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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
a limited time. Many of its products sell out the first time they’re offered, and a majority of the revenues come from first sales. So the question of how to price new products is an important one, but there’s no historical sales View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Research Brief: Paying the Price for Remote Work
Alberto Cavallo’s paper, “The International Price of Remote Work.” Using a data set from 2019 to 2021 from one of the largest web platforms, Cavallo and coauthors Agostina Brinatti, Javier Cravino, and Andres Drenik found that a country’s gross domestic product largely... View Details
- 01 Apr 2011
- News
My First HBS Class
network strategies. I also attended a first-year BGIE class taught by Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration Rawi Abdelal, in which the students of Section H discussed “The U.S. Current Account Deficit” — the most important... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact
14.5% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions are a result of livestock, and beef and dairy production account for 65% of livestock emissions.” Fix: Give Up Beef. “Given Shake Shack’s position as a mission-driven and fast-growing brand, and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
Council. For example, dual-flush toilets and low-flow shower heads and sink aerators reduce water use by 30 percent when compared to a standard building. Sensors adjust indoor lighting by taking available natural light into account (this... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
1991 to 1994, he served as the first senior associate dean, director of financial and information systems, at HBS. He has coauthored five books and written nearly two hundred cases and articles. The Managerial Implications of Deregulation... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
investments, and their responsibility to investors? Legislation mandating reform can be passed quickly compared with the time needed to change people’s behavior. Some believe that things won’t really change until we have a new generation of directors. The problem is... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Online learning brings business basics to a wider audience
Professor and Chair of the MBA Elective Curriculum V.G. Narayanan explains the potential impact of three accounting courses he is developing for the School's new online learning platform, HBX. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
should do a better job of teaching integrative thinking and problem-solving skills, and focus more on accountability efforts and social responsibility. Why are these two areas so critical? Garvin: Business schools have historically... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
include whether high-performance Asian companies can provide a business model for success in the region, the role of accounting infrastructure in transitional economies, restructuring diversified businesses in emerging markets, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
are numerous media accounts of the corporate monolith riding its suppliers into the ground. But what about those who manage to survive, and thrive, while dealing with the classic hardball negotiator? In “Sarah Talley and Frey Farms... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
bulletin@hbs.edu From Baker Library: From step counting to remote patient monitoring, Rock Health reports on the emerging world of wearable biosensors. Curious to see where the broader consumer wearables market is headed? Check out growth forecasts through Statista... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
LME Fund Makes HBS Dreams a Reality
This year’s 34 recipients hail from the United States and nineteen other countries, including many from the developing world. They are among the 841 first- and second-year students at the School who receive support from a variety of HBS fellowships. Donor contributions... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Donella Rapier to Head External Relations
an audit senior manager in Boston. In that position, Rapier developed materials and conducted courses on a variety of accounting and auditing topics. This interest led in 1995 to a part-time faculty appointment, teaching View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
gave of those earnings at then record levels to establish the MBA Class of 1949 Professorship of Business Administration. Stressing that the class provides solid role models for today’s leaders, Callahan gives detailed accounts of eight... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
Understanding Advanced Topics in Accounting by Lawrence Weiss (DBA 1989) (Business Expert Press) Accounting information provides individuals with a starting point to understand... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Advance Racial Equity in the Office
equity, Rice says, we’re not well informed about how the experiences of people of color differ from their white peers; and because those conversations are considered charged, we rarely ask. We also have deeply flawed assumptions about the... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
consumer products, including Scotch tapes and Post-it notes. While at Boeing, McNerney defined, built, and nurtured a culture that emphasizes both individual accountability for getting one’s job done and a shared responsibility for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
if there was a long period between song releases, they had to make sure to fill that time with new visual stimuli for the fans. BY THE NUMBERS Breaking Down the Blockbuster Between 2007 and 2011, Elberse found, Warner Bros. spent $6.5 billion producing movies. The top... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating a mathematical method to understand consumer behavior in a digital world
influence by controlling for those “birds-of-a-feather” tendencies. The findings show that social influence accounts for more than 25 percent of all mobile app adoptions. The research also highlights an important risk: If homophily is not... View Details