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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
year to take a job on Wall Street, but he became, arguably, the most influential and popular professor at the School. HBS ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION ARD’s beginnings were modest — its first venture fund was a mere $3.4 million. A few of its View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
initiatives will fail. Opening space for a mutually acceptable nuclear deal-that avoids both military conflict and a nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable Iran-requires relentlessly and creatively worsening Iran's no-deal options while... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54565 Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—After decades of both... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
innovations in transparent packaging, specifically cellophane in the mid-twentieth century United States, helped retailers create full self-service merchandising systems, including selling perishable food. While self-service stores began appearing in the late 1910s,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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recipients of the School’s highest honor demonstrate the many paths to success, be it in government service, finance, or social enterprise. For the Records In the midst of Austin’s buzzy music scene, Caren Kelleher is finding her harmony... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
year. Using Internet Data for Economic Research Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Publication:Journal of Economic Perspectives (forthcoming) Abstract The data used by economists can be broadly divided into two categories. First, structured datasets arise when a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
is really all about ensuring that states and the federal government have the education-employment data systems in place to enable everyone involved—learners, institution leaders, policymakers, and even employers—to be able to make... View Details
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
to the aviation reward, the X PRIZE Foundation is offering similar carrots for breakthroughs in sequencing the human genome, designing fuel-efficient cars, and even reaching the moon. And the US government is experimenting with prizes as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
the company's marketing department into an integral part of product development, product management, and strategic planning after years of relative neglect is considered. The role of Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt in initiating and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21
school by the early 20th century. We present new, comparable data on school inputs and outputs for BRIC drawn from contemporary surveys and government documents. Recent studies emphasize the importance of political decentralization and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10
forecasted probability of future funding by funding more innovative ideas. We propose that extremely novel technologies may need 'hot' financial markets to get through the initial period of discovery or diffusion. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
brokerages have signaled that they are not getting rid of these operations. In addition to the $1.4 billion conflict of interest settlement, the self-regulatory organizations that govern brokerages have issued new rules. The National... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
efforts for the CDC. In addition, the firm has co-developed a training program with Cranfield to improve the skills of its own partners. The case explores whether these initiatives will lead to a long-term competitive advantage. The firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
Strategic Talent Management Initiatives Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. AbbottHarvard Business School Case 412-147 In 2012, Bill Allen and Maria Pejter, of Maersk Group's Human Resources Department, sat down to consider some key aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
illuminating the strong spiritual, cultural, and economic connections that once existed between corn and indigenous people. At the same time, Keen and his students were brainstorming potential directions for what would become Sacred Seed. View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
1985, Honda initiated a secret program to develop a small jet. Over the years, the program had many ups and downs (it was almost canceled several times). Then, a breakthrough in the configuration of the engines lead Honda to believe it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
efforts to reveal classified government documents. The film, Singer’s first to be produced, was panned by critics. “I thought my career was over,” he says. But the script of The Fifth Estate got him the job writing Spotlight, as well as... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Tracking Performance Indicators By: Beveridge, Christiana, Sofia Warner, Greg Leya, and Thomas W. Feeley Abstract—Given that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not achieved the degree of cost reductions and quality improvements View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016
are difficult to assemble. We combine several restricted-access U.S. Census Bureau data sets to create a unique longitudinal data platform that covers 1992–2008 and many states. We describe differences in the types of businesses initially... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17
Government Inspections: Evidence from Restaurant Hygiene Inspections and Online Reviews By: Kang, Jun Seok, Polina Kuznetsova, Yejin Choi, and Michael Luca Abstract—Restaurant hygiene inspections are often cited as a success story of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne