBA '97 John, HBS '03 Hobbies Sailing, skiing Recommended Reading A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell "Sowell provides important insights into public policy and how it is driven by certain assumptions about human... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
from the risk that they will live a long time. The funds that individuals contribute to a MIF are invested in a mutual fund. The proceeds from the fund's underlying assets are reinvested until the contributor dies or he turns an age... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
predictive and prescriptive implications, this theory contributes to the general notion that pricing might affect as much as capture perceived value. Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-055.pdf Capital Structure with Risky Foreign View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015
contribution is tax-deductible in the contribution year, but both principal and investment earnings are taxed upon withdrawal. Using administrative data from 11 companies that added a Roth contribution option to their existing 401(k) plan... View Details