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- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
depletion of natural resources. He thinks one of the main reasons people in the United States are more concerned about the environment is that incomes are higher. "Although people who think of themselves as environmentalists tend not... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
non-stereotypical characteristic. A reluctance to discriminate emerges if workers share the gender or birth month of the worker from the worse-performing group, but even then, a small “excuse" counters this reluctance. Thus, our... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
election, and in election years more loans are made to districts in which the ruling state party had a narrow margin of victory (or a narrow loss) in the previous election. This targeting does not occur in non-election years. This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
toward the outside world. But there was also the reality that it was a country that had only begun to emerge from a time of massive pain. When you look back broadly at the last few decades, what were some of the key factors in China’s... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
Idea Village, an anchor organization for the emerging entrepreneurial movement in New Orleans, Markowitz (MBA 2003) struggled to find a decent job there. With an HBS degree and a background in corporate finance, she seemed overqualified... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
variety of important domains, from education and business to law and societal discourse. An emerging research literature has revealed the many ways in which colorblindness shapes individual, group, and institutional efforts to handle... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
University of Massachusetts Boston. She studies how the ideology of meritocracy is invoked to legitimate inequality in the United States and thereby impedes efforts to address poverty. She also examines how “tempered radicals,” working... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
on all levels, personally and professionally. Our theme, Emerge Stronger, really spoke to people. The speakers we attracted were just mind-blowing! I think we hit on something unique here by looking back on the year with positivity and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
more emergent process that aims to discover whether there is any market to be served in the first place. Applying a uniform "best-practice" process to all development efforts ignores the major differences between these projects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
relative to the prevailing screening method of colonoscopy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53345 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Temporary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
players. Significantly for the sports industry's economics, TV revenues helped fuel the explosion in player salaries. Like everyone else, athletes gaped at the size of TV contracts and - assisted by an emerging group of player agents -... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
Korea's earliest and largest mutual fund company, plans to expand internationally. After first offering emerging market funds to its Korean customers, the company then began selling local-currency funds in India and Brazil. Now Hyeon-Joo... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
owned slaves and accepted Black people as full citizens. Thanks to the efforts of Creek leaders like Cow Tom, a Black Creek citizen who rose to become chief, the United States government recognized Creek citizenship in 1866 for its Black... View Details
- 22 Feb 2010
- Op-Ed
Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis
but a leadership crisis. During Chrysler's 1980s crisis, CEO Lee Iacocca took charge, restoring consumer trust and prosperity. When General Motors emerged from bankruptcy last summer, Chairman Ed Whitacre became the trustworthy,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- What Do You Think?
What are the Lessons of New Orleans?
security company, of which I was a director, to that of the New York City Police Department. A direct result has been a number of arrests by the NYPD of criminals fleeing buildings guarded by the private security firm. Contrast this with reports of the initial... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
definition that extends the concept beyond the traditional binary retain/not retain view of retention. We discuss a variety of metrics to measure and monitor retention. We present an integrated framework for managing retention that leverages View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
suspended on that day to allow students, faculty, and staff time to follow events as they unfolded and to check on the safety of family and friends. Across the University, emergency grief counseling and other services were made available... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
900 MBA students each year to more than a dozen cities, including in China, India, and South Africa. Without a doubt there is more we can do, as we are witnessing interesting business ideas and opportunities emerge in every corner of the... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
colleagues to refocus radically on truly modern phenomena, on anticipating the future, and on altering our theorizing and methods accordingly, or we will never catch up. Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
OnStar as president and CEO for 14 years. A major subsidiary of General Motors, OnStar provides in-vehicle security, navigation, remote diagnostic, and emergency services to more than 6 million subscribers. Now a senior lecturer at HBS,... View Details