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- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
held in the hand-glassware industry. As he writes in the preface of Westmoreland Glass, his 336-page book illustrated with many historic photographs, "Westmoreland has a story to tell that was not being told." Established in 1889 in... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks
Capital requirements for banks, which govern the ratio of equity to debt, have come under greater scrutiny in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. A central question is how these requirements affect banks’ overall cost of capital, or... View Details
- 08 Jan 2015
- News
Healthcare strategy 2015 — Back to the basics: 12 key thoughts
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
unemployment has been hovering at historic lows; in April, it sank to 3.4 percent, a figure not seen since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. US Chamber of Commerce analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the first part... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
The Musts of 2023
fictional account, although told in the first person of growing up wealthy, dysfunctional in Beverly Hills, California. I grew up not there, but near there and right around that same period. And the level of detail around places and what was going on View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
dumping its waste directly into the ocean. The ensuing shift to landfills and incinerators led to mounting environmental concerns, which the city off-loaded by sending its trash to be buried or burned in places as far afield as Pennsylvania and Ohio—a practice that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
demand shifts by season. Brands and retailers must correctly stock items in their customers’ preferred color, pattern, style, fit, and price without much historical data. “Most of the software out there is backward looking and purely... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
what might lead a brand to try to disguise a price hike.—JMF John, can you give us some historical context to explain this phenomenon? John Gourville: The first instance of shrinkflation that I found was in 1988, when Chock full o’ Nuts... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
been a great friend. It makes me feel so good to know that my advisor is interested in my career and my well-being." Raman and Ton have been studying retail operation, focusing on an operational execution issue - namely, misplaced products at retail stores - that is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
new application of technology, he set his sights on winning it—and did. “AutoCAD had been around, but it wasn’t being used at Bath Iron Works,” he recalls. “I ran the numbers on the cost savings and—lo and behold—won the award. Management... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
not-for-profits for environmental science, law, economics, innovation, and advocacy increase at far greater than historical rates. Capital for new clean tech ventures has also increased at a rate commensurate with the resulting needs. To... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
A Legacy of Investment
capital campaign. Five historic panels recount the impact of major gifts at critical junctures. The exhibit also recognizes leadership donors to the campaign. Early gifts of confidence from the Boston and New York business communities... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
Historical Collections and faculty interaction surround the north, river-facing lobby, and the new south entrance is home to The Exchange, a gathering place offering real-time news and business information. Faculty offices line the upper... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
contributions. “Similarly to how the internet and web browsers dramatically reduced the marginal cost of information sharing,” they write, “AI may also be lowering the costs associated with human thinking... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 09 Dec 2020
- News
How to Fix America
American child at the time of birth. “At historical rates of equity returns of 8 percent annually, a $6,750 at-birth retirement account—which would cost the government $26 billion a year based on the average... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Ronald P. Mitchell
notes that HBS Ventures generated more than $80,000 for the SA this academic year. "By subsidizing items like yearbooks, as well as social events and intramurals, those funds cut students' costs dramatically." During his tenure, Mitchell... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, Bilmes began her career at the Boston Consulting Group, focusing on cost structures in large-scale industries where fractional commodity fluctuations result in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
Historic in many ways, the campaign is enabling work that is essential to the School’s core purposes: transformative teaching in both MBA and Executive Education classrooms; deep research to impact business practice; and the dissemination... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
real estate partnerships, and he brings the practical perspective of an investor to the matter. Converting a neoclassical building in a neighborhood with the sort of retail and cultural amenities residents clamor for often makes financial sense, he says. But even in... View Details