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- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
of 2000. A customer entering the new center was immediately greeted at the door by a host—an idea borrowed from Wal-Mart and other retail stores. At freestanding kiosks, associates stood ready to help the customer open accounts, set up... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS
It was December 5, 2005. I had been back from Iraq’s Al Anbar Province a little over two months when I first visited HBS. ROTC wasn’t back on campus yet. I was not really sure how I would be received. A fellow Marine Officer and other members of the HBS Armed Forces... View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
Harvard Business School professors often travel into the field to conduct business research, but it's a safe bet none have had the experience of Professor Robin Ely. She and coauthor Debra Meyerson of Stanford University took helicopter trips to deep-water oil... View Details
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Pharmaceuticals: Pipeline
Profiles cover detailed information such as alternative names, therapeutic uses, FDA actions and licensing changes, companies associated with development of the drug, etc. To begin a search, use the function BI PHRM DEX, select... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
affected when the choice of contract is misaligned with the scope and objectives of the partnering relationship? Our study addresses these questions using data from 172 R&D projects that involve partners. We find that i) greater... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie
social channels before hiring candidates. “These temporary-sharing technologies are supposed to solve this problem of the internet never forgetting,” says Leslie K. John, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor at Harvard Business School,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
In states with Republican-controlled legislatures, mass shootings lead to a significant increase in the number of laws that loosen gun restrictions. That’s one of several key findings in the study “The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
I know you will join me in congratulating the Class of 1972 as they observe this important milestone. This is an exhilarating time to be associated with HBS. The mission of the School - to educate leaders - has never been more important,... View Details
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Howard E. Cox Greylock Michael Danzi US Labs William Donaldson Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Timothy C. Draper Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) William H. Draper, III Draper Richards, L.P. T. J. Dermot Dunphy Sealed Air Charles Ellis Greenwich View Details
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
new study of physician offices transitioning to electronic health records (EHRs) used in managing patient care. In general, larger offices in the study that employed EHRs recorded productivity gains, but... View Details
- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
development projects around the globe. The study, by Harvard Law School student Ashwin Kaja and HBS professor Eric Werker, is detailed in the working paper "Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank" [PDF]. Theirs is the first known View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Kala Viswanathan
has found that her background in engineering serves her well in the Technology and Operations Management program at HBS. “Engineering requires a problem-solving mindset,” she says. “Many of those same skills I developed in my studies are... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- News
Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.
the rich resources and opportunities colleges have to offer? The research, Falik argues, is “undeniable.” A recent Middlebury study showed that students who take a year off before arriving outperform their peers in their academic and... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
efficiently,” says Srinivasan. “The challenge, however, is in implementing newer technologies in organizations with legacy systems.” More PE firms see the value in digital technologies To explore whether firms were turning to technology, the researchers View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
of voting support for the proposal was associated with a decrease in the level of CEO compensation and a decrease in the use of ESO in CEO compensation. A Review of U.S. and Canadian Biomass Supply Studies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
study with University of Connecticut Assistant Professor Namho Kang; EDHEC Business School Research Associate and Affiliated Professor Gideon Ozik; and Boston College Professor Ronnie Sadka, chairperson of... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
future stock market returns by extrapolating past returns: they expect the stock market to perform well (poorly) in the near future if it performed well (poorly) in the recent past. Such beliefs are hard to reconcile with existing models of the aggregate stock market.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
Publications September 2014 Social Entrepreneurship and Research Methods Building an Infrastructure for Empirical Research on Social Enterprise: Challenges and Opportunities By: Lee, Matthew, Julie Battilana, and Ting Wang Abstract—Purpose: Despite the increase in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
The Challenges and Rewards of Teaching by the Case Method
Susan Harmeling (MBA 1991) is founder and president of the International Case Method Institute, a consulting firm whose mission is to develop international business curricula based on the case study method of instruction. She is also an... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
the workgroup. We test our hypotheses in a study of 23 hospital neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) involved in a quality improvement collaborative. We find that using deliberate learning activities is View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne