Retail Government Services - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2015
News

Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities

Moss believes part of its appeal may be the timeliness of revisiting the country's founding principles at a period when many today see government as dysfunctional. But he points to another element—the experience of learning history... View Details

13 May 2020
Blog Post

Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust

immediately ahead. “I had to figure out how to set up isolation and quarantine sites for two to three thousand homeless people, sheltered and unsheltered,” he says. “I made epidemiological models to estimate the number of rooms we needed, then helped ensure the... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government

17 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future

Climate Stories Episode #14 – Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future Climate Story #14 examines sustainable manufacturing and retailing from the corporate board perspective of HBS alumna, Bonita Stewart (MBA... View Details

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Incentives and Operational Excellence

to customers but also a problem for both stores and studios. Studios sell videocassettes to video rental stores at forty-five dollars, which are then rented out for around four dollars. Tapes are disposed of for five dollars after three months, so the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

perhaps prefer, the nearby independent. "There's a delicate balance between the synergies [two combatants] can generate on one hand and too much competition on the other," says Joan E. Primo, a principal of real estate and View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

01 Sep 2005
News

Allston Options Up for Discussion

The report recommended fast and frequent shuttle service between Cambridge, Allston, and the Longwood Medical Center. It also suggested several transportation options, including new through streets, a new pedestrian bridge across the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

Zhang, Paul W. Farris, John W. Irvin, Tarun Kushwaha, Thomas J. Steenburgh, and Barton A. Weitz Publication:Journal of Interactive Marketing (forthcoming) Abstract Multichannel retailing is the set of activities involved in selling... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

Compounding the challenge of supporting this population shift, governments from developing to industrialized countries are limited in their capacity and political will to devise solutions to accommodate expanding urban populations.... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

Crisis By: Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina Abstract—By the end of 2013, the share of government debt held by the domestic banking sectors of Eurozone countries was more than twice its 2007 level. We show that this type of increasing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2015
News

Working on the Local Level

Aaron Chadbourne (JD/MBA 2010) accepted an offer from Maine’s governor to put his MBA to work tackling some of his home state’s toughest issues—from high taxes and an aging population to business development. In this video, he explains why he chose public View Details

01 Oct 2015
News

Banking on Trust

she brought in a former government minister who had guided a similar transition in his South American country. “Hearing directly from someone who had been through it helped convince the president and parliament that they could make the... View Details

31 Jan 2013
News

Bloomberg's Washington footprint explodes

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

01 Jun 2009
News

Inside the Partnership

that “government service is the highest form of citizenship,” and as World War II began, he joined up full-time. “I’ll never take a job in government in peacetime, but I’ll take any job in time of war.” He... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

14 Dec 2010
Op-Ed

Tax US Companies to Spur Spending

measures relating to government spending, would stem from decentralized actors responding to private information and incentives. Consider the potential effects of a temporary 2 percent tax on corporations' "excess" cash... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

Profile

Gerald Chertavian

his new wife, Kate, where he ran marketing for a financial services firm before cofounding Conduit Communications, a consulting firm focused on the nascent field of Internet marketing. He spent several years building Conduit into one of... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government

10 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 10

professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment. Publisher's Link: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/How-Will-You-Measure-Your-Life-Karen-Dillon?isbn=9780062102416&HCHP=TB_How+Will+You+Measure+Your+Life Retail... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign-to-sovereign transactions. Specifically, we show (i) international capital flows net of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

21 Mar 2019
News

Helping Veterans Build Careers

like Watson regularly in the Reserves and has helped the Call of Duty Endowment—the largest private funder of employment for veterans—create a solid path forward for them. “Veterans tend to leave their first jobs after military service... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

16 May 2016
HBS Case

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

foreign firms. In the United States, government officials have attempted to shift food-safety efforts to prevention with the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2011. One result: Produce is now subject to preventative... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

01 Dec 2007
News

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho

Investment Banking: 10.5% Investment Management: 7.3% Hedge Funds: 5.3% Private Equity/LBO: 12.4% Sales & Trading: 2.0% Venture Capital: 2.5% Other: 4.4% Consulting 21.1% Manufacturing 17.3% Biomed/Pharma: 3.7% Consumer Products: 4.9% Technology: 6.0% Other: 2.7% View Details

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