Activity Based Costing - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

forthcoming Journal of Investment Consulting Cloaked Trading By: Cohen, Lauren, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—Using a novel, proprietary database of micro-level trading activities by asset managers, we show strong evidence... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2010
News

Lords of Strategy

strategy revolution was a way of systematically putting together all the elements that determined their corporate fate, in particular, the three Cs central to any good strategy: the company’s costs, especially costs relative to other... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17

individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation projects. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that innovation by individual... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 2

strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can be attributed to a) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder engagement and b) reduced informational asymmetry due to increased... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

revamping the class reunion format, and establishing corporate relations and public relations efforts at the School. Subsequently, Uyterhoeven took charge of all the School’s Executive Education activities and spearheaded the renovation... View Details

06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

increased assertion activity nearing patent expiration, and forum shopping. We find, moreover, that NPE litigation has a real negative impact on innovation at targeted firms: firms substantially reduce their innovative View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

diverse and relatively unconcentrated size structure appears quite consistent with other research on the underlying economics of this industry. Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity Author:Eric Van den Steen... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg

In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of... View Details

14 Feb 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco

School's history: to deliver an MBA experience that will best position our students for leadership. Today, based on the experiences of the pandemic, he said, "we need to deliver an on-campus experience that is central to leadership... View Details

24 Feb 2022
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on the Public Sector

that can be personalized, owned, and operated by their residents. This focus will increase property ownership, livability, and community equity. It will also enhance resident engagement, lower the cost to serve, and, more importantly,... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

Youth Movement: HBS Clubs Make Students a Top Priority

leadership to stimulate more activity within the club." The expanded leadership includes vice presidents for women's programs, young alumni, and student affairs. Kwiker credits the club's corporate sponsors - Deloitte & Touche,... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson

Knowing that detonation would occur in seconds, he looked around for a safe place to throw it. None existed. Surrounded by his team with no time to warn them of the danger, Jefferson encircled the device with his hand, held it against his thigh, and closed his eyes.... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

could only be accomplished by specialists in less convenient, centralized settings. PCs, for example, brought computing power to individuals at a fraction of the cost of minicomputers, replacing the minicomputer specialist and centralized... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

22 Feb 2022
News

Vision: Learning Curve

through 20,000 WhatsApp groups at a cost of approximately 10 cents per child, per year. The company has raised $1 million from institutions, including Harvard, MIT, and the World Economic Forum; venture funds such as Sequoia and Accel;... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; education; entrepreneurship; startup; India; Educational Services

01 Aug 2001
News

Class Day and Commencement 2001

Transformed by a large, canopied stage and row after row of folding chairs, Baker Beach took on the guise of its more stately alter ego, Baker Lawn, and served as an ideal venue for the Class of 2001's Class Day and graduation ceremonies on June 6 and 7. Although this... View Details

Keywords: Marcel Acosta; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Departments | Employment

activities into the daily life of HBS. More about working in the Social Enterprise Initiative Customer Base Admissions, Alumni, Career Services, Executive Education, Faculty, Practitioners, Students Culture... View Details

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

categorize the world, emphasizing some values or activities over others. In other words, languages shape the way people think. After hearing about one such theory from visiting doctoral student Hao Liang from Tilburg University, Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Mar 2013
What Do You Think?

Who Should Manage Our Work Time?

laid the blame at the foot of "an engineer who had difficulty forecasting simple activities and (the) time to accomplish them." Joseph Mello commented that " part of the problem comes from the view of an organization as a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting

activate anti-racism advocates and we want to expand how we can help communities of color.” One of the issues ARF plans to help tackle is recruiting, hiring, and supporting diverse workforces. Kevin noted, “It’s not just giving money or... View Details

06 Sep 2018
Blog Post

How to Thrive in an Unstructured Environment

opportunity to work on a “startup” within a startup. Almost at 180 people now, blueground offers fully furnished, elegant apartments for travelers looking to stay for at least a month at a time. My summer role was to work with one of the co-founders View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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