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- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
innovation strategy under market uncertainty is also addressed. Purchase this note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508090 Myths and Lessons of Modern Chinese History Harvard Business...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
(MBA 1980) Crown This book is a fresh, intimate look at a series of American Presidents who took the nation into war and mobilized the country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any...
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- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Hi. This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. There's this Teddy Roosevelt quote about struggle that I came across recently that I really like. Roosevelt said, "There's never yet been a man in our View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
underscores a new reality in the United States. At the center of this change is the fact that U.S. oil reserves have diminished from an estimated 39 billion barrels in 1970 to 21 billion today. The gushers that made Texans in ten-gallon hats some of the wealthiest...
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- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
American Civil War, Maggie Lena Walker did her best to actively effect change by finding solutions to the social and economic problems facing blacks and especially black women. Taking charge of the flailing Independent Order of St. Luke...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
broadly available. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52046 October 2016 Business History Review The Rise of Synthetic Colors in the American Food Industry, 1870–1940 By:...
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Carmen Nobel
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-005.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAmerican Cancer Society: Access to Care Harvard Business School Case 109-015 CEO John Seffrin decides to radically change the strategy of the American Cancer...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
most recently reported. Using the complete history of regular quarterly and annual filings by U.S. corporations from 1995 to 2014, we show that when firms make an active change in their reporting practices, this conveys an important...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
Enterprise Club has over 300 members per year and has spun off a number of new clubs since I graduated (including the Education Club). When I was one of the Co-Presidents of the Club, we put together a speaker series on social change, View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
1999) (Logra Tu Dream Publishing) Achieving the American Dream has become increasingly difficult for many Latinos, despite huge opportunities, because mentorship and inspiration from Latino role models are lacking. But it doesn’t have to...
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- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
and electronic payment technology to assess the health of a business. Traditional lenders generally focus on both the small business owners' personal credit history and key metrics about the borrower's business, such as industry-specific...
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- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
the capabilities they need. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52603 September 2017 Current History China Gambles on Modernizing Through Urbanization By: Looney, Kristen, and Meg Rithmire...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
States, and one deceased donor can save numerous lives by providing multiple organs. Nevertheless, most Americans are not registered organ donors despite the relative ease of becoming one. We study in the laboratory an experimental game...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53918 forthcoming Journal of Management Studies Disruptive Innovation: An Intellectual History and Directions for Future Research By: Christensen, Clayton M., Rory McDonald, Elizabeth...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
much higher than the typical 4% allocation by his American counterparts. Differing from many U.S. endowments, real estate has remained a vital part of the Christ Church endowment since its founding in the mid-16th century. The College...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
March 2015 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics A Behavioral Model of the Popularity and Regulation of Demandable Liabilities By: Rotemberg, Julio J. Abstract—Overoptimism regarding one's ability to arrive early in a queue is shown...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
the history of Big Spaceship since its founding in 2000. Then the case shifts to a discussion of external dynamics: the firm's value proposition, which focused on providing start-to-finish, strategy-driven digital marketing solutions; its...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.? Authors:Diego A. Comin, William Easterly, and Erick Gong Abstract We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 B.C., 0 A.D., and 1500 A.D. for the predecessors to today's nation states. We find that this very...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
Abstract—The article discusses the notion of advertising as a profession in relation to the impact of digital analytics and data-driven marketing. Topics include the history of internet marketing, the investments of the content-driven...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
learn outside her comfort zone. Today Wallace is founding director of BridgeUp: STEM, an educational initiative at New York’s American Museum of Natural History focused on introducing girls and minorities to...
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