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- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
implications for the path of observable measures of technology adoption. We estimate our model using data on the diffusion of 15 technologies in 166 countries over the last two centuries. We evaluate the implications of our estimates for aggregate TFP and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
0.18 accidents per million miles, compared to the US average of 1.53 accidents per million miles. The technology’s critics, though, home in on the 17 deaths involved with Autopilot since its 2019 rollout,... View Details
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891 and 1930 to show that Brazilian states with natural endowments that were allowed to export commodities high in demand (e.g., rubber and coffee) ended up having higher revenues View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Online Learning Track Programs | HBS Online
Specialization. How Does it Work? To earn a Certificate of Specialization, learners must successfully complete three courses from their selected Learning Track within 18 months. Individual courses range anywhere from four to eight weeks and typically require four to... View Details
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1.4.5 Required Internship & Internship Courses | MBA
expected to work no more than an average of fifteen hours per week and to manage the work in a manner that would in no way impact or conflict with their classes. All PELT applications (login required) must be submitted at least one week... View Details
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Career Support & Exploration Funds | MBA
around promising life-science technologies, while developing their leadership talents. Ideal candidates are those who have graduated within the last 7-10 years. Search Fund Fellowship The Search Fund Fellowship provides financial support of $65,000 View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
Just try to convert someone weaned on ERA—earned run average, a calculation of how many runs a pitcher allows per nine innings, and a long-favored way to evaluate efficacy—to FIP (fielding independent pitching), which helps evaluate a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Reinventing the Annual Report
recognizing this, BMW Group several years ago began issuing a Sustainable Value Report detailing the energy and water consumed, waste removed, and volatile organic compounds per vehicle produced. BMW believes that its reputation as the... View Details
Keywords: Robert G. Eccles
- 08 May 2025
- Blog Post
Startup Roots and Engineering Ambitions: Lizzie Matusov (MS/MBA 2022)
maximize the number of walks per day. It’s a fun story to look back on, but it also highlights that, from an early age, I was passionate about bringing ideas to life. As I grew older, that desire only expanded in scope and scale. When I... View Details
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
such as Cement and Steel, the hardest challenge is to balance the need for infrastructure and the need to build it sustainably, when it currently grows emissions at 1.5% per annum. Priority to Abate After an early ferry ride and bus... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
losses, at EMRI’s quarterly board meetings he focuses on the organization’s very human bottom line. “We track the number of lives saved. It’s like our earnings per share for the quarter,” Palepu explains. “It’s a very inspiring statistic... View Details
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Policies | Baker Library
guidelines on accessibility set out by Harvard's University Disability Resources . Animals Per HBS Policy (HBS login required), only service animals are allowed inside HBS facilities, including Baker Library. Pets and emotional support... View Details
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Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV), though there is little if any overlap between the two courses. Enrollment in STV is limited to 70 students per section. Course Content Through case discussions and dialogue with company founders, STV... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
$3,800 per person, about twice the cost of a nonstop first-class ticket. Aero took off in the summer of 2020, when the pandemic had reduced expected global passenger airline traffic by some 60 percent. Subramanian thinks it was the... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
BC; Lucerne, Switzerland. It’s a way to see where we are. I couldn’t understand why we didn’t have a bike trail in Napa.” The push for a cycles-only pathway had been attempted before, in part because Napa has the ninth-highest bicycle accident rate View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
lights and other electrical devices for three days before it’s swapped out for one that has been recharged. Customers pay a yearly subscription fee per battery and a small fee for each recharge. What comes next: On-the-ground research in... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
a per capita basis—and there's no indication that has stopped. What's attracted them? "It is a very easy city in which to adopt new approaches," says Wilkins. "It's a very open city in which to take a risk. That's not often the case. It's... View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
got older, he turned that hunt inward, started using a simple spreadsheet to manually track his behavior, keeping tabs on the amount of time spent exercising, sleeping, commuting, gradually expanding into include everything from his car's average miles View Details
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
firm's top brass. In fact, analysts' "buy" recommendations on a school-tied stock outperformed their "buy" recommendations on a non-school-tied stock by an average of 45 to 55 basis points per month or 5.4 to 6.6 percent View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
purchased by an employee. Subanalyses tracked beverage purchases, including calories and price per beverage. Results: Employees self-identified as white (73%); black (10%); Latino (7%); and Asian (10%). Compared to white employees, Latino... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne