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25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

Where once "corporate giving" meant writing an annual check to a favorite charity, more recently businesses and nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have joined forces to achieve their separate, but related missions. When these partnerships crossed the line from engaging in... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2021
What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. References: Sara Coury, Jess Huang, Ankur Kumar, Sara Prince, Alexis Krivkovich, and Lareina Yee, Women in the Workplace 2020, McKinsey & Leanin.Org, September 30, 2020, womenintheworkplace.com. Justine... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade

harder for breweries to fall into bailout loans, which happened to many teams last year, Casadesus-Masanell says. Enhanced graphics include waterfall charts for just about every metric imaginable on a team’s own brewery and its... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education; Food & Beverage

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma

Great Firms to Fail, Christensen said he believes exciting opportunities await those who come up with ideas for other forms of high-tech start-up financing. When mainstream venture companies become huge financial institutions, he suggested, they become increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

housing finance agencies? We must not capitulate to the status quo and hold our breath, dreading the next bubble. We must continue to chart reform. If the Congress remains unable to advance the agenda, the Enterprises will remain mired in... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

11 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

patients with laryngeal cleft seen between 2008 and 2013 at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Pediatric Aerodigestive Center. Retrospective chart review was performed to identify clinic utilization by patients as well as patient... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

to sponsor a conference at Harvard that will bring together index fund managers, institutional investors, long-term shareholder activists, and company directors and heads to engage in charting the course for what it means to be an engaged... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits

understand the different pieces of the puzzle, and what each of these pieces ends up costing the organization," he said. Once clients actually chart their resource allocation, they often see that their spending doesn't align with what... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

faculty, access to such information has been made easier since the 1999 opening of the School's Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong, which has served as a jumping-off point for scholars who are involved in a fascinating exchange of ideas with many of the senior... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

limit the success of these programs. Q: The news site Quartz published a chart showing the fastest-growing areas of startup investment since 2012: Bitcoin, photo sharing, storage, space travel, transportation, hospitality. What does that... View Details

Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?

female grads take time out from the workforce at some point in their careers, she said. Her program, Charting Your Course, was designed to assist many alumnae who have taken time off to either raise families or pursue other options more... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Jul 2020
Op-Ed

It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees

sides will benefit from the control in costs, reduction of Medicare’s costs, and revitalization of the insurance market that this proposal will create. Our proposal charts a bipartisan path. It bolsters the Democratic mandate for... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer; Health; Insurance

21 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

told me they would look at that chart and feel proud of their contribution to the cause," Ashraf says. "What was top of mind was their contribution to the social impact—in this case, protecting women from HIV. I think we've deeply... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

conflict. And then Shapiro, Rangan, and Sviokla took their own advice, following orders through eighteen companies to chart gaps in the OMC process. Their article on the research, "Staple Yourself to an Order," was recently... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

A new space race—one fueled more by commercial conquest than intergalactic domination—is charting solutions to pressing problems in national security, climate change, and communication. With costs poised to drop and innovation on the... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

17 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 17

problems, prebuilt Excel models to calculate customer lifetime value, and charts and graphs that help visualize the results. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511029-PDF-ENG Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Pricing and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Sep 2016
First Look

September 20, 2016

Feeley, Robert S. Kaplan, and Steven J. Frank Abstract—Question: Can we create a value-based tool to visualize the outcomes and cost of various treatments that could facilitate patient-centered decision making? Summary Answer: We developed a standardized value... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

shuttle disaster to explore the relationship between data visualization, effective communication, and decision-making. Students review and analyze excerpts from the 13 charts engineers presented to NASA executives the night before the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

information to enhance care delivery and realize cost efficiencies. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50183 October 26, 2015 Harvard Business Review Measuring and Communicating Health Care Value with Charts... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

he's done so, Silk has charted fundamental changes in the advertising business—some of them well known, others that address long-standing puzzles or that challenge conventional wisdom. In a trio of papers, Silk has laid out his research... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

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