Bubble - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

tough times for New York banking beginning more than a decade ago - with all the layoffs and mergers - this kind of mentoring stopped happening. I was very fortunate to have had it. How would you describe the value of Internet stocks today? Clearly a bubble, but View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

very little about how to prevent a bubble from becoming a problem in the first place. Q: In your own field of research, what are you working on these days? A: Well, I'm working on a number of things. I've spent a great deal of time over... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

flotation, or DAF,” he explains. “We inject microbubbles into the bottom of sap tanks. Any yeast, bacteria, or non-water-soluble particles adhere to the bubbles and float to the top to be skimmed off. Just the good stuff remains.” DAF had... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2008
News

THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

and let the ideas bubble up. We did find one rare kind of time pressure that does seem to help creativity: that of “being on a mission,” concentrating on a truly important problem for a defined period of time. Fear Forces Breakthroughs.... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

the same time, Rich Kinder, to whom I reported indirectly through my boss (and I greatly respected), decided to leave and was infamously replaced. I chose to leave Enron instead. —Bob Herlin (MBA 1982) Clean Conscience I worked at a self-service car wash named Magic... View Details

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

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

bubble has burst: no longer obsessed with the need for larger-than-life leaders and their grand strategies, we can now focus on a quieter, more evolutionary approach to change, one that relies on employee motivation instead of directives... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

structure, and are more vulnerable to swings in commodity markets and government policies. Set in December 2023, the case finds TPG considering the future for Monolith, a Rise Climate portfolio company with significant impact potential but an uncertain business model.... View Details

06 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

of 2020? Santana: It's very hard to tell because culture shifts very quickly, but I think what you can see from this year's past ads is that there were a couple of very clear themes that bubbled up. One was this rise of the machine, and... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?

sparked by urbanites fleeing the pandemic, but most of them have returned to their original cities and yet housing prices are still climbing across the country. What’s going on? Are we in another housing bubble like in 2008-09? Nori... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

01 Dec 2017
News

The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)

When did you and your cofounder come up with the idea for Bubble (Bubble is a visual programming tool that empowers anyone to build software, apps, and websites without writing any code)? Josh Haas, my cofounder, came up with the idea... View Details

William Wrigley III

Throughout William III’s early years at the family firm, Wrigley’s gum enjoyed a substantial lead in its industry. However, by the time he assumed the presidency in 1961, sugarless gum, and later bubble gum, were chipping away at that... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

March 2011
Supplement

Gold in 2011 (CW)

By: Robin Greenwood

Courseware for case 211095. View Details

Keywords: Price; Price Bubble; Metals and Minerals; Data and Data Sets

Citation

Purchase

07 Sep 2021
News

Growing Home

and began the modern era in Japan. “This is the only city in Japan where the price of land has not gone up since the bubble burst. But now, gradually, Mito has seen an upward trend, with more and more people wanting to invest in the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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European Economic History & Philosophy | Baker Library

South Sea Bubble - Bancroft Collection The foundation of the South Sea Bubble Collection held in Baker Library. It consists of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, Parliamentary acts, engravings, broadsides,... View Details

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

I graduated from Harvard Business School at the tail end of the dot-com bubble and was fortunate to join Goldman Sach’s high-tech investment banking group after graduation. However, the bubble burst got me,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Collection Highlights | Baker Library

Collection Highlights R.G. Dun & Co. Credit Report Volumes Credit reports created by America's first commercial reporting agency. This collection is an invaluable resource for understanding the business, social, and cultural world of 19th-century America. South Sea... View Details

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Sponsors | New Venture Competition

Sponsors The New Venture Competition thanks its sponsors for their tremendous support which enables participants to access expert resources, test their ideas, and gain real-world feedback throughout the process. Amazon Web Services All Stage View Details

December 1991
Article

Intrinsic Bubbles: The Case of Stock Prices

By: Kenneth A. Froot and M. Obstfeld

Keywords: Rational Expectations; Equities; Fundamentals; Behavioral Finance; Price Bubble; Stocks; Information; Asset Pricing