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01 Sep 2003
News

Globalization Revisited

they typically enter foreign markets late, only after thorough exploitation of the domestic U.S. market. By contrast, European firms tend to venture abroad earlier, into developing markets. The Europeans often export a retail format that adds value by View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

disappeared, Treasury quickly ramped up its issuance of money-like claims. However, as the anticipated debt burden grew, concerns about rollover risk eventually trumped the desire to cater to money demand, and maturity structure was once... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

07 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

Traditional financial advisors cater to baby boomers with substantial savings, requiring minimum amounts for investment upwards of $100,000 to access their services. By contrast, industry-leading Wealthfront and similar firms such as... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

11 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

savings from the loans to lower taxes. "This action is consistent with politicians seeking reelection by catering to taxpayers' preference for low taxes, which represents a likely channel for the previous result on the effects on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

activities that are increasingly going on, it's important to be able to cater to investors' appetite for information. Investors are no longer happy being fed with only the information that managers decide to give them. There are high... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

funding for start-ups that cater to greener cities. "The need is huge, the demand is huge, and you have to partner." Transportation—making Public Transportation Worth Our While The transportation panel kicked off with a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

eyeballs," says Zhu, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. "Content providers are serving advertisers rather than the audience, and consumers with niche preferences will be out of luck because the content they're seeking only View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News

01 Sep 2003
News

Andrea Silbert

Harvard College freshman when she got a job working for the catering arm of Harvard Student Agencies. “I absolutely loved it,” she recalls. “It was a fantastic experience that helped me realize how much I enjoy working hard.” By her... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

12 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits

political ends, such as higher employment. "Typically in research on regulatory capture, special interests put pressure on politicians, for example, firms pay money; in my story it comes because a politician wants to be reelected, and therefore View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 29

cater to these preferences and beliefs by engineering securities perceived to be safe but exposed to neglected risks. Because the risks are neglected, security issuance is excessive. As investors eventually recognize these risks, they fly... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Market for Babies

discrete industries. First, there's in vitro fertilization, probably the most obvious piece. This is a service industry, like medicine in general, which caters to infertile couples. Then there are what I call the component industries,... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

31 Oct 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

"specializing" in misconduct and catering to unsophisticated consumers, while others use their clean reputation to attract sophisticated consumers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53404 October 5, 2017 New... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Jun 2021
News

The Path out of Polarization

time, catering to the extremeness of the conversation. Paul Krugman is an example of that. My thoughts these days are about how we can leverage the moderates much more than before. In the old days, when the disagreements were about... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Telecommunications; Information

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

industrial complex that limits healthy competition in order to promote its continued growth and caters to the power and profit-driven demands of its best customers instead of the broader public interest. During the 2016 election cycle,... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA

and served by Restaurant Associates (login required) . Additionally: Donated alcohol is not permitted. In accordance with the HBS liquor license, hard liquor may not be served or present at on-campus events. Alcohol is not permitted in classrooms or classroom... View Details

20 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 20

over the first thirty-four years of the FASB (1973-2006). We examine the influence of auditors' lobbying incentives arising from three basic factors: managing expected litigation and regulatory costs; catering to clients' preferences for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

providing retail, housing and entertainment facilities that catered to Colombia’s middle class. While White Stone’s proposal would solve many of Jaguar’s challenges as a start-up real estate development company, the offer would also... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51996 forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Economics Catering to Investors Through Security Design: Headline Rate and Complexity By: Célérier, Claire, and Boris Vallée... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

Abstract We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial... View Details