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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Terrorism, Insurance, and Uncle Sam
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, business in general and the insurance industry in particular are examining ways to manage the high cost of insurance against acts of terrorism. Appearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce,... View Details
- 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
- 20 Sep 2011
- News
A Taxing Question
subsidiaries of US firms is supposed to be taxed at the corporate rate of 35 percent. But the law provides a huge loophole that allows companies to sidestep paying any tax on foreign profits as long as the money stays outside the US. Hence, the overseas cash stash.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Sparking Internet Commerce
businesses and organizations to provide users with a highly personalized selection of goods, services, and information." Employing passwords and aliases to ensure anonymity, individual users supply personal preference and choice... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Profile
Ben Steiner
Raised by academically-minded physician parents, Ben Steiner always valued “the vigorous debate of politics and current affairs.” In high school, Ben was actively involved in debating clubs. At Princeton, Ben’s interests took a more tangible turn. “I worked on a View Details
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
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
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
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
- Web
2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal 4-5 May 2023 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Location: Harvard Business School Professors Robin Ely and... View Details
- Profile
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
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
$10 billion. In 2001, in its current "depressed" condition, the industry will attract $40 billion or more of fresh capital. Key elements in evaluating a business proposal Great people pursuing a big market... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
rebrand as Gordon Gekko or Lumbergh from Office Space. No, mon frère, I wanted to emerge as a more Rolodexed, numbers-savvy, overall better business journalist. Plus, I’d be riding out a nasty media-sector slump. Three years after my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
What Went Wrong?
Until recently, I thought of myself as a fairly well-informed observer of this country’s financial marketplace. In years past, I wrote about personal finance for a business magazine. I keep up with business... View Details
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
the Washington Post headlined, If Howard Schultz runs for president, Starbucks will be on the ballot, too. Schultz’s political ambitions mark a growing wave of business leaders speaking out on social issues—termed “CEO activism” by... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Hacking AI with HBS IT | Information Technology
provisioned with temporary AWS sandbox accounts. AWS staff were available on-site for the first two days of the Hackathon for coaching and assistance with AWS tools. The 15 teams had two days to work on their ideas before presenting their View Details
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
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
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
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
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff Kurt Wulff (MBA 1967) credits Harvard Business School with changing the way he viewed decision making. Even after 50 years, he remembers Dr. Howard Raifa’s courses on game theory and decision analysis. A... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management
popularity in the field. Finally, some writers have implicitly "defined" entrepreneurship by restricting their study to the process of starting new ventures, apparently on the assumption that entrepreneurial activity is in large part confined to the phase of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Perception versus Reality
rubbed off on the School, which set a speed record in approving the trio’s proposal for a pilot program to sprinkle $50,000 in seed money on student start-ups. The Minimum Viable Product Fund, dubbed MVP, attracted 88 teams vying for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Analyze This
Story ideas sometimes come from unexpected places. I would hazard to guess that this issue of the Bulletin offers a first in the magazine’s long history. Inspired by a copy of our international mailing list, Senior Associate Editor Garry Emmons View Details