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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog
on-campus session, student teams will be formed. We will do our best to allocate students to their preferred project partners. In the period from October to December, student teams will engage in conversations and early work with project... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Preferreds to Generate Long-Term Income by Simon Wadsworth (MBA ’73C) (Bookmasters) Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze (MBA ’98D) (Berrett-Koehler... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
Wagaroo. The initial iteration of Wagaroo was based entirely on trying to develop an effective matching algorithm. Prospective owners filled out surveys, indicating preferences about factors such as size, breed, energy level, age, and... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
social enterprise more likely to choose branching? A: While our survey did not explore the reasons for choosing branching over affiliation, some nonprofits may prefer branching because it allows the nonprofit leader to exert the most... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
directions to meet future needs. The Boeing board’s repeated CEO failures resulted from this approach of choosing people who applied the same leadership formula. Business allow the current CEO to dominate the hiring process. Many boards fail to take control of the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
car will get better over time,” says Mistele. “The software won’t be the same forever; you will be able to update it regularly, just as you do with your smart phone or laptop, and your car will learn your behavior and personal preferences... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
real-time connections with colleagues, but will prefer to maintain their at-home work lifestyle. I suggest managers put some structure in place to ensure that time in the office is optimized for face time. For example, make a team... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
requires careful structuring of the transaction, cautious pricing of the shares, and wide diversification of the pockets of demand by the underwriters. These elements explain the concurrent convertible preferred stock offering, the... View Details
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
plants are a significant determinant of cross-country differences in income per worker. For this purpose, we use a standard version of the neoclassical growth model augmented to incorporate monopolistic competition among heterogeneous firms. For our View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
it. My preferred artistic medium is music—I played the piano and violin and sang competitively from age five through high school. I don’t have as much time for it anymore, but, growing up, it helped me to relax, to engage with and develop... View Details
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
adopting a traditional business model. We show that the value of business model innovation may be so substantial that an incumbent may prefer to compete in a duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
older investors prefer dividend-paying stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for dividends. Firms headquartered in areas in which seniors constitute a large fraction of the population are more likely to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the Artful Sidestep
listens in closely to the phenomenon of "conversational blindness"—listeners' failure to notice such dodges and to socially punish transgressors unless the attempts are egregious. "More troublingly, listeners preferred... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
total—were more likely to understate their earnings in the two quarters prior to the election. Such "downward earnings management," as it is known in accounting, seems to have been motivated by the desire of contributing firms to not taint View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
would recommend. Related, a similar share prefer a classical benefit-based logic for the assignment of taxes over the conventional logic of diminishing marginal social welfare. Moreover, these two views are linked: respondents who more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
journey has not always been easy and positive, no career journey is. I’ve learned I prefer to stay away from workplace politics, a discovery that has impacted the choices I’ve made and paths I’ve taken. Likewise, when there have been... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Coming Out and Finding Acceptance at HBS
identity. But I didn’t speak up. To make my point as clearly and as resonantly as I wanted, I would have to explain that I am a cisgender woman in a relationship with a transgender man, and that while I generally prefer men as romantic... View Details
- 25 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Why I Almost Didn’t Apply to HBS
Like many of you reading this article, I prefer to plan out each step of my life. Methodically marching towards each life goal, and rolling with the punches life throws at me. Oftentimes though, unforeseen events take place, and our well... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
of the population is prospering, but we need a model that benefits Mexico's 95 million people. How does Mexico's stability affect emigration to the United States? Economic instability and unemployment drive Mexicans to the States - to look for work, not welfare. They... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
while others turned them in the direction of travel. The discovery of such unspoken preferences among consumers led the company to make important changes in the development of its navigational system. The authors conclude by urging... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross