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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
years later, both camps benefit enormously from their close ties: the mutual fund is America's investment vehicle of choice, with one in three U.S. households owning a stake in the industry's $5.5 trillion in assets. "By making the View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
not playing by the rules and to recognize and celebrate those who did. —Misan Rewane (MBA 2013) cofounder of West Africa Vocational Education; Social Enterprise track runner-up, 2013 The Value of Slow As one who loves the early-stage... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
social progress and the ultimate goal: equity. Adia Wingfield Harvey is currently serving as President of Sociologists for Women in Society, a national organization that encourages feminist research and View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
experts to discuss how researchers can impact a broader audience, by lending their scientific expertise to pressing social issues, current events, and public debates. The landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, in which the Supreme... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
displace—producer innovation in many parts of the economy. We argue that a transition from producer innovation to open single user and open collaborative innovation is desirable in terms of social welfare and so worthy of support by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
after leaving HBS and have continued their entrepreneurial journey in the marketplace. Will this year’s new ventures follow in their footsteps? You be the judge. Here’s a quick look at the traditional and social enterprise business plan... View Details
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’
there—the great execution challenge—or how it will capitalize on the learning it accumulates along the way. But this is not so. What's been forgotten is that strategy is not a destination or a solution. It's not a problem to be solved and... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
returned to the United States, not when those profits are earned. This resembles the treatment of capital gains for individuals where capital gains taxes are only due when gains are realized rather than when... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- August 2007 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
Marketing the "$100 Laptop" (A)
By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In 2002, Professor Nicholas Negroponte, a successful venture capitalist, author, and co-founder and chairman emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, announced his intention to build a PC so cheap as to make it possible to provide... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Nonprofit Organizations; Marketing Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry; Cambridge
Quelch, John A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. Marketing the "$100 Laptop" (A). Harvard Business School Case 508-024, August 2007. (Revised September 2008.)
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
It is easy to myopically focus on the headline grabbing “green” startups, but the urgency of the problem requires an “all hands on deck” approach. “Greening” is not a moment, but a process. It is easy to be inspired by Denmark’s history of View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
attentional focus improves perceivers’ ability to judge group effectiveness. Finally, we find that perceivers with higher levels of social sensitivity are more accurate at judging group effectiveness. We discuss the implications of these... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
scheduling their time, the more bang they'll get for their buck. Making Edtech Profitable Investment in education technology has increased dramatically over the past decade, with venture capital firms driving investments of more than $1... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
Jason Price (MBA 2003) in the main gallery space at NXTHVN, the art community he cofounded in New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood Trying to capture the scope of what’s going on at NXTHVN, the nonprofit arts and community organization Jason Price (MBA 2003) cofounded with... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
variable analysis and use the differences in the likelihood of retirement driven by Social Security retirement incentives in the United States to find a sizable increase in purpose in life as an outcome of retirement.” Emotional... View Details
Academic Excellence
I had the great pleasure of receiving the Thomas McCraw Fellowship in 2023 and spending a semester at Harvard Business School. Although the purpose of my stay was research, I was particularly impressed by the excellence of the teaching. Taking part in the... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
were unable to provide new loans to underwrite company growth. “The recessionary measures that were taken in Greece were not the cause of the crisis.” Even large companies that could ordinarily rely on public equity or debt markets discovered that both were effectively... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
predictive and prescriptive implications, this theory contributes to the general notion that pricing might affect as much as capture perceived value. Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-055.pdf Capital Structure with Risky Foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
behaviors associated with building social capital influence individuals' psychological experiences and work outcomes. August 2014 Child Development Why We Think We Can't Dance: Theory of Mind and Children's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
internalize the social costs of higher leverage in the form of greater bankruptcy losses (moral hazard) and are subject to a regulatory capital requirement. In contrast, shadow bank liabilities are subject... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8
complex. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/x/55314 August 2013 Journal of Monetary Economics Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne