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- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
team, Narayanan is developing one of three modules that will comprise a new online learning program for college students and non-business graduate students. "Each year, we admit 900 View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
students and their middle class and white counterparts, the gap persists. By age nine, African American and Latino students are on average three grade levels behind, and View Details
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
says. A Call To Arms The 7,500-person pool available to participate in CLER lab experiments generally comprises college students, even if the hypothesis is related to the corporate world. There's a good reason for that: View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
institutions of our capitalist system, which, if ignored, can undermine the legitimacy of the system. I provide some ideas on how to fix the problem. Working Papers Curbing Adult Student Attrition: Evidence from a Field Experiment By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
immigration trend related to the growing number of Western-educated Chinese? A: Over 300,000 Chinese students enrolled in various US colleges and universities last year. President Xi Jinping’s own daughter... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
management control and health care. Her latest book, Market-Driven Health Care, won the 1998 Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives. Herzlinger opened the conference by reporting on the forces driving... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
U.S.-born parents, while the second includes mostly older, separated women with some college education, a relatively higher share of whom are foreign born and have foreign-born parents. Our results demonstrate the presence of additional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
risks of investing abroad.” Home bias is short-sighted In a recently released working paper, however, Viceira argues that such an investment strategy may be unwise for investors in the long run—not to mention damaging to the global economy overall. Written with HBS... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
for social investors. These are people who put their money where their mouth isand they pay a very significant price.— Sam Hayes Hayes related an experience as a member of a Swarthmore College investment committee, which was responsible... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
documents trends in college and university endowment returns and investments in the United States between 1992 and 2005 using data on more than a thousand schools. Such endowments have generally performed well over this time period, with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
Case 216-023 Models of Endowment Management: King's College, Cambridge One of the University of Cambridge's Colleges evaluates different asset management options for its endowment fund. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
leadership and they set out to create a new learning model that would enable its students to not only get into a four-year college but also succeed. The new learning model significantly altered the role of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
Science. The paper was authored by Stefan Dimitriadis, a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School; Matthew Lee, an assistant professor of strategy at INSEAD; Lakshmi Ramarajan, the Anna Spangler... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
emotional feeling of guilt. The researchers asked 67 college undergraduates to complete a series of tasks that involved recalling past guilt-inducing behavior, confronting an opportunity to cheat, and choosing whether to eat a piece of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
public education linking an employer, the New York City K-12 public education system, and the city's two-year colleges. P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) was a new concept, a six-year high school running to grade... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
Theresa May met with her European counterparts in an attempt to renegotiate the “Brexit deal” she had reached with them only weeks earlier; the deal was facing harsh criticism and almost certain rejection at home. Perhaps only the keenest View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
model behind the AKB48 concept and allows students to identify what geographic market—China, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, or South Korea—is more suitable for AKB48’s first move overseas. During the discussion, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
propensity to air dirty laundry on Facebook, John explains. In fact, with so many Facebook members oversharing, it's gotten to the point that people get suspicious when their peers don't overshare. In a recent experiment, John and HBS Associate Professor Michael I.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
Successful businessmen told a roomful of students that ultimately, the world outside the classroom will be their best teacher in entrepreneurship. "If you are taking an entrepreneurship class, you want to be a venture... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
which the inflow of elite talent into the financial industry affects the supply of innovators in science and engineering (S&E). I first show that finance does not systematically attract those who are best prepared at college... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel