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- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
over time. For half a century, tax analysts have noted that taxes averaged over a span of years (or even a lifetime), or taxes that depend on income histories and age, would be substantially more efficient and equitable. People are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
many diversified media companies viewed entry into cable as a hedge: they believed that their newspaper readership and broadcasting audiences might decline over time due to competition with cable, and wanted to reduce their dependence on... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
the niche product again that makes it a little bit less attractive for users. Apple has always built its company historically on hit products, and the problem with a hit product strategy is that when it works, it's great, but because it's View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
of 2009 alone, Mills points out that 1.8 million small business jobs were lost. Heavily dependent on credit, small businesses were unable to access capital markets as banks reeled from the crisis and lending froze. With half of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Feedback
am, however, looking forward to the Chao Center’s opening day! —James Hsieh (PLD 2015) via alumni.hbs.edu 2014 Alumni Achievement Awards Re: Sheila Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998/JD 1999) My own family has depended on Care.com with great... View Details
Keywords: feedback
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
knowledge spillovers. The strategic value of these agglomeration economies may vary by firm, depending upon the relative value of each economy, and upon firm and agglomeration economy traits. To better determine when a firm will be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
This growth differential in turn depends on the mobility of the technology's labor force, which we model through the extent that technologies depend upon immigrant scientists and engineers. Spatial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
record in the media - otherwise known as "pull." "The approach you use depends on whether or not you have what you sense is a 'radio-friendly' hit," says Boberg. "If you do, you take it to radio. If it's an album that has overall power... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
much an individual’s trajectory in life may depend on circumstances beyond his or her control. All of which gave him the kind of egalitarian temperament and innate respect for others that you just can’t fake. At lunch in downtown Harlan,... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Peeling Back the Global Brand
same brand is offered in different countries with a different product formulation. Depending on the country, people usually wash clothes with hot or cold water, so the product formulation needs to be adapted, he said. Idiosyncratic... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
role of your suppliers’ resources? End users are paranoid about being left with customized code that they are highly dependent upon and no one to turn to if that supplier somehow disappears or goes out of business. Credibility is... View Details
- 09 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads
year. And unlike for most TV advertising, viewers actually watch Super Bowl commercials. Which advertiser did best? It depends on whether we judge based on aesthetic aspects of the production or likely marketplace effectiveness. My... View Details
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
financing—multinational firms with access to foreign capital, for example—recovered more quickly than companies reliant on local financing. Companies may do well to consider that fact as they position themselves to weather the next crisis, says Steinwender. “Companies... View Details
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
and what steps will it take to regain them? Eventually, the recession will end, and future success depends on being well-positioned, based on sound research, when it does. Join the discussion on Harvard Business Online. View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 22 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
HBS Takes Business Education Online
terrific program for the serious learner – there is so much to do and see on the platform, and such potential for interacting with your fellow students to deepen the learning experience. The program requires a commitment of roughly 150 hours to complete the coursework,... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business
honing different and yet comparably important skills for business and policy global leaders. Born and raised in Kampala, Uganda, I was probably predisposed to develop passions contiguous to the phenomenon of development, which arguably has different connotations View Details
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Teaching & The Case Method | Baker Library
“Hints for Case Teaching,” HBS Professor Benson P. Shapiro observed that, “The case discussion process depends upon a delicate set of relationships: teacher-to-student, student-to-student, and class-to-material. . . . Because of the... View Details
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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog
is available in the form of a student loan, a need-based HBS scholarship, or a combination of both depending on your individual circumstances. The Add/Drop process at the start of the term is the mechanism for any IFC enrollment changes,... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
effect holds true regardless of which political party is in control. In terms of laws that are actually enacted, the impact of mass shootings depends on which party is in power. In states with Republican-controlled legislatures, a mass... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business
livelihoods depend on our ability to sell coffee.” Not long after returning home as HBS classes are now virtual, Han decided to create an e-commerce site for Bean&Bean, drawing on her pre-HBS career in software development and... View Details