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- 19 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Are Web Sites So Confusing?
stories. Indeed, all of these intermediaries are in the business of matching consumers with products. Trouble is, prior to visiting an intermediary, consumers are interested only in some products, which may not necessarily be the ones...
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by Andrei Hagiu & Bruno Jullien
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DC Alumni and BEI Present Talk on Inequality and Climate Change - Blog - Business & Environment
Stories Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC India 2024 - Development While Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net Zero MBA Teaching & Research...
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- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
lowered, gross margin declines directly eat into net margins. Although this dynamic does not necessarily send retailers directly to bankruptcy, falling store profits will force many retailers to a point...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
full-time employees, slashing labor costs by 90 percent. Those two innovations are expected to add up to a net profit margin of three times that of the overall industry. “And that is really powerful,” Pedró...
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Francis Storrs
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2015
contribution. Reflecting historically low interest rates, the School’s interest income remained flat year-over-year at zero in fiscal 2015. Continue to Page 2 * In pursuit of greater comparability across the...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
internally funded faculty research. The resulting intellectual capital is disseminated by Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) to managers around the world. Completing a self-sustaining cycle, revenues from these two groups serve as the primary...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
2013, primarily driven by an increase in the size of the faculty and staff. The total number of faculty at HBS, as measured in full-time equivalents (FTEs), can rise or fall in any given year as a result of retirements, departures, and fluctuations in recruiting...
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- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
for someone to get off the ground: enough to buy inventory, rent space, and begin to generate an income in order to feed, clothe, and shelter a family. A legal loan of that amount from a real bank is also the difference between paying fair View Details
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by Martha Lagace
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017
contribution margin for the year. Total revenue at HBP grew by $4 million, or nearly 2 percent, to $221 million, from $217 million in fiscal 2016, driven by 11 percent growth in Higher Education group sales. Higher Education continued to...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2016
revenues—from MBA tuition, alumni gifts, and Executive Education and HBP (and eventually HBX) margin contributions—serve as the primary source of research funding. These funds also provide crucial support for innovation. Recent examples...
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2019
Publishing (HBP, or Publishing), and Harvard Business School Online (Online) groups, the School leverages the intellectual capital created by the faculty to educate leaders and influence the practice of management on a global scale. Completing the cycle, View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention
With Intention. “We want consumers to sync what they are investing in with their financial assets, with education about decarbonization investment opportunities in their own homes and cars.” She continued, “My husband and I have been disciplined savers. But even if you...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017
departures, and recruiting activity. Net of retirements and departures, the size of the HBS faculty was unchanged at 233 FTEs in fiscal 2017. At the same time, the School’s administrative staff grew to a budgeted 1,680 FTEs, from 1,631 in...
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
HBS Online revenue accounted for 6 percent of the School’s total revenue in fiscal 2023, compared with 8 percent in fiscal 2022. Cash Received From Gifts (in millions) 151 FY19 121 FY20 149 FY21 151 FY22 158 FY23 Net Operating Surplus (in...
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2017
of last year’s rate. Driven by these positive revenue and expense dynamics, fiscal 2017 was a strong year for operating margins and internally generated cash at the School. Operating cash flow grew 21 percent, driven mainly by higher...
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- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
repatriated earnings from foreign affiliates exceeded net capital investments by $1.1 trillion in 2010 dollars; and from 1950 to 2010, repatriated earnings and net interest...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
entrepreneurial channel using data from the Longitudinal Business Database of the U.S. Census Bureau. The marginal effect of taxation for growth for a state at the 10th or 25th percentile of corruption is significantly positive; on the...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018
School’s forecast. The total number of faculty, as measured in FTEs, can rise or fall in any given year, reflecting retirements, departures, and fluctuations in recruiting activity. Net of retirements and departures, the size of the HBS...
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Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2019
activity. Fiscal 2019 was a successful year for faculty recruiting and promotions. Fourteen candidates accepted assistant professor positions. Ten faculty members received promotions to associate or tenured positions. Net of retirements...
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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
was spurred by high profits. Typical cable systems outside the top 100 markets earned rates of return on net investment (before taxes and interest expense) over 40 percent. 9 Wired Cities: 1970-1975 (10)...
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