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- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
meeting the needs facing the threats of rising sea levels and record floods; converting energy systems to truly replaceable sources; reducing fresh water consumption or creating large desalination operations; saving top soils; reducing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
Sunday evening in a Baker Lawn “pavilion” erected for the summit’s general sessions. Nearly everyone failed to understand how much the global financial system had changed in recent years, and how fragile it had become because of... View Details
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
point of the retail experience is not to sell the product, but to introduce you to the brand in a way that can be shared with others through social media. There are special areas in the store that are set up for selfies, where you can... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup
packaging waste throughout the supply chain. With a wide range of opportunities available to the business as they expand, a Business Intelligence function was formed at Mori in 2021 with a critical mandate – build a robust system and... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 11 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
a medical device engineer working on products for Operating Rooms and Intensive Care Units. I came to school passionate about access and equity in health care, and curious about systemic barriers to resources that allow communities to... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
with two shipping companies weighing green fuel options such as ammonia, methanol, and hydrogen. We also heard from a transmission system operator (TSO) that is in the process of expanding pipeline infrastructure for a hydrogen future. A... View Details
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Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell
research (and my future research) will contribute to our knowledge of how customer behavior and operating systems interact, and at the same time influence change in this key industry. In addition, any findings from this work will also... View Details
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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog
well as specialized companies like Videa Health, Metaphysic and Instadeep that are applying AI to more specific problems (Dentistry, Movie/TV production, Route optimization etc.) We also look at the power of algorithms to shape consumer behavior (TikTok), the misuse of... View Details
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
instrumental variables approach exploiting an historical shift in innovation activity during World War II to show that this relationship could be causal. Finally, we document a U-shaped relationship between top income inequality and innovation, yet innovative places... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
compatibility can thus increase asymmetry between the platform owners’ profit foci and, given a sufficiently large difference in the standalone utilities, yields greater profits for both platform owners. We further show that social... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
question. Of course, all countries are "developing" in one way or another. What I mean by the phrase is that countries or regions of countries in which poverty—described by the World Bank as living on less than $1 a day—is endemic, that is rooted in the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Fall, 2024
- Article
Sixty Years of the Voting Rights Act: Progress and Pitfalls
By: Andrea Bernini, Giovanni Facchini, Marco Tabellini and Cecilia Testa
We review the literature on the effects of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA), which removed formal restrictions to Black political participation. After a brief description of racial discrimination suffered by Black Americans since Reconstruction, we introduce the goals... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Equality and Inequality; Race; Political Elections; Voting; Policy; Outcome or Result; Government Legislation
Bernini, Andrea, Giovanni Facchini, Marco Tabellini, and Cecilia Testa. "Sixty Years of the Voting Rights Act: Progress and Pitfalls." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 40, no. 3 (Fall, 2024): 486–497.
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
Since its founding in 1908, HBS has viewed business as a powerful means for improving society. More than a century later, says Dean Srikant Datar, “the role we can play in tackling systemic challenges has become more important, whether in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
spanned various stages of computing evolution — from mainframe to personal computer to local area network to the Internet. After working in a grassroots community organizing project ("One of those social experiments," says Rudden with her... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
host country on knowledge inflows to the subsidiary depends on subsidiary knowledge stock. Our findings show that as knowledge stock at the subsidiary grows, it absorbs more knowledge from the host country compared to the HQ. We additionally provide a stylized case... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
perfectly with Ramirez’s goals to accelerate her learning and apply business knowledge to the social sector. Through this experience at Danaher, Ramirez had a light bulb moment - where she thrived was in solving people-related problems... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online
choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating and networking with a global community of peers before, during, and after the course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program are added to the HBS Online... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
evolving structure of corporate debt markets—and given rise to new questions about the private and social costs and benefits of leverage and, in particular, the role of leverage in affecting the likelihood and extent of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
Guide to Changes 10 Years after the 1995 Bank Crisis Authors:Gustavo A. Del Angel, Stephen Haber, and Aldo Musacchio Abstract After the 1995 crisis, the Mexican banking system experienced significant changes in bank accounting standards.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
access capital. “We wrote this case because it not only tells a particular story of two student leaders effecting change,” says Bussgang, a Senior Lecturer at HBS and managing partner at the VC firm, Flybridge. “But it also speaks to larger View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley