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- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
between savings and growth through investment. This link, however, disappears in open economy models, which is surely the relevant scenario in reality. An alternative interpretation of the relationship between savings and growth is that... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
$96 million, as well as home rental service Airbnb, noting, "Why build new hotels when we've got all this spare capacity?" Henderson works closely with the STAR Lab, a new initiative focused on research about environmental consumer... View Details
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
the "comp," or complimentary benefit, which can include a free dinner at a hotel restaurant, reduced-priced tickets and good seats to a show, or even free lodging in deluxe accommodations. In short, casino... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
learning among lower-level employees. We exploit a field-research setting in which business units vary in the "tightness" with which they monitor employee decisions. We find that tighter monitoring gives rise to implicit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1
optimize your time and choose an effective event format? Is a Company Presentation right for us? At HBS, Company Presentations are held either off-campus at a local hotel or restaurant or on-campus in a classroom. Our classrooms seat up... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 05 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program
in an office building on the city’s main thoroughfare, Paseo de la Reforma, to discuss a proposed hotel development. As the developers introduced themselves, I quickly realized we were beginning negotiations... View Details
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
rationally respond to attractive investment opportunities signaled by public market shifts. The Relationships between Market Orientation and Alternative Strategic Orientations: A Meta-Analysis Author:Amir... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
service organizations also benefit from worker input. But people, it goes without saying, are harder to work on than cars and hotel rooms. Two Managerial Processes That Helped "Hospitals are enormously... View Details
- 09 Oct 2019
- News
Building a Tradition of Giving
Starwood Hotels and Resorts, a company he founded in 1995 and led through 2005. He set out to build a company with a “good soul,” he says. “We were like the U.N.—we had one of everything—Hilton, Hyatt,... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
design "path" both advance and impede absorptive capacity. Changes in path allow rapid experience with alternative ideas, and this eventually aids adoption and invention capacity. However, these changes temporarily harm the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change
It was a dramatic contrast on our screens last week. As Hurricane Dorian unleashed nature’s fury on the Bahamas and danced with a wide swath of the East Coast of the United States, I flipped to the CNN Climate Town Hall, where Democratic... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
disclosure policy should focus not only on what information to disclose, but also on how and where to design disclosure Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54177 Investing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Recap of the 4th Annual Women in Investing Summit
the Women in Investing Summit, an annual event engaging HBS alumni, industry professionals and MBA students in discussions about the latest trends in private equity, growth, venture capital, and public markets. According to Preqin, women... View Details
- 10 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis
increase supply, and develop alternatives to oil. Doing so will require policy, innovation, and leadership. But first it requires that people wake up to the sobering... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
profoundly." Scientific innovation is moving into companies such as BofA that you wouldn't expect, she adds. "We think of automakers focusing primarily on design, but the growing emphasis on alternative fuels is causing some of... View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
two very different alternatives as to which direction to take Bausch & Lomb. Essentially, she can either stay the course or terminate the management team she originally... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Opportunities in the Plant-Based Economy
lucky to be treated to a group of highly accomplished speakers within the industry from a huge array of functions that explored the growing space from all angles. High level areas included cellular... View Details
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
the best economics and have provided an alternative system, which I believe is the correct way to measure generational policy. It's a start." Kotlikoff is professor of economics at Boston University and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as price or the number of ads a product carries, we allow the incumbent to consider changes in its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
Publications October 2014 Management Science Looking Across and Looking Beyond the Knowledge Frontier: Intellectual Distance and Resource Allocation in Science By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Eva Guinan, Karim Lakhani, and Christoph Riedl Abstract—Selecting among View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne