Long-termism - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2005
News

Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

performer in the commercial market, has escaped overbuilding. “The money supply coming into our business is unprecedented, but I don’t see risks that you would associate with a bubble,” adds CBL’s Lebovitz. If there’s one thing that concerns market pros, it’s interest... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

unemployment at 4.6 percent, we have a number that is extremely positive despite the fact that, as the election result made clear, there are also pockets of long-term unemployment in several parts of the country, groups of fellow citizens... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

13 Apr 2022
News

New School

could have the biggest positive impact in education. When Waldron joined Curriculum Associates, the company had already been doing just that for almost 40 years. The owner asked Waldron to make a long-term commitment to those same ideals... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity

solvent and that a credible monetary policy will emerge, he said. The country also needs international support, but such aid may be hard to come by now. Asked if converting the Argentine money supply into long-term bonds that people don't... View Details

20 May 2013
Op-Ed

Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

exploratory research and commercial need: While the NNMI should focus on broad, long-term research, it needs to resist the temptation to develop technologies that the private sector has no interest in. To avoid this, its research agenda... View Details

Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

03 Dec 2024
News

Magic Numbers

Courtesy Shalinee Sharma Courtesy Shalinee Sharma As a sixth grader in Buffalo, New York, Shalinee Sharma (MBA 2005) believed math just wasn’t her thing. There were only a few girls in the honors class at her new school, and Sharma soon realized that she was far behind... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

like an engineer but was never interested in making a long-term career out of it. The North Star that has guided my career decisions has always been entrepreneurship. I decided to pursue an MBA to build upon my business acumen and immerse... View Details

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South Asia - Global Activities 2021

from SELPI helped me prepare for challenges that our organization faced during the pandemic,” says Rochak Langer, chief operating officer of Indian Super League. “Strategic innovation and driving digital growth were the needs of the hour and enabled us to disrupt and... View Details

08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

twenty-first century, an increased understanding of the long-term effects of head injuries on NFL players indicated a serious threat to the long-term viability of the game. Particularly concerning was the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

would never even touch because they considered them too risky. Within five years, the company had grown its portfolio to over $2 billion in NPLs from over 700,000 customers, becoming a prominent player in the Turkish NPL market. Long-term... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

22 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

various locations in Africa. Dependent on functioning, healthy ecosystems for its long-term survivability as a business, it invests heavily in conservation efforts, both directly, with communities and governments, and with partners and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

Abstract—In this paper, I examine the relation between Integrated Reporting (IR) and the composition of a firm's investor base. I hypothesize and find that firms that practice IR have a more long-term oriented investor base with more... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 12

March 2014, Kevin Counihan, CEO of Access Health CT, Connecticut's state health insurance exchange, stops to consider the success it has experienced so far and to think about how to ensure its long-term sustainability. Purchase this case: View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1999
News

HBS Clubs Help Nonprofits Succeed

become financially self-reliant, created a business plan for the Rainforest Action Network, evaluated public television station KQED's external communications, and are devising a long-term strategic plan for the American Lung Association,... View Details

11 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups

and consider your long-term career path. “The career trajectory is quite path-dependent. And the choices that you're making today are going to affect the choices that you're going to make tomorrow,” he says. It’s important to recognize... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

these, the choices included examples such as BP and The Body Shop, suggesting that purpose, a requirement for greatness, is no guarantee of long-term respect and performance. Purpose is powerful when it comes to attracting and inspiring... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Apr 1999
News

Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

transform resources into products or services of greater value. Sustaining technologies are those processes that foster improved product performance, while disruptive technologies are those that initially tend to degrade product performance but promise greater View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

integrated reporting, explains the forces that give momentum to the associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved. It posits integrated reporting as a key mechanism by which companies can ensure their own long-term... View Details

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management

involves some tailoring. But in general, it is well recognized that diabetes can lead to long-term complications and short- and long-term costs. As Beaulieu and her co-authors learned, diabetics may make up... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

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Cynthia Chen | MBA

from those I worked with. Professional goals: I hope to build and lead products at the forefront of AI and data, enabling machine learning to benefit society. Some long-term visions that I hope to contribute toward include steering AI... View Details

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