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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
of his role in influencing markets. As Fed chairman, when he advised people not very many years ago to take out variable rate mortgages, he aided and abetted the housing market excesses. When he said there was irrational exuberance in the...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
that channel illicit money ultimately into Western economies. First and foremost, to reduce global poverty, clean up the global financial system. This is the most effective step we can take to assure that capitalism maximizes its...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
fundamental problem. The Medicare prescription drug program that went into effect last year bars the federal government from negotiating with drug companies over the prices seniors pay. The new Democratic majority in Congress has vowed to...
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- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
research. Dorothy Leonard: There are two streams of research that are coming together here. One stream is the research that Brian and I started a couple of years ago: the use of technology in aiding learning processes both face-to-face...
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by Sean Silverthorne
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
two weeks of studying the textbook. You did the work that you needed to do to ensure that you achieved the level of proficiency that you desired. Whereas you then end up spending more of your time on those courses and that you don’t have proficiency in. That is View Details
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
involvement in redressing broader problems of society come from many quarters. All three branches of the United States government have addressed the role of the corporation in promoting social welfare. President Bush and Secretary of State Powell have asked companies...
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by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
medical system, however, new science has to clear a high hurdle before it has an impact on practice. This caution is sensible in some arenas, but personalized medicine results in safer and more effective therapy choices, not higher risk....
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- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
productivity effects of organizational practices remains a challenge for future research. Does Intellectual Property Rights Reform Spur Industrial Development? Authors:Lee Branstetter, Ray Fisman, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
firms in our sample, making it difficult to control for these effects across economies. Practical implications—Government involvement in state-owned enterprises may be contributing to a divergence in the pattern of business...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
of Severodvinsk, Russia, Natalia Mlotok has witnessed the stark effects of perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev’s program of economic, political, and social restructuring. Located on the White Sea in northern Russia, Mlotok’s hometown was built...
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- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
aid only in the crowdsourcing of designs, Rogers balked. “We need a microfactory,” he said. Unless GE bought into the whole model, Local Motors wasn’t interested. Immelt agreed, and Comstock suggested the oil and gas division as a...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
walking around. One of Baer’s Major League Baseball (MLB) peers, Boston Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino, calls him “one of baseball’s most versatile and effective executives.” “He leads the league in energy, drive, smarts, and...
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- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
did. The assault went on for hours. Bradley took the list with him the next day on a flight to Los Angeles and found a way to frame what had just happened in a concept recalled from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey...
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
rethinking how we calculate financial aid for MBA students whose family earnings or ongoing family support might necessitate additional assistance, to partnering with entities like the Executive Leadership Council to increase the number...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
2003. The experience of starting two inner-city schools fueled Kennealey’s interest in applying to HBS, where he has focused on developing skills in finance, strategy, and operations. “I realized that the fastest, most effective way to...
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- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
predictions; (ii) international capital flows net of official aid flows, which are mostly accounted as debt, are also positively correlated with productivity growth consistent with the predictions of the neoclassical model; and (iii)...
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Sean Silverthlorne
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
pretty hard to give up, and a lot of that has to do with behavioral economics and this endowment effect of you get something and it’s hard to give what you have up. It’s worth a lot more to you once you have it. And that goes with...
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Annual Report 2019 - Annual Report 2019
applicants sought a place in the MBA Program and nearly 750 applicants in the Doctoral Programs; the acceptance rate for both was highly competitive, at 12% and 5%, respectively. Enrollment Statistics Inclusion Fellowships and financial View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
fraction of their wealth increases annuitization relative to a situation where annuitization is an "all or nothing" decision. Very few respondents choose declining real payout streams over flat or increasing real payout streams of equivalent expected present...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Print View - Course Catalog
hands-on activities, exercises, and application, participants interactively build skills in key competencies, including: Finding your voice and generating ideas Communicating complex information effectively (includes using visual View Details