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- 01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message
being sold and measuring the effectiveness of an ad campaign. Improved technology promises to solve the age-old problem once stated by retailer John Wanamaker: Half of the money spent on advertising is wasted, but no one knows which half.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
Professor Bill Poorvu recruited him to help manage a $27 million pool of capital in the newly formed Baupost. While the starting salary was an underwhelming $35K, it turned out to be the opportunity of a lifetime. In 26 years, Baupost has racked up an enviable 20... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
actually seeing—within the last five years—the rates of spam are dropping. I think we can do the same thing around a lot of security challenges over the long term,” says Prince. Prince has seen this play out at CloudFlare. Hack-for-hire... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
that offer them. Hall's research is focused on the optimal design and incentive effects of compensation plans built around equity-based pay and especially stock options, the instruments most responsible for the huge numbers associated... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Professors Recognized with New Chair Appointments
challenges with practical effectiveness and moral integrity. The professorship was established in 2010 by James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller (both MBA ’85) in honor of their 25th HBS reunion. Joshua Coval is the Jay O. Light Professor of... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
This entrepreneurial energy is following a decidedly terrestrial opportunity. The nonprofit advocacy group Space Foundation estimated that the global size of the industry reached $330 billion in 2014, with an annual growth rate of 9... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
exemplifies energetic government and vigorous federal programs for economic growth. Gallatin symbolizes low taxes and less intrusion by government." Not surprisingly, the two men (after whom two HBS buildings are named) were political... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
distinction is that the project is about managing the future of work. We’re not saying we know exactly where artificial intelligence is going to go, but instead we’re commenting on how leading companies can manage issues such as AI and their View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
fractures in the community could grow. But the co-ops could avoid all of this, as they would first pull the community together, and maybe at a later point spur more individual entrepreneurship. Stepping back, I realized that the co-ops and cows were important in ways... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
effect on global enterprise." "How great are the security costs— at global, national, organizational, and personal levels— needed to achieve the 'peace of mind' with which we did business on September 10?" Heskett asked, and he received... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
A born adventurer with a passion for social justice, Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) uses her business savvy to effect social change. Since 2014 Brooks has served as chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
being active participants. All forms of illicit financial flows are assisted by a global structure that comprises 72 tax havens, secrecy jurisdictions, millions of disguised corporations, anonymous trust accounts, fake charitable... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks
lending rates and economic activity. Prevailing economic theory holds that the cost-of-capital effect is negligible in an ideal market. Malcolm P. Baker, the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
become effective activists and philanthropists through their everyday activities, at little or no cost to them," explains the friendly and low-key Scher, seated in an office whose walls are lined with posters and photos from scores of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
creativity was supposed to take place, but our questions were not overtly focused on creativity. In fact, respondents were told just that we were interested in looking at the kinds of things that can help make complicated projects go better within organizations. We... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
costs. Mortality rates for cardiovascular disease, hypertension, asthma, and various infections have been reduced between 40 and 70 percent over the last forty years thanks in large part to more effective... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
such areas. "The corrosive effects of urban decay have pushed many cities into a devastating downward slide. Unless business leaders are centrally involved in generating solutions to the pressing urban problems, there will be no lasting... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
sciences, climate, biology, and human development. While we focus on research goals, our advice is tied to major policy issues as well. For example, the commission advocates ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), in View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
housing trust fund in Arkansas and the development of legislation that protects families during recessions in Connecticut. Currently, we are providing our research findings to legislators who are preparing legislation to significantly enhance the Earned Income View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance