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11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

the country's first public access technology center established in an inner city, said the center has 26 computers plus video and music editing equipment, and offers residents classes in computer programming. The center is conspicuously... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Jun 2020
News

Covering All Corners

company, Eva Cosmetics, dedicated most of its capacity towards manufacturing alcohol-based disinfectants, gloves, and masks primarily to support public and private hospitals and doctors. We also recognized that the availability of... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Predictable Surprises

or later — and many experts say sooner — lead to the demise of their livelihood. There are a number of cognitive issues here, but one of the most universal is the tendency people have to dramatically discount the future. For the most... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 2002
News

Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

such as corporate governance, the relationship between values and leadership, corporate accountability and the challenges of financial disclosure, executive compensation, and the role of intermediaries in capital markets. Through our work, we can help shape not only... View Details

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

the best possible solution to complicated public policy problems,” he says, weighing all the evidence against a gut feeling. Beyond his business acumen, it’s also possible that Mitsotakis inherited a bit of political instinct. The prime... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

the 1920s Research Links Site Credits Bibliography | Manuscript Collections | Trade Publications Manuscript Collections Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Records, 1870–1919 . Baker Library Historical Collections,... View Details

21 Nov 2013
News

Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

keyboard on smart devices (just like Polaroid believed consumers needed to instantly print their digital photos—when was the last time you printed a photo!). They kept their platform closed, avoiding the design and distribution of public... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

revamping the class reunion format, and establishing corporate relations and public relations efforts at the School. Subsequently, Uyterhoeven took charge of all the School’s Executive Education activities and spearheaded the renovation... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

climate and energy that are highly relevant to the current public debate.” The Brand IDEA: Managing Nonprofit Brands with Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity by Nathalie Laidler-Kylander and Julia Shepard Stenzel (both MBA 1992)... View Details

11 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

awards, including the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and a 2012 Gold Effie. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/513032-PDF-ENG Creating the First Public Law Firm: The IPO of Slater &... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Improving Fairness in Flight Delays

congestion at airports and in the air. In Equitable and Efficient Coordination in Traffic Flow Management, a paper recently accepted for publication in Transportation Science and coauthored with Cynthia Barnhart of MIT and Dimitris... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Air Transportation

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

financial institutions. “Most people agree that the financing of large financial intermediaries put the larger financial system at risk” Can the government do anything to discourage short-term borrowing by the private sector? HBS Professor Robin Greenwood, Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

01 Jun 2018
News

The Long Run

product of the GPP’s Substance Abuse Research Alliance (SARA), an affiliate group of 150 researchers, public officials, and practitioners all working to turn the rising tide of deaths from opioid overdose. Langford, here for the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

Finance, forthcoming from Harvard University Press, Abdelal discusses the rise and diminishment of capital controls in the 1900s, the coming influence of China and India on global financial markets, and a conspiracy theory that U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

teamed up with Priyank Lathwal, a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, to mobilize South Asian student organizations across Harvard and other universities to pool resources for Indian health and aid organizations. The... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

Ward - once synonymous with out-of-control crime rates, gang warfare, antiquated public housing, crumbling schools, and degrading poverty - have begun to show indications that there may be a way out of the hopeless downward spiral. In... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

28 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation

more smoothly. “Both of these competing effects are happening at the same time,” says Luo. The question is which one is stronger? Luo examines that question with Alberto Galasso, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Medical Devices & Supplies

05 Oct 2016
News

Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab

laboratories that test chemicals, drugs, or other materials that require direct ventilation and specialized accommodations. The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab gives Harvard students and other members of the University an opportunity to... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

guidelines for when to use each strategy. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808004 ABRY Partners and F+W Publications Harvard Business School Case 207-010 After acquiring F+W View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

Publications "From Visible Harm to Relative Risk: Centralization and Fragmentation of Pharmacovigilance Author: Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication: Chap. 13 in The Fragmentation of U.S. Health Care, Oxford View Details