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Polaroid: At The Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
increasing danger of highlight glare at night. Land entered Harvard College in 1926. After the fall semester, he took a leave of absence to live in New York City. Over the course of the next three years, in the reading room of the New York Public Library, where Land... View Details
- 12 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser
customers can access public information about brokers through Finra, they generally lack the time, resources, and expertise to harness the data. And even though most claimants hire lawyers to represent them in arbitration, brokerages... View Details
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
of employees. We show that employees rely on this information to increase access to credit for borrowers, provide more favorable pricing terms, and reduce the ex-post risk of their lending decisions. These effects remain even when this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
propel your venture forward. Student i-lab members get access to a range of resources, including one-on-one expert advising, interactive workshops, networking events, funding, and co-working space. Membership is available by semester in... View Details
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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Nineteenth-Century China , p. 72. Digital Accessibility Contact Baker Library Historical Collections Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Harvard Business School Soldiers Field Boston , MA 02163 Phone: 617.495.6411 Email: histcollref@hbs.edu... View Details
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
Access Your Free E-Book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your Organization Whether you represent a large multinational corporation or a small local business, we have a solution for your learning and development needs. Learn More Our... View Details
- 08 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate
“Restricting women’s access to this important health care seems to be a means, at least partly, to disincentivize them from being promiscuous.” “The gender gaps in labor market participation, micro-entrepreneurship, or business ownership... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
integrated 21-inch tablet computers have become a fitness sensation. For $39 per month, Peloton offers access to live-streamed classes where members can track their performance on a leader board, virtually connect with fellow classmates,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
opening up the shareholding of the parent trading company, but by floating separate 'free-standing' firms on the British capital markets, which the merchant houses continued to control through management contracts and other means in the established tradition of 'agency... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
Working PapersTruth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor Authors:Christina Fong and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract It is often difficult for donors to predict the value of charitable giving because they know little... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- March 2022
- Case
The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program: 2009-2021
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Julia Kelley
In December 2021, more than a decade after its founding, Goldman Sachs’s 10,000 Small Businesses program was still going strong — and the firm now needed to evaluate potential program modifications to reach a wider group of small business owners. Launched in the... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Small Business; Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Government and Politics; Knowledge; Knowledge Dissemination; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Management; Goals and Objectives; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Programs; Networks; Social Enterprise; Society; Strategy; Demographics; Diversity; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US)
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Julia Kelley. "The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program: 2009-2021." Harvard Business School Case 322-052, March 2022.
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Need for Speed: The Impact of Capital Constraints on Strategic Misconduct
By: F. Christopher Eaglin
Under what conditions do firms engage in strategic misconduct? Why do they undertake actions that increase profitability yet break laws or violate strong norms often with costly consequences for public welfare? The strategic management literature offers two external... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Misconduct; Capital Constraints; Organizations; Crime and Corruption; Behavior; Situation or Environment; Capital
Eaglin, F. Christopher. "The Need for Speed: The Impact of Capital Constraints on Strategic Misconduct." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-056, February 2022.
- 2015
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Innovating in Healthcare
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Margo I. Seltzer and Kevin Schulman
With over 71,000 past enrollees, Innovating in Healthcare investigates the issues of health care spending, quality, and access that continue to plague America and global nations alike. With U.S. health care costs trending toward $4 trillion in 2020, the need to... View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E., Margo I. Seltzer, and Kevin Schulman. "Innovating in Healthcare." edX Inc., 2015. Video. (HarvardX Massive Open Online Course.)
- 2018
- Working Paper
After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance Olympic Legacy and Prevent Olympic Sites from Becoming White Elephants
By: Isao Okada and Stephen A. Greyser
In recent years, the total spending on hosting the Olympic Games has snowballed. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games spent $40 billion on infrastructure development, and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics reached $50 billion. Even when the glorious but costly Olympic Games come... View Details
Keywords: Olympic Venue; Effective Reuse; White Elephant; Sustainability; Buildings and Facilities; Sports
Okada, Isao, and Stephen A. Greyser. "After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance Olympic Legacy and Prevent Olympic Sites from Becoming White Elephants." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-019, August 2018.
- 2018
- Chapter
Why Do So Many Chinese Students Come to the United States?
By: William C. Kirby
Many books offer information about China, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. The questions addressed in this unique volume provide a window onto the challenges China faces today and the uncertainties its meteoric ascent on the global horizon has provoked.... View Details
Keywords: Asia; China; Emerging Country; Students; Education; Higher Education; Globalization; International Relations; History; Society; Education Industry; Asia; China; United States
Kirby, William C. "Why Do So Many Chinese Students Come to the United States?" Chap. 27 in The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power, edited by Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi, 219–230. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (JEMS)
Together with Prof. Daniel F. Spulber (Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University), I edit the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (JEMS), the leading academic journal on the economics of strategy. JEMS is based at Harvard Business... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
What to Expect Your First Year at HBS
to access such opportunities. As a result, I am much more likely to consider a career in investment than I was before school and I am considering staying in the Bay Area once I graduate. I also gained a great deal of self-awareness at... View Details
- 21 Sep 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?
successful to have it? Power is the ability to influence other people’s behavior. But where does this ability come from? As we explain in our new book, when we distill power down to its fundamentals, we see that power comes from control over View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
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Why Your Gift Matters - Alumni
world. Giving to HBS has a ripple effect that extends far beyond the campus—helping the School develop leaders and generate knowledge that make the world a better place. Collectively, gifts of every size sustain our excellence in teaching and learning; make HBS View Details