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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
The result of that abiding interest is his new book, Innovation and Its Discontents (Princeton University Press), which he cowrote with Professor Adam B. Jaffe of Brandeis University. Why do we need a patent system in the first place?... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
When it comes to climate change, companies must prepare now
investments are to pay off. Companies can also cooperate in voluntary carbon-trading systems and in lobbying for sensible government constraints. (Published October 2014) View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
as a sublime integration of operations and marketing,” says Deighton, who taught the case to MBAs for the first time this fall in the elective course Consumer Marketing. “Patterson understands that if you want shelf space you need to publish a lot of books; that you... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
Why Do We Tax? With the next President set to take office, it's time to ask how the income tax system could be improved. Assistant Professor Matthew Weinzierl suggests how. US Competitiveness at Risk America's declining global... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
of value investing? Jay Lorsch: Getting Boards Up to Speed Under the present system of corporate boards, independent part-time directors are not sufficiently familiar with the business — they have to be educated. Boards need better View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity
This week, Dean Nohria shared the School’s Action Plan for Racial Equity in a letter to the HBS community. “The horrifying murder of George Floyd, and an all too long history of similar injustices, has spurred our collective awakening to the grave and continuing View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations
polling stations. For example, the biometric identification systems designed to prevent voter fraud were not working at all polling stations, and systems designed to publicly report real-time results crashed... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
the point of the book was to explain where this extraordinary system came from and to explain it component by component so that readers could understand the financial system as the product of history, and as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Books
and pushing costs out of the reach of millions. Herzlinger outlines a plan for a consumer-driven system that puts insurance money in the hands of patients, removes the middleman in the doctor-patient relationship, and gives employers cost... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
a freelance basis. Are the declining numbers of movie-goers a concern? No, action films loaded with special effects will continue to be popular because people want to see them on the big screen. No matter how home theater systems evolve,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Spangler, Former UNC President, Candidate for Board of Overseers
interested and involved in education issues as the father of two daughters enrolled in public schools. In 1972, he was elected to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education, serving a four-year term while that system was in the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- September 1992 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Japan Confronts an Interdependent World
By: George C. Lodge
Traces the evolution of Japan's economic strategy from 1972 to 1992. Describes the collapse of the Japanese stock market in the spring of 1992, raising the question: Is this the end of Japan's miraculous growth? To help students consider that question, the case... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Financial Markets; Information Technology; System Shocks; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Growth and Development; Situation or Environment; Japan; United States
Lodge, George C. "Japan Confronts an Interdependent World." Harvard Business School Case 793-034, September 1992. (Revised March 1998.)
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
Kiva Systems Intuit Angie’s List Rakuten athenahealth Pandora Bloomingdale's and Gilt Groupe Social Finance Innovation is the real business of Harvard Business School. It begins with the School’s bias toward action, as embodied in its... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Education Revolution
COMPTON: Making the case on film that America’s education system is falling short globally. “I don’t even talk about education reform any more, I talk about education revolution,” documentary filmmaker and venture capitalist Bob Compton... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
positions. Through its research and services, the organization is widely considered the gold standard for information and insight into women, leadership, and business. “I like to say that my avocation has become my job,” says Lang, an... View Details
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
of information among doctors, hospitals, patients, and providers; standardization of that information; evaluation of adjustments for the severity of illness of the patient; changes in the tax system to avoid... View Details
- Profile
David Gellis
Care Center. Under the tutelage of center director Laura Esserman, MD/MBA, David examined ways to leverage information systems to improve breast-cancer treatment. "Dr. Esserman used her clinic as a lab... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
leak-detection system can pinpoint holes in the waterproof membrane within a foot, minimizing the need to disturb established plantings during repairs. While it’s hard to imagine today, the thumb-sized seedlings planted in September will... View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- What Do You Think?
Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?
Summing Up September 11 was no "tipping point" for acceleration in the loss of privacy. That's the conclusion to be drawn from responses to this month's column. Rather the loss of privacy is a natural product of the information... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett