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- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
overestimating the value of an item—and overpaying for it. Nobel Committee: In the 1960s, Robert Wilson started to investigate auctions with a common value. That is, a value which is unknown beforehand, but in the end is the same to all bidders. Consider an auction for... View Details
- 06 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?
residents of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket such as the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Cape Wind has also confronted opposition from other political leaders as well as Native American groups, tourism and business associations, recreational View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
“My first entrepreneurial venture was around age 10, catching fish off a jetty near my house and selling them to fishermen as live bait. They paid 20 cents per fish, and for a dollar I could buy my own game of mini golf.” First order:... View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
the Mekong Delta, where you have the same. The US producers felt that they were being threatened by cheap fish from Vietnam, and local politicians went all the way up to Washington, which imposed a series of trade barriers. The costs are... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
sales manager, assistant manager for a large seafood distributor, eel exporter, seafood trader, and fish packer. He has also cast a wide net in an effort to keep up with his classmates as 1974's class secretary and Section F correspondent... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
shareholders didn’t meet the 1-percent-minimum holding requirement. At the same time, the researchers found that firms had sought to exclude proposals from small and large investors alike. So it wasn’t as if only the small fish were... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
the bodies up there.’ We ignored that advice.”) Cohen is also proud of her part in effecting the transfer of authority over remote Midway Island from the Navy to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For decades, the Navy had restricted... View Details
- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
interviewed have a broad view of their societal and ethical responsibilities. "It's not something that we went fishing for, but it came through very clearly that many of these people, some of whom came from great poverty, are aware of the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
South Asia - Global Activities 2020
44 HBS students traveled to the small Sri Lankan fishing town of Hambantota, currently undergoing a major redevelopment, and found it to be a microcosm of the entire two-week study experience in January 2020. Pictured: Students in front... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
prided themselves on their sustainable fishing practices, which were not the historical norm for the industry; here, again, translating these practices into increased willingness to pay was a challenge. As background, the case also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
over the network--may be destroyed. There is an answer to this problem: distributed networks with maximum connectivity (all nodes connected to each other by alternate paths similar to a fish net) with the capability of self-repairing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
“Manilamen” ultimately set up fishing villages in the bayous of Louisiana and, under the command of Andrew Jackson decades later, joined forces with Jean Lafitte to defend New Orleans. These early Filipinos helped defeat the British in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
Working in a small fishing village on the Panama-Costa Rica border, Skelly helped to make decisions about micro lending in order to generate small-business growth. “I didn’t know much about business, but when you’re trying to figure out... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
BowlÐsized audience for $1,000 - instead of $1 million - per spot." Such bargain hunting has always appealed to Tobias, who buys just about everything in bulk and is rumored to stockpile toothpaste and tuna fish by the case lot.... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
company’s most accomplished subject matter experts. “I was by far the youngest person on the team. It was reminiscent of my time at NASA, where I felt like a little fish in a big pond, but I just soaked up everything,” she said. “They had... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
afford to pass on any opportunity, no matter how small. They see business much like a game of PacMan—you can bag big fish only by learning to swallow small ones. The best entrepreneurs also recognize that trying out a business model on a... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
of that, in French! Flying fish are amazing to see, though I wore a helmet with a clear Lexan visor to protect myself: They glide at 25 knots, so you don’t want to get hit in the eye. In the Southern Ocean, the albatross are beautiful... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
in markets around the world. They prided themselves on their sustainable fishing practices, which were not the norm for the industry. Seafood buyers traditionally bought on price. Clearwater's innovations and technology investments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
but is more efficient at fishing than at hunting. Ricardo pointed out that both tribes would eat somewhat better if tribe A sold game to tribe B in exchange for fish. Both parties would win; most notably, the poorer one. Ricardo's theory... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
and sometimes it seems to be made a fishing line”—was very affecting. Can you tell me a little bit more about Drew? Sheryl: Drew is a really interesting fellow. So we knew his father, Rick Goff. He was our age, and he worked on a family... View Details