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- 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015
Soviet Union fought in the shadow of the capitalist-communist clash. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49811 forthcoming Journal of Public Economics Does Front-Loading Taxation Increase Savings? Evidence... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
around promises to be different. Public health measures needed to curb the spread of COVID-19 have pummeled local retailers reliant on foot traffic. Revenues are down across the board. In the face of these challenges, small businesses... View Details
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
be demonstrated that this approach yields more profit, why doesn't the leadership of more organizations pursue profit through "indirect" means? Or is it, as Kay might ask, as simple as this? Can this philosophy be carried too far? Is it compatible with the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
a collection of interesting articles across the history of the paper. There were already a few publications on more specific subjects: For example, Floyd Norris, a well-respected columnist at the Times, edited a book on the history of... View Details
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
laboratory two prominent mechanisms that are employed in school choice programs to assign students to public schools. We study how individual behavior is influenced by preference intensities and risk aversion. Our main results show that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
Aetna, another covered by Blue Cross, and another self-insured. Payers could negotiate, but price changes would have to benefit all patients, not just their own. The cost of treating a medical condition has nothing to do with who the patient's employer or insurance... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the post-WWII international scene while serving... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
devote more attention to its executive-development program? When the company went public in 1958, it put six outside directors on its board. One of these was Donald K. David, dean emeritus of the Harvard... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
communication on financial choices of married individuals in the Philippines. Making choices public moves men from putting money into their own account to consumption; communication with their spouse drives men to put income in their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
Publications March 2015 Journal of Financial Economics Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors By: Hanson, Samuel G., Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy C. Stein, and Robert W. Vishny Abstract—We examine the business model of traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative
When Harvard Business School launched its Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) in 1993-1994, few academic institutions were conducting serious research and teaching about how to create social value through the nonprofit, private, and public... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
expectations to businesspeople. He also published forecasts through syndicated newspaper columns and made public pronouncements on the future of the economy—including a notorious statement on the eve of the October 1929 stock-market crash... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 26
by a public health organization are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group receive a standard volunteer contract often offered for this type of task, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive small... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
world and capture relevant management information. In 2007, ProntoWash, an international car-wash company based in Argentina, was planning for rapid growth through a combination of owned and franchised operations. CEO Sergio Kompel needed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the School of American Ballet, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The leadership structure is complex. In 2010, Lincoln Center's... View Details
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
brand-name multinationals that contract out the work. “In a sense, global supply chains are serving a regulatory function, with companies imposing an additional layer of rules and investing resources to enforce them,” says Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
Andy Grove) in which two of the protagonists—two of the greatest business executives in modern times—would be rolling over in their graves over this policy. Since Steve Jobs’ father was a Syrian immigrant, President Trump’s executive order might have led the world’s... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
and public sector workers who are both motivated by the mission of their positions and the remuneration. Zambia was facing a healthcare human resource crisis with less than half of the healthcare workers needed to meet health needs. Yet,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
Six degrees of separation seems to work well for B-list actors—but does it have anything to say about innovation and business? HBS associate professor Lee Fleming believes it does, and his work looks specifically at how ideas and innovation flow across View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
& Course MaterialsA123Systems Harvard Business School Case 606-114 A123Systems was a young company that was founded on basic materials science research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A co-founder of the company,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne