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02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

aren’t that clear.” Despite the pain of Quincy’s failure, Wallace doesn’t regret the experience. “I’m more fulfilled when I’m scrappy and building something, so I’m grateful to have been ripped away from the notion that I need financial... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

financial crisis of 2008 laid bare the hidden network of relationships in corporate governance: who owes what to whom, who will stand by whom in times of crisis, what governs the provision of credit when no one seems to have credit. This... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

that result in a failure to notice ethical erosion when it occurs slowly. Broadly, our studies provide evidence as to when and why people overlook cheating by others and examine the conditions under which the slippery slope effect occurs.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2018
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Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

featuring less product-centered and more information-centered economic activity.” It highlighted opinions at the time that “Growing ratios of market-to-book value that resulting stock prices produce can be justified as the monetization of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 1998
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Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All

They're betting that if they don't fix all of their office PCs, the result may be troublesome but not catastrophic. Can I soften the impact on my personal life? You can to some extent. For example, you can check with the manufacturer of... View Details

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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in... View Details

28 May 2019
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Leading Questions

successful.” The assessment trend is also driven by companies that are eager for what Schlatka calls “people data.” Businesses that have long relied on customer numbers and financial reports to make important decisions have recognized... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1997
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Antitrust in Historical Perspective

1890. Most people would like to see business provide good jobs at good wages. Yet, many successful businesses ship their jobs overseas, and some companies that have tried paternalistically to guarantee good jobs have, in the past decade, been blasted in the products... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

interested in doing research on this topic? Daniel Bergstresser: My interest in asset location is both scientific and personal, in the sense that the topic matters for my own behavior. Leaving aside my personal financial stake, the topic... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

base firms' stock returns, valuation multiples, forecasted and realized growth rates, research and development expenditures, and various other key financial ratios. Our results highlight the usefulness of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2014
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Book Review: The Old West

Pinto calls on his experience as a financial advisor to governments, corporations, and entrepreneurs in the East and the West to explain why. It's not a result of globalization, he says, or even the 2008... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2002
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Teaching Teachers

pace, Casado clearly relished her newfound role as student. “It was exciting to be among professors from different countries and cultures to discuss a common concern: the teachinglearning process,” says Casado, who has made a number of adjustments in her classroom as a... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Commitment to Leadership

experience and informed perspectives to the study and practice of leadership at HBS. Through ongoing financial support and engagement, alumni are contributing to our shared ambition to make this world one in which people can improve their... View Details

10 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

How Numbers Talk to People

Thomas H. Davenport and Jinho Kim offer an introduction to the best methods for consuming data. In this excerpt, Davenport and Kim discuss multiple ways to tell a story with data, "the best way to communicate results to nonanalytical... View Details

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

the next—take their findings with them, providing the wherewithal for startups to hit the ground running. Finally, he said, knowledge in fields such as IT is no longer primarily within the bailiwick of corporate laboratories; universities, in particular, have taken on... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

http://hbr.org/product/flying-without-a-net-turn-fear-of-change-into-fuel/an/10297-HBK-ENG The Real Consequences of Market Segmentation Authors:Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money

It’s a problem that is “capitalism’s Achilles heel,” declares Raymond Baker (MBA ’60), executive director of the Washington, D.C.–based organization Global Financial Integrity (GFI). This month at the G20 conference in Canada, Baker will... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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The Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration: 1956 - 1962 | Baker Library

activist for workers' rights as well as a faculty member, helped to sustain the program with her financial support. Opportunities for Women and the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration, 1956-1957. Harvard-Radcliffe Program... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

a knack for dealing effectively with government agencies and knowing "what buttons to push" to ensure that talented women were hired, including the first female chairperson of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The overall result of... View Details

19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

ratings are not optimally using publicly available data. We discuss the implications of our findings for advocates and opponents of corporate social responsibility as well as for studies that relate social responsibility ratings to View Details