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29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

economic successes of the Allied war economies ensured that the new empires created by the Axis powers did not endure for long. Two models of state-led production—the American and the Soviet—passed the test of total war. Those new View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Generoso P. Pope, Jr.

outlandish stories, Pope is heralded in the publishing world for creating an elaborate and highly profitable distribution network. He successfully courted the large supermarket chains by offering a generous revenue-sharing View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

22 Nov 2024
News

Deep Reading

Photos by Sandra Singh Last year, while taking classes on the Mishna, the first written collection of Jewish oral traditions, Antoine Leboyer (MBA 1992) wanted to dive deeper into the material. He found while there was a flood of additional texts and commentaries,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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First-Generation Students | MBA

Generation Students Club The First Generation Students Club at Harvard Business School (HBS) seeks to foster a supportive community of First Gen / Low-Income (FGLI) students and allies at HBS. The club aims... View Details

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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA

assets, as well as your higher cost of living. Your Financial Aid Package Each financial aid package is different and may include a combination of need-based scholarships and student loans. Some HBS students receive additional funding... View Details

11 Mar 2024
Blog Post

ClimateCAP and the Bonus of Climate Educator Collaboration

In addition to the “wow” factor popping from the sheer volume of climate-smart MBA students from 39 schools at the 2024 ClimateCAP Summit in Ann Arbor this February, the chance to interact with staff and faculty peers from across these... View Details

05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

S. Fader, Sunil Gupta, Bruce Hardie, Aurelie Lemmens, Barak Libai, David T. Neal, Foster Provost, and Rom Schrift Abstract—In today’s turbulent business environment, customer retention presents a significant challenge for many service companies. Academics have View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2023
News

Carbon's Second Act

thought needed additional investment of time and resources which was fundamentally what to do with carbon dioxide. MORE Hear all three episodes of this series Skydeck podcast MORE Hear all three episodes of this series Skydeck podcast DM:... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

“Where can we find such a person?”

and seeking to create a new business model for how to do early-stage R&D,” Reeve explains. “In addition to the science and a host of other issues, the real challenge is, How do you create a virtual company,... View Details

Keywords: stem cell; Management

02 Mar 2020
News

Cheese Whiz

through a range of initiatives, including a complimentary employee shuttle service, free and subsidized child care, and classes in emotional intelligence. “Rural America is the Detroit of 2008,” Scharfman said. “As a model for... View Details

Keywords: manufacturing; labor; innovation; cheese; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

21 Sep 2016
News

Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

Offices have opened in Boston and San Francisco, and now the company is raising additional capital to further expand its operations. Amadio wants to franchise the NeuroLaunch model worldwide, and he’s... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

A Message from Dean Clark

graduates in the future to the many activities under way at HBS - not only at Soldiers Field, but around the world. In addition to these three initiatives, I would like to tell you about our progress on a fourth area of profound... View Details

25 Feb 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

would be a hierarchical, top-down model like venture capital," he says. Companies like Kickstarter-a crowdfunding site that anyone can access and participate in—have changed that view. An additional... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology

William Durant

Beginning his career as a carriage and wagon manufacturer, Durant made the switch to automobile manufacturing in 1904 by reorganizing a failing Buick Motors. He believed that the key to success in the automobile industry was creating an organization that made a wide... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

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Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Introduction Prelude to the Option Pricing Model The Formula The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models Selected... View Details

Robert E. Wood

Wood joined the retail business as a general manager at Montgomery Ward and Company, where he advocated the building of retail stores to capitalize on the growing importance of the automobile. After unsuccessfully battling over the... View Details

Keywords: Retail

26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26

iPad vs. Amazon's Kindle By: Adner, Ron, Jianqing Chen, and Feng Zhu Abstract— We study the compatibility decisions of two competing platforms that generate profits through both hardware sales and royalties from content sales. We consider... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

below those of general hospitals. On the other hand, says Christensen, the old model still applies to physicians, who are called upon to treat everything from colds to cancer. "Doctors spend most of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

01 Jun 2003
News

Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus

gift, Frank Batten has ensured that our very special model of living and learning will continue into the future, as we renew the facilities on this campus and look toward future opportunities with our neighbors.” Harvard University... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank

22 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought

ZMET in addition to digital imaging, for corporate clients as well as MBA and Executive Education students. He's also involved in Harvard's interdisciplinary initiative Mind/Brain/Behavior, and studies neuroimaging techniques as applied... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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