Attraction - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

democracies has been decreasing over the last decades and, in some countries, elections regularly attract less than half of the voting-age population. The lower a democracy’s participation, the more unequal it tends to be, raising... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

critical dimensions to organizations that want to work toward parity, not for cosmetic reasons, but to improve performance and value: Attraction and recruitment. Actively seek candidates outside managers’ networks, and assess the language... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

cause serious problems for customers and create a strong reason not to purchase. Confusing or inaccurate billing causes customer annoyance. Simply eliminating the reasons for someone not to purchase, however, does not create a reason for them to buy. It is necessary to... View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

20 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

They're attracting the attention of venture capital firms, who are starting their own "venture catalyst" experiments. They're catching the eye of potential startups, looking for ways to get to market faster and with more value... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

a financial analyst with IBM's Latin American division for three years, planning all along to go back to school after gaining some work experience. "Harvard expects you to do research that has certain managerial implications. That was View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

challenges of finding companies offering attractive returns while seeking to address climate change, following the strategy laid out in the bestselling book: Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan to Reverse Global Warming . They will also... View Details

March 2015
Case

BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White

BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy

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04 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

intrigued by the unusually esoteric world of accounting standard-setting. Unlike major government programs such as Social Security and Medicare, which attract large, general-interest groups to rally, debate, and participate in the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

fared poorly. Even fashion-forward discounters like Target have not done well. This doesn't necessarily mean consumers have lost their interest in upscale merchandise. Rather than returning to these same stores after the crisis, are consumers more likely to be View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Nov 2016
HBS Seminar

Gillian Hadfield, University of California, Gould School of Law

Research Summary

Self-environment relationship and its effect on decisions under risk and uncertainty

My research seek to better understand the main cognitive and social abilities that guide our judgments, and the ways they interact with aspects of the situation to shape humans' decisions. It is currently comprised of three related... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation

Harvard Innovation Lab, and HBX take hold, they are attracting targeted donor support, freeing up unrestricted resources for new opportunities. This cycle of investment allows the School to act quickly and thoughtfully to foster... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Serving through TechnoServe

attract resources to support the experts in the field. In addition to managing fundraising efforts, he has developed an extern program where volunteers from companies like Liz Claiborne, McKinsey, and Young & Rubicam work with... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

If You're #1, Watch Out

required to achieve better and better results. When the product the customers use isn't good enough, its architecture is proprietary and its manufacturers make money. When it's more than good enough, its architecture becomes modular, built around industry standards,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2010
News

You Have to Save to Win

$25 saved. Aside from better odds, the program offers something much more tangible for thrill-seeking lotto players: money in the bank. Since its launch in January 2009, Save to Win has attracted $3.8 million in new deposits from almost... View Details

Keywords: Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Feb 1997
News

Case Method Experts Share Their Wisdom

Professor Emeritus C. Roland Christensen (standing, right) offers some thoughts on "The Art and Craft of Discussion Leadership" at a November seminar that attracted 41 professors of business from seven New England colleges and... View Details

26 Apr 2022
News

Leading on Climate Change

Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), attracted 225 alumni, with club board members joining Almheiri in-person at the Etihad Museum in Dubai, while Polman and the majority of alumni attended the event virtually. “The Harvard ThinkTank series... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 Oct 2019
News

A Bid for the Future

state workforce development programs in the United States. “People think about economic development folks making pitches to companies, and wining and dining, and that is part of it,” says Moret. “But what really matters is creating a great operating environment for... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

Profile

Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo

Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo was attracted to industrial engineering (her undergraduate major) for one of the same reasons she was ultimately attracted to business: "to optimize processes, not just... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Gaining Currency

Kim Reynolds (MBA ’79), the weakness of the dollar is a good thing: It makes Markel’s products — insulated wire and tubing for cars — attractive to buyers from Europe where locally manufactured goods have grown pricey due to the euro’s... View Details

Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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