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- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
Jason Price (MBA 2003) in the main gallery space at NXTHVN, the art community he cofounded in New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood Trying to capture the scope of what’s going on at NXTHVN, the nonprofit arts and community organization Jason Price (MBA 2003) cofounded with... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
this e-mail interview. Sean Silverthorne: Why should OSS ever displace traditional software? Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pankaj Ghemawat: One main advantage of open source software is that because users can modify the code directly (as... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
vehicles were far more likely to be offered by larger and North America–based buyout funds. The average performance of these alternative vehicles lagged that of the GPs’ corresponding main funds. The best LP performance was among... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
over time. Two lab studies replicate our main findings and show that behavioral biases due to differences in perceptions of expertise drive the effect. Our research contributes not only to operations research, but also to the practice of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21
(forthcoming) How do rankings affect demand? This paper investigates the impact of college rankings, and the visibility of those rankings, on students' application decisions. Using natural experiments from U.S. News and World Report College Rankings, we present two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10
Under founding director Dr. Aristotle Alip's leadership, CARD has become one of the top microfinance institutions in the world. More recently, larger commercial and financial institutions are seeking a slice of the microfinance market. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7
the fact that a large portion of new businesses is created in the informal sector. The authors identify the main obstacle to this area as the country's insufficient access to credit for small entrepreneurs. The chapter is devoted to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
Maine. His work at two of Common Good's partner organizations — Stone Soup Foods and East End Kids Katering, both in Portland, Maine — focused on evaluating new business opportunities and developing marketing plans to maximize each... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Katie Hood: Fast Forward Hood Hood and Fox In the hit movie Back to the Future, actor Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, a teenager in a hurry. Accidentally sent backward through time, Marty encounters a slew of nasty complications. (One of his View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008
across countries, since that is the main channel through which legal origin affects financial development, and shows that all the evidence supports the idea of relative convergence in corporate governance practices across legal families... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Turning Point: Eternal Returns
Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in the middle of Typhoon Gloria in 1957 and spent my early childhood in Kowloon’s Walled City, which at the time was an extremely poor and densely... View Details
- 22 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Section Life: Your HBS Family
provided. Without a doubt, my section (Section J, which is the best section, of course!) is one of the main reasons my past two years were as wonderful as they were. As you think about whether HBS is the right place for you, I encourage... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
"stupid high." I hope we return to normalcy in less than a year. In the long run, innovative tech businesses will continue to be our main engine of growth. Key elements in evaluating a business proposal First, the backgrounds of the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Karen Gordon Mills
wonderful old house across from campus,” says Mills. “The boys have made a great adjustment. Brunswick and Maine are very special, and it's really a privilege to live there.” At home, the cheerful and unflappable Mills often has official... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
in 1998. “We leveraged our three main strengths: our name, our membership, and our real estate,” Murphy notes. With deep Harvard connections (Murphy is a 1973 College graduate, his daughter graduated last year, and his son is currently a... View Details
- 19 Dec 2008
- News
WHBS, 820 on Your Dial
Harvard Crimson reported on March 3, 1965, that the equipment (four turntables, a 50-watt transmitter, a main control panel, and lots of old 78s) was sold to Winthrop House, one of Harvard College’s residential houses for upper classmen. View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Health IT at the Bedside
without treatment — and without a clear diagnosis or cause. His chest pain was the result of a blockage of his main coronary artery. As for me, I’ve returned to Washington with a renewed sense of purpose. As a physician and the concerned... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27
Jonathan Smith Abstract How do rankings affect demand? This paper investigates the impact of college rankings, and the visibility of those rankings, on students' application decisions. Using natural experiments from U.S. News and World Report College Rankings, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
usable by consumers so that they are empowered to make healthier decisions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-082.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsItaly: If Not Now, When? Harvard Business School Case 707-051 Describes Italy's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
J’s board, became its new CEO and was able to successfully manage competing stakeholder demands, keep the business running, and ultimately paid back every dollar it owed to its creditors by selling the company’s core assets—its travel plazas—to its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne