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13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13

Cases & Course MaterialsAQR's DELTA Strategy (A) Daniel B. Bergstresser, Lauren H. Cohen, Randolph B. Cohen, and Christopher J. MalloyHarvard Business School Case 212-038 In the summer of 2008, AQR Capital Management was considering... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

nature of accounting standards proposed between 1973 and 2007. Among other results, we find that length of service on the board and a prior career in investment banking/investment management are associated with View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

empirically the method proposed by Arcidiacono and Miller (2011) to accommodate unobserved latent class heterogeneity using a computationally light two-step estimator. Second, we illustrate how discount factors can be estimated in a... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Mar 2021
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Climate Finance SIP

finance for proven technologies and new business models. Based on student feedback about interest in this topic area, Lynn Schenk, Associate Director of the Business & Environment Initiative, View Details

20 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: John Doerr

"stupid high." I hope we return to normalcy in less than a year. In the long run, innovative tech businesses will continue to be our main engine of growth. Key elements in evaluating a business View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

07 Oct 2014
News

Network Effect

who could double as a penny-wise administrator and a fundraiser. A mutual friend at Greylock recommended Timothy Armour (MBA 1975) to McCance as a potential consultant. Armour, who had some 20 years’ experience in development and operations at nonprofits, including... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

Eligibility Business Track First, you must form a team around an idea for a business. Participating teams require at least one Harvard Business School MBA student who plays a primary role in the View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations

A new case looks at the Tulsa Massacre of 1921, when a white mob killed an estimated 300 Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses along 35 square blocks. Ashley McCray (MBA 2022) was a little nervous as she prepared to join all... View Details

28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

Harvard Business School Case 208-129 Bob Kelly, the new CEO of Mellon Financial, is considering the terms of a proposed "merger of equals" with The Bank of New York, just before the final Board... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

Should companies let employees keep working remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic ends? Assessing the impact of remote work has involved a lot of guesswork for business leaders, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Consider the Chinese... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

value for customers, and extraordinary returns to investors. Neither had extensive schooling in business administration. John Bogle earned a liberal arts degree from Princeton. Herb Kelleher received his from Wesleyan, with majors in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15

Distributed Innovation Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Systems of distributed innovation-so-called business ecosystems-have become increasingly prevalent in many industries. These entities generally encompass numerous corporations,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2018
News

Hard Choices

and its flaws exaggerated, thereby leaving its future even more clouded and uncertain. While it’s hard to see how this proposed regulation would solve the problems that I’ve raised tonight, it’s exactly the kind of View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

03 Nov 2011
What Do You Think?

The Ultimate Question in Management

several forms. But many proposed questions were clustered around inquiries about willingness to recommend, trust, and authenticity. Among suggested questions that managers might ask of themselves were: "What positive, relevant impact... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Teaching Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the three procedures at the two different sites using the hospital's existing cost system and a proposed new system based on time-driven activity-based costing. Hoag Orthopedic Institute Harvard Business... View Details

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Aaron Chadbourne

organizations. "I worked with each business line to review strategic objectives within the larger organization picture," says Aaron. "We helped write regulatory proposals for HUD, applying... View Details

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Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library

the basic community industries can be recycled as many as three or four times" (p. 32). The diagram is part of a larger proposed business strategy for Native American reservations to realize cash flow... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence

others.” The 52 students in his cohort spent eight days in May working on challenges proposed by nine partner organizations in Mexico City. The trip was the culmination of the yearlong FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change

Politics Industry, How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, the authors apply Porter’s renowned “Five Forces” business framework to the realm of politics. Gehl, the former CEO of Gehl Foods, and Porter,... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan

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