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- 01 Dec 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?
kinds of changes he studies have taken place over long periods of time. And they run much deeper than such things as short-term educational reform or job retraining. Why is it, then, that there is so much... View Details
Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
explore the state of education in the mid-19th century and the vision of public education proposed by educational reformer Horace Mann, the first... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser
productive relationships. However, every year, a few thousand customers file new arbitration cases with Finra, the US brokerage industry’s regulatory organization, alleging everything from negligence to fraud. “Consumers should monitor their investments and never... View Details
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
reasonable but firm deadline no later than twelve months from the start of the interim talks. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2386291 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 314-031 StriveTogether: Reinventing the Local View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
findings suggest that overbilling is an important alternative manipulation tool in hospitals. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53299 Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare By:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment
stewards for the future. Contact: David Havelick Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) The Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) encourages research and education about the environment and its many... View Details
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
fashion at the commission there was no need to 'rock the boat,'" he wrote. "I tolerated more than I should have." The student ended his essay with some concrete suggestions on how to reform the commission. "They each... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally
Management Educator at Harvard Business School. Tabatha Robinson (MBA 2020) is a New York-based lawyer who studies the cannabis industry. [Unsplash/Roberto Valdivia] Are you in favor of legalizing cannabis more widely? Why or why not?... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
individuals. In response to the recent scandals, politicians and government officials have stepped in to pass new laws and create new regulations, while prominent persons on Wall Street and elsewhere in the business community have issued their own calls for View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
soars GI Bill Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Social conformity McCarthyism Membership in organized religion soars Brown v. Board of Education desegregated public schools> Influence: Medium-High 60 1960 s 19 Civil rights movement gain... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to Business School as a Couple
sell-side deal and started dating shortly after the deal was announced. Though Kate had plans to move back to her home in Seattle, after meeting Patrick she stayed in NYC and worked in education reform in... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis suggests that total factor productivity (TFP) of multi-store retail chains fell after the introduction of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
growing things could play in educating others about indigenous cultures. Now he talks about the intelligence of corn—how it changes color to optimize filtration of ultraviolet light: Soon, he explains, the corn leaves will be tinted a... View Details
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century Charts & Statistics Birthplace Education Gender & Ethnicity Tenure Birthplace of Leaders Foreigners Gain CEO Access After Mid-Century Pre-1950 Founder 73% Family Business 2% Other CEO... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
research. He is also active in efforts to reform public education through the Texas Public Policy Foundation, an organization he cofounded several years ago and now chairs. Distinguished Service Awards... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
debt. Enan, then 24 years old, leapt at the chance to work for Youssef Boutros-Ghali, an MIT-educated economist and advocate for trade liberalization who worked to reform Egypt’s social security and pension systems, among other... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
of Capital Markets and Asset Pricing for "Legislating Stock Prices" (with Karl Diether and Christopher Malloy, December 2013). Scott Duke Kominers : Honored as an Outstanding Alumnus in STEM and Business by the Center for Excellence in View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
casebook coauthored by PELP faculty, Managing School Districts for High Performance, is required reading for a course on reform in urban school districts and schools. And at HBS, the second-year MBA course Entrepreneurship in View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
"performance-oriented culture" to the 117-year-old firm. "No one," she says, "wants to take on people who've worked [at the company] for 25 years." Why Nisa could challenge entrenched employees and the historical norms at Godrej underscores the unique situation facing... View Details