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- November 2020
- Article
Accelerator or Brake? Cash for Clunkers, Household Liquidity, and Aggregate Demand
By: Daniel Green, Brian Melzer, Jonathan Parker and Arcenis Rojas
This paper evaluates the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) by comparing the vehicle purchases and disposals of households with eligible "clunkers" to those of households with similar, but ineligible, vehicles. CARS caused roughly 500,000 purchases during the program... View Details
Keywords: Automobiles; Purchasing; Government Incentives; Household; Financial Liquidity; Income; Behavior
Green, Daniel, Brian Melzer, Jonathan Parker, and Arcenis Rojas. "Accelerator or Brake? Cash for Clunkers, Household Liquidity, and Aggregate Demand." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12, no. 4 (November 2020): 178–211.
- 2008
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How Recession Will Accelerate Consumer Downsizing
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How Recession Will Accelerate Consumer Downsizing." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). October 15, 2008. https://hbr.org/2008/10/how-recession-will-accelerate.
- 17 Dec 2020
- News
Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta
generation” leader for the club. Tanaka is likewise focused on the club’s efforts to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in business and society. “I am most excited about accelerating DEI initiatives in the community,” she says.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 2020
- Case
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastic Packaging
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Plastic has become essential to global day-to-day activities, yet it is also causing extreme environmental degradation. Many leaders in the plastics industry are starting to question its sustainability. This case presents insights into the future of the plastic... View Details
Keywords: Plastic Waste; Environmental Sustainability; Cooperation; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Consumer Products Industry
Hoffman, Andrew J. "The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastic Packaging." William Davidson Institute Case 9-550-406, 2020.
- 01 Jan 2025
- Podcast
Accelerating Battery Innovation with AI: A Conversation with Argonne’s Logan Ward
Logan Ward, Deputy Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, joins host Mike Toffel to discuss how AI is transforming the discovery process for new materials in grid-scale batteries. Logan explains Argonne’s research on improving energy storage solutions, why AI plays... View Details
- October 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
Lovepop
By: Robert F. White, Ramana Nanda and Olivia Hull
As they prepare to graduate from Harvard Business School, the co-founders of greeting card company startup Lovepop need capital to cover the company’s operating costs and must choose between two seed financing offers. One offer is from an angel group and the other from... View Details
Keywords: Accelerator; Incubator; Seed Financing; Convertible Debt; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Growth and Development Strategy; Valuation; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States
White, Robert F., Ramana Nanda, and Olivia Hull. "Lovepop." Harvard Business School Case 818-015, October 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- 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
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
Sahlman, William A., and Robert F. White. "BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 815-702, March 2015.
- February 2024
- Teaching Note
Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs' Growth (A) and (B)
By: Mark Egan
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 224-023 and 224-024. As 2017 was drawing to a close, birddogs’ founder and CEO, Peter Baldwin, was working with his CFO Jack Sullivan to prepare for 2018. A nascent direct-to-consumer apparel brand, birddogs had carved its niche in men’s... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Leticia Tavares On Marriott's Management Acceleration Program
Why I Love My Job is a series of interviews with HBS students and alumni on what drives their satisfaction at work. Current Position:Manager - Management Acceleration Program (MAP)Current Location:Atlanta - GADescribe your role at... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 11 Sep 2024
- Webinars: Career
ChatGPT for Job-Seekers: The Right Way to Use AI to Accelerate Your Search
ChatGPT feels like a miracle for job-seekers - instant resumes, cover letters, and more. What could be better? But theres a dark side to using AI in the job search: It can actually hurt your chances if you use it the wrong way. So join OpenAIs first education partner... View Details
The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million
The Sales Acceleration Formula provides a scalable, predictable approach to growing revenue and building a winning sales team. Everyone wants to build the next $100 million business and author Mark Roberge has actually done it using a unique methodology... View Details
- October 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
What Will Best Serve Humanity? Accelerating Uses for CRISPR at the Broad Institute
By: Amitabh Chandra, Matthew C. Weinzierl, Lisa Marrone and Spencer Lee-Rey
Chandra, Amitabh, Matthew C. Weinzierl, Lisa Marrone, and Spencer Lee-Rey. "What Will Best Serve Humanity? Accelerating Uses for CRISPR at the Broad Institute." Harvard Business School Case 721-018, October 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- 1992
- Other Unpublished Work
Vulnerability Assessment of Accelerated Sea Level Rise: Case Study: Majuro Atoll, Marshall islands
By: P. Holthus, M. Crawford, C. Makroro and S. Sullivan
Holthus, P., M. Crawford, C. Makroro, and S. Sullivan. "Vulnerability Assessment of Accelerated Sea Level Rise: Case Study: Majuro Atoll, Marshall islands." South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Apia, Western Samoa, December 1992. (Funded by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).)