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- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
development for the sectors where jobs are being created.” Dolembo suggested a multi-faceted response: “Fund student loans, stop punishing those who get the training at community colleges and share in the investment for these poor kids... View Details
- 10 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
A New Case at Harvard Business School Highlights the Real-World Issues for Latinx Considering an MBA
introducing prospective students to the cornerstone of the HBS academic experience. The response, when Curiel and Calderon taught the Esperanza case at the 2019 LASO conference, Adelante, was overwhelmingly positive and strikingly emotional. Students and alumni View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The First Scrum
organize a seven-to-a-side tournament, a kind of abbreviated form of the game. And would you believe it, we won! Our first tournament victory. When I walked up to get that rather pathetic-looking trophy—which probably cost us $5 from the... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
should your employees be to helping each other? Are they sharing responsibility for your company's success? (7) What strategic uncertainties keep you awake at night? How are you riveting everyone's attention on those uncertainties? These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
supplying superior bottleneck components while outsourcing non-bottleneck components. I show that a firm pursuing this strategy will have a higher return on invested capital (ROIC) than competitors with a less modular design. Over time, the focal firm can drive the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
system with periodic review, constant leadtimes, infinite supply, full backlogging, linear holding and penalty costs and no ordering costs. Forecasting ARIMA time series requires tracking forecast errors (interpolations) and using these... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
fellows do, with rare exception, is quickly mainstreamed into the life of the organization,” says Levy. So if the Leadership Fellows program provides benefits that most young, high-powered MBAs crave — access, impact, and leadership opportunities — it also satisfies an... View Details
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
(BRFSS) data on 2.3 million U.S. respondents, and Eurobarometer data that cover multiple business cycles over four decades. This research provides a new perspective on the welfare cost of business cycles, with implications for growth... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
Most individuals who had converted bonds for shares in 1711 and 1719 had seen their South Sea shares appreciate in the meantime, and the government had lowered its debt-servicing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
Amazon to expand and strengthen its market share in soft-line retail categories. While Amazon's interest intrigued Zappos' senior executives, they had not felt the time was right-until now. Amazon's offer-10 million View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
costs decrease and as the benefits from outsourcing the use of intellectual property increases. We also examine how different licensing arrangements affect the relation between the variance of the returns to the intellectual property and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
that many never sign up for pay TV at all. “I suspect that what is happening is much more profound, and that revolution will come from individuals and companies creating content at a fraction of the cost per hour of traditional pay-TV... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
lessons or definitive answers. But somewhere in the two-day span we spend talking with villagers, sharing their food, and sleeping in their homes, perceptions shift. It’s one thing to read a newspaper article about the impact of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Chick-fil-A Foundation, lists some simple but powerful ways people can affect others and create a legacy of service. His stories aim to help people demonstrate life-changing compassion, understand courage, make brave choices every day, and View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
of inflation increases demand for cost of living adjustments. Frames that highlight flexibility, control, and investment significantly reduce annuitization. A majority of respondents prefer to receive an extra "bonus" payment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
engineer something yet unseen. Whether we’re navigating a website or shared public space, we constantly witness the extent to which our environments and experiences are curated. What do you believe about what people have access to? What... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
welfare in Mexico. Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the supply of credit? Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the cost of credit? Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
mistrustful of exotic foods." He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional kitchen could address that. From these fundamental... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
and higher availability of inventory (a proxy for support). Our findings highlight important factors for successful implementations of 360-degree systems as complements to explicit incentives. Finally, we share some lessons learned with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
small association with violations in the unauthorized channel. Last, we link our results to the literatures on agency theory, transaction cost analysis, and theories of price obfuscation. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne