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  • 04 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

A number of studies have suggested that US workers waste between one and two hours a day web surfing, costing their companies billions in lost productivity. In response, some employers have banned private Internet use at the office, a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international panel with many changes in payout taxes, we show that this prediction... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

autonomy and 2) nourishers—interpersonal events that uplift workers, including encouragement and demonstrations of respect and collegiality. Brimming with honest examples from the companies studied, The Progress Principle equips aspiring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

railroads represented a highest percentage of listed stocks and bonds issued on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock market grew from a few shares in the 1830s to hundreds of thousands in 1850 to millions by the mid-1860s. Investors could follow railroad View Details
  • 18 Nov 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?

solutions versus what drives some to drive more individual solutions.” Gallani also wants to look into why there aren’t more government regulations to hold compensation consultants accountable for their role in determining CEO pay. She... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consulting
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Careers - Health Care

résumé-writing workshops, and career round-tables are organized each year to help students learn more about specific health care industries, prepare for internships, and network with other students and alumni. Career Coaching HBS health care career coaches View Details
  • 24 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

Professor Michael Luca set to find out exactly by how much, and identify winners and losers in the process. "I have always been interested in how companies form their reputations, not only restaurants and hotels but also schools and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage
  • 12 May 2021
  • News

The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)

experience.” Sophie Bai is the founder and CEO of B.A.I. Technologies, a biotech company based in Cambridge that holds various patented technologies to treat skin diseases. Brianna Bai is a member of the HBS... View Details
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

of the most successful and insightful leaders of our time, the CEOs from companies as diverse as Standard Chartered Bank, Infosys, Nokia, Cummins, IKEA, Tata, and Campbell's Soup. The authors reveal how these leaders from around the world... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Robert Higgins | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie United View Details
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

eNaira, Nigeria’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), 2021. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of a National Science Foundation Science of Science & Innovation Policy (Sci-SIP) Award for Assessing the Impact of Non-Practicing Entities on U.S.... View Details
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

33 In 1946, Doriot became president of American Research and Development Corporation (ARD), the first publicly funded venture capital firm and one of the first modern venture capital companies established after the war. Located in Boston,... View Details
  • 27 Mar 2017
  • Blog Post

Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

I’m happy to concede some territory here: I’m not convinced it’s essential to running the company that I can derive WACC or read Balance of Payments statements. This argument does, though, undervalue the soft stuff that is taught and I... View Details
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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

initiative to build a sizeable collection of images documenting the company and its subsidiaries around the country. Photographers included exceptional artists such as Russell Aikins, Robert Yarnall Richie, Fred Korth, and Fritz Henle. A... View Details
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Entrepreneurs | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie United View Details
  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

March–April 2017 Harvard Business Review Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader: What to Look For By: Butler, Timothy Abstract—Aspiring to be innovative and agile, companies of all shapes and sizes want to recruit entrepreneurial managers. But... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 17

for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are paid about the market wage for their work. These results and other observations lead to the conclusion that diaspora connections continue to be important even as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Dean LeBaron | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie United View Details
  • 27 Oct 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?

choose an all-white group. Decades of diversity initiatives have failed to drastically alter the American executive suite, especially for Black people, who hold only 3.2 percent of senior executive roles. While the #MeToo and Black Lives... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 20 Aug 2015
  • Blog Post

AVICII: REFLECTIONS ON MANAGING THE BRAND OF A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR

and foremost, the entire company is structured around the idea of creation and creativity. While technology runs platform companies like Spotify and Apple, and marketing runs record labels like Capitol and... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports