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01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

fintech startups. (FinTech Collective led the Series A financing for Quovo.) This opening resulted in what Gibbins describes as a gradual externalization of R&D at the major firms. Gotsch, who is not one to miss an opportunity—“never let a View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

10 Aug 2022
News

Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age

science and health services from Harvard’s School of Public Health, even she couldn’t successfully navigate the health care system for her mom. It set her on a path of discovery that led to not only a better understanding of the... View Details

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

Starbucks on the main classroom floor. "We have to make it easy for our colleagues to show up," he said. "We can't put the blinds down and shut the doors if we want to change the culture." Sometimes the CEO needs to step in and handle a problem in a way that shows both... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

context of price competition models with differentiated goods and asymmetric firms allowing for general non-linear demand and cost functions merely assuming that both the pre- and post-merger competition games are supermodular along with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Sep 2021
News

September 2021 Alumni Books

Workparent answers all your questions and has the feel of a good talk with your favorite mentor. Finally, the handbook you need to thrive as a working parent. Pivot for Success: Hone Your Vision, Shift Your Energy, Make Your Move By Amy... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

resulting endogenous scarcity of informed investors exacerbates primary market collapses in bad times. Inefficiency arises because informed investors are a public good from the perspective of originators.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

hosted the event. Are Wireless "hot Spots" Potentially Hot Markets? Hot spots are pockets of wireless access points that increasingly populate airports, coffee shops, corporate campuses, public transportation, and even homes.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

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Bibliography - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration at the time of publication and concludes the answer to the original question is "yes." Linden, Dana Weschsler. "The Class of '65," Forbes Magazine , July 4, 1994. Full text available.... View Details

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

caution could easily become a consensus of autarky and insulation. Q: The article discusses at length the success of the EU in terms of monetary policy, but how do you feel about complaints by some EU nation politicians that adopting the euro has not been View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

public knowledge. She is also the Director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project and an advocate for women's freedom of expression and expanded civic and political engagement. She currently serves on the national boards of the... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Profiles from the class of 2007

quality and outcomes. Consumers need to have that information to make good decisions.” Jain believes that any health-care system should center on a strong doctor-patient relationship and allow physicians sufficient time and opportunity to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

identifying the effects of bank credit supply. First, we focus on firms' choice between two close forms of external financing: bank debt and public bonds. By conditioning the sample of firms raising new debt, we can rule out a demand... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution

insights and tools one can put into practice. Steven and I describe in detail how to build organizational capabilities, set up a good structure, implement the right processes, and adopt an effective management style. Achieving strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

03 Mar 2020
News

Can This Man Change the American Diet?

weekly food development meeting that is open to the public at a Clover restaurant in East Cambridge. In the words of Muir, “food dev” is where new food is born at Clover. Ayr: So, let’s just take some sample cups and we’ll pass these... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

01 Jun 2007
News

Mission Possible

value in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors. Over the years, interest among faculty and students has steadily grown, says Childress, who served as SEI’s executive director for four years before joining the faculty. Since the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

(forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, I develop and empirically test the proposition that performance pressure acts as a double-edged sword for teams, providing positive effects by enhancing team motivation to achieve good results while... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

https://www.mfs.com/wps/FileServerServlet?servletCommand=serveUnprotectedFileAsset&fileAssetPath=/files/documents/news/mfse_pznaa_wp.pdf Marketing and Public Policy: Transformative Research in Developing Markets Authors:Clifford... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2013
News

Opening the Door

technologies on the health-care industry. A highly rated teacher, she is also an acclaimed public speaker, board member, and policy adviser whose expertise on health-care management has influenced private- and public-sector... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

Working PapersGray Markets and Multinational Transfer Pricing (revised) Authors:Romana Autrey and Francesco Bova Abstract Gray markets arise when a manufacturer's products are sold outside of its authorized channels, for instance when View Details