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12 May 2023
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Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

are homeowners making the switch? Electric heat pumps provide homeowners the opportunity to reduce their energy bills and work towards greater energy independence. A heat pump could cost as little as ~$7,100 over the lifetime of use, while a comparable natural gas... View Details

10 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated

months painstakingly compiling data from Facebook, looking to create as complete a picture of the interventions being run as possible. “Being able to analyze hundreds of experiments gave us a more complete view of the impact of this type... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Health; Technology

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Research - Private Capital Project

Srimayi Mylavarapu 2024 Working Paper Bank Runs and Interest Rates: A Revolving Lines Perspective By: Falk Bräuning and Victoria Ivashina Revolving credit is at the core of the banking business. Corporate revolving credit lines are... View Details

07 Jul 2023
News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

teamed up with partner organization ReFood, and Ghose liked the model: repurposing surplus food from restaurants to feed the local community, with hyperlocalized food drives run by local volunteers. He brought the idea home to two friends... View Details

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Online Requests - Research Computing Services

Help Online Requests 2ms RCS Research Computing Environment Help Request Form Please use this form for questions, to request assistance, or to report a problem with the HBS Research Computing Environment. This could include issues with your account, the login process,... View Details

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Regional Winners - Alumni

Alumni Regional Winners Haf Haf Inc. A fun, reliable, effective, eco-friendly personal care brand focusing on children and teenagers who have their own age-specific needs and preference. Tingting Zhong, MBA 2006, Co-founder & Co-CEO Region: Asia/Pacific Deeper Pulse... View Details

23 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

Sooner or later, every company runs into challenges that force them to make tough trade-offs during the innovation process. Harvard Business School associate professor Rory McDonald calls these moments “tensions.” The streaming service... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

4+2 = Sustained Business Success

can be grueling. Yet the winning companies in our study were running full tilt on six tracks at once—impressive when you consider that a single misstep on any of the six can be fatal. Indeed, some of the companies that were deemed winners... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson

16 Nov 2010
News

The HBS Tunnels

in the standing and running water on the floor. Along the way, openings on both sides led to well-lit rooms, one of them filled with a big, noisy, dynamo-like shape reminiscent of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. At the tunnel’s end were two... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson

25 Nov 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Standard-Essential Patents

Keywords: by Josh Lerner & Jean Tirole; Legal Services

Research Summary

Multilateral Bankruptcy Rules

By: Jerry R. Green

A classic problem in economics is the selection of a bankruptcy rule with good normative properties. The problem as usually specified is given by the “estate” E which is to be divided among the “claims” c= (c₁,... View Details

July 2018 (Revised January 2021)
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RunKeeper

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

The case examines the focus of an early stage company and how venture capital can distort a founder’s view. It encompasses issues such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the... View Details

Keywords: Early Stage Funding; Pivot; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Model; Health Industry

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June 2007 (Revised March 2011)
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The CW: Launching a Television Network

By: Anita Elberse and S. Mark Young

In May 2006, Dawn Ostroff, president of entertainment of the newly formed CW Television Network, was faced with the task of choosing the final set of programs for the 2006 fall schedule, which she would present to advertisers at the annual "upfront" market in New York... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Customer Relationship Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Television Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Strategic Planning; Networks; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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04 Sep 2017
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HBS Startup Bootcamp and Founders Unfiltered

inception to MVP (minimum viable product) in a short period of time. We covered things like running experiments to test a new business idea, finding early customers, calculating unit economics, and how to think about different types of... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

roof and when it’s time to start saving for the next one. With that frame of reference, Kennealey listened to his friend over dinner and realized the systems he was having to replace weren’t lemons. They had simply run up against their... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

About About The global financial crisis brought to the forefront of academic and policy discussion the question of how best to ensure the stability of the financial system. Researchers at Harvard have led groundbreaking research on bank capital and liquidity... View Details

23 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules

Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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Esteves Hall | About

with the rest of Latin America. HBS faculty, for example, work in Brazil and other Latin American nations to do research, run educational programs, and consult with companies. Codirectors are based in São Paulo and Buenos Aires to manage... View Details

09 Oct 2020
Blog Post

4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech

issues around new therapeutics and models. Others may pursue the degree for an entirely different reason, but I am confident that the program will, across the board, facilitate the leadership skills necessary to build and run health care... View Details

24 Apr 2023
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks

Pennsylvania. “The regulatory issues faced in this industry are ones that most other entrepreneurs don’t run into. The challenges are quite unique.” The study follows the business challenges faced by Luke Anderson, who received an MBA... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

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