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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
an economic analyst," states George B. Kaiser (MBA '66), president and CEO of Kaiser-Francis Oil Company, a private concern based in Tulsa. "Analytical skills are indispensable when it comes to understanding and projecting pricing cycles... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
from a social welfare perspective. Q: In general, what surprised you about the results? What assumptions did you have going in that didn't hold up? A: When we began the project, we thought that network... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
consumers in seeking care providers, how consumers make decisions about health care, the system-wide effects of increased consumer choice in health care, and the important distinction between patients and consumers. The Risk Underwriters... View Details
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
theoretically from the WMS and other recent work on management practices. Our preliminary results suggest that about a quarter of cross-country and within-country TFP gaps can be accounted for by management practices. Management seems to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
this to VCs, they thought we were crazy,” Sapone says. There was the increase in cost structure and concerns about scalability. “But these are people we’re sending to your home to take care of you: They are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
often seen as a badge of authenticity. There’s skepticism about the scientific method, and there are anti-intellectual strains in different social strata. Is “disrupting” anti-learning cultural attitudes—in... View Details
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/14-062_29ad7901-c306-44fa-88df-31e97a17cbbf.pdf BYOB: How Bringing Your Own Shopping Bags Leads to Treating Yourself, and the Environment By: Karmarkar, Uma R., and Bryan Bollinger Abstract—As View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
the new Chinese economy. (photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty) Do the Chinese business leaders you talk with offer opinions about what should be done to reverse the current downturn? There’s a lot of interest in finding ways to develop internal... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
fronts. He persuaded Melvin Copeland, a noted marketing professor, to change his planned textbook to a collection of business "problems." Published in September 1920, it became the first business casebook. Donham also orchestrated a series of informal faculty... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Fifteen years ago, while Patrick McGinnis (MBA 2004) was a student at HBS, he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Harbus, about his observation that... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
cross-cultural negotiation, this paper develops the first two levels of a four-level prescriptive framework for effectively carrying out such assessments: Common expectations for surface behavior: etiquette, protocol, and deportment. A surface-level assessment informs... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
hard to think about taxing corporations without figuring out what to do with their foreign profits. As one example, more than half of GE's assets are not in the United States now, and close to half of GE's profits are abroad as well.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
subnational regions have gained increasing attention both as a level of analysis and as a level for policy making. This chapter aims to explore what this new context implies for the role of regional governments. It is motivated by a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) and Edith Pripas Dorsen (MBA/MPA 1985) (photo by Kathryn Elsesser) Don't let its name fool you: the Women's Venture Capital Fund is about profitability, and not social activism. Monica... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
entrepreneurship but also in the dynamics of the free-enterprise system itself. In 1975, venture funding in the United States totaled about $50 million. Today, it is somewhere between $50 and $100 billion. What triggered this explosive... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship
Clear and decisive action coupled with direct communication with students is beneficial even if the details of the remote, virtual, or hybrid internship are not finalized. What we saw in 2020 was that students were concerned View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
a report on the HBS Latin America Research Center), Latin America is an evolving, untapped market of vast potential, formidable challenges, and many fascinations. MORE A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens In the 1980s, democracy-oriented governments... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
— JH Jenny Abramson Abramson When Jenny Abramson arrived at Stanford from a “progressive” high school in Washington, D.C., she was concerned about the large size of her classes. Seeing an opportunity to... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
conformity comes at a steep price for our careers and personal lives. When we mindlessly accept rules and norms rather than questioning and constructively rebelling against them, we ultimately end up stuck and unfulfilled. As leaders, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details